There are 32 countries taking part in a world cup, it was 24 before.
Algeria is playing in the World Cup because they qualified for it, after beating Egypt in a play-off held in Sudan.
32 countries.
The European countries playing in the2010 world cup were England, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Serbia.
There are a total of 32 countries taking part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
There will be 32 teams completing in the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
No Egypt isn't in the world cup. It lost against Algeria.
They are playing to get the ultimate trophy in history, The World Cup. If they win it, they show all other countries in the world that they are the best team. (until the next world cup, in 4 years)
There are 32 countries playing in the 2010 FIFA world cup.
There will be 14 countries taking part.
There was no world cup in 2009 in Egypt.
No, Egypt did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup.