France cut down its 30-man roster to 24 with one question mark remaining: the health and fitness level of defender William Gallas.
He was last seen with Arsenal getting carted off against Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League matchup.
Marc Planus of Bordeaux is retained in case Gallas fails to make it to South Africa.
Mickael Landreau (Lille), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Adil Rami (Lille), Yann M'Vila (Rennes), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille) and Jimmy Briand (Rennes) have not received invites from Domenech to link up with the training camp, which begins in Tignes on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Mathieu Valbuena was finding it hard to believe he'd made the squad.
"I still cannot believe it,'' Valbuena said on his personal website. "I feel total happiness and a tremendous pride. Being in the France squad which will contest the World Cup, who could believe it? Not even me. I will work hard to make the most of the opportunity.''
Valbuena's place in the squad completes a meteoric rise from playing as an amateur for Libourne Saint-Seurin just four years ago.
France is in Group A with South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay. The French open up with Uruguay on the first day of the tournament, June 11.
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