South Africa will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The Asian Football Confederation has been given 4 places in the final stages of the 2010 World Cup. 43 nations will battle it out for those places. Laos, Brunei and the Phillipines have turned down the opportunity to qualify.

Australia will compete in the AFC for the first time following their move from Oceania in 2006. Australia have already competed in the 2007 Asian Cup.

There are 43 nations competing from Asia.

the draw result will appear on this page later today

A - Australia, China, Iraq, Qatar

B - Japan, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand

C - South Korea, North Korea, Jordan, Turkmenistan

D - Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Singapore

E - Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Singapore

Other world cup draws

http://hubpages.com/hub/FIFA-World-Cup-Draw-for-2010-Europe

http://hubpages.com/hub/FIFA-World-Cup-2010-Draw-Africa

http://hubpages.com/hub/FIFA-World-Cup-Draw-2010-Draw-Americas

http://hubpages.com/hub/FIFA-World-Cup-Draw-for-2010-Asia

http://hubpages.com/hub/FIFA-World-Cup-Draw-2010Oceana