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Qualifiers

AFC

The AFC's qualification competition consists of two stages: Qualification Round and Final Competition. The Qualification round was held from 8-18 November 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 8 teams took part. Australia, Thailand, China PR, Chinese Taipei and Myanmar qualified for the final competition joining automatic finalists DPR Korea, Japan and Korea Republic. The final competition was played in Bangkok, Thailand from 5-14 November 2009. Korea Republic defeated DPR Korea in the final and Japan finished third, with all three teams qualifying for Trinidad and Tobago 2010.

      CAF

      The preliminary round (home and away matches) will be played 5-7 February and 19-21 February 2010. The first round on 12-14 March and 26-28 March 2010 and the second round 16-18 April and 30 April - 2 May 2010.

          UEFA

          40 teams will compete in the competition. The four team final round will be staged in Nyon, Switzerland in June 2010.

              CONCACAF

              An eight team final competition will be played in San José, Costa Rica starting March 9, 2010 consisting the following teams: Costa Rica, USA, Mexico, Canada, 3 countries from the Caribbean Zone qualifying competition to be completed by November 15, 2009 and 1 additional country from Central America to be completed by November 15, 2009.

                  OFC

                  The OFC U-17 Women's Championship New Zealand 2010 will take place in Auckland, New Zealand from 17 to 27 February 2010. The winner will qualify.

                      CONMEBOL

                      The tournament will take place in Brazil in November/December 2009. The three best teams will qualify.

                          Host Country

                          As a host country, Trinidad & Tobago qualifies automatically.