I'm from Australia, and i don't reckon oceania should get an automatic qualification spot....
The competition down here in Oceania, is quite simple, really poor, as Alex said, the teams here in Oceania have to PROVE that an automatic qualification spot is deserved.
EG. Australia can beat vanuatu or a similar country by like 20goals, yet they cant even score in open play against Uruguay, who were knocked out of the 1st round of the world cup.... and Iran, don't even get me started
So hence, if oceania was to get an Auto qual, and it meant a quality team from Africa or Asia or STH amercia dosen't get in, then theres no way Oceania deserve the spot, Until the quality of soccer here gets MUCH HIGHER, and the good players get to play more often for their country whether it be Australia, Fiji or New Zealand.
BTW. Erik P, Most of Australia is uninhabited coz its too freakin hot during the day and cold during the night, and neway its all desert in the interior, nearly everyone's from the coast eg. brissie, Perth etc (88% of ppl), so u can't really talk about land size
