South American qualifying for South Africa ended with Uruguay and Chile making their returns to the top alongside Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
As the final FIFA World Cup places are fought over, 16 of the teams already assured of their 2010 berths will be in friendly action this midweek.
After a 12-year absence from the showpiece event, Paraguay returned to the FIFA World Cup finals at France 1998, led by their inspirational shot-stopper, Jose Luis Chilavert.