World Cup Qualifying Situation and November 12/16 playoffs

27 Teams have qualified for Germany 2006:

An excellent article on how they got there can be found at Soccernet.

The current qualifiers waiting for the last 5 to join them are:

World Cup Qualifiers

Europe 15
Germany (Host)
Ukraine
Holland
Poland
England
Croatia
Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia and Montenegro
France

Africa 5
Togo
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Angola

Asia 4.5
Japan
Iran
Korea Repubic
Saudi Arabia

North America 3.5
United States of America
Mexico
Costa Rica

South America 4.5
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Paraguay

Oceania 0.5