2010 World Cup Finalists: Bad Qualifying Losses

A list of poor World Cup qualifying results by teams who made it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (against nations who did not make the final 32). The rankings listed were from the date the games took place (minimum rank difference of 25).


AFRICA
06/14/08 - Sierra Leone (163) 1:0 South Africa (68)
06/14/08 - Gabon (94) 2:0 Ghana (46)
03/29/09 - Togo (91) 1:0 Cameroon (16)
10/10/09 - Benin (78) 1:0 Ghana (32)

ASIA
03/26/08 - Bahrain (82) 1:0 Japan (36)
06/07/08 - Iraq (73) 1:0 Australia (35)
06/22/08 - China (79) 1:0 Australia (35)

CONCACAF
10/11/08 - Jamaica (116) 1:0 Mexico (24)
10/15/08 - Jamaica (116) 1:0 Honduras (50)
10/15/08 - Trinidad and Tobago (88) 2:1 USA (21)
06/03/09 - Costa Rica (41) 3:1 USA (14)
06/06/09 - El Salvador (100) 2:1 Mexico (26)

EUROPE
09/06/08 - Austria (101) 3:1 France (11)
09/10/08 - Luxembourg (152) 2:1 Switzerland (43)
10/14/09 - Lithuania (62) 2:1 Serbia (13)
10/14/09 - Hungary (47) 1:0 Denmark (16)

OCEANIA
11/19/08 - Fiji (137) 2:0 New Zealand (60)

SOUTH AMERICA
06/18/08 - Bolivia (90) 4:2 Paraguay (28)
04/01/09 - Bolivia (56) 6:1 Argentina (6)
09/05/09 - Peru (91) 1:0 Uruguay (28)
10/10/09 - Bolivia (59) 2:1 Brazil (1)
10/14/09 - Colombia (48) 2:0 Paraguay (23)