According to their ranking in FIFA, 55 countries in Europe are divided into 10 groups, each group has five or six national teams, and they play a round robin match between home and away. 10 group was the first to advance directly to the World Cup, and the other ten groups were the second. In addition, two countries with better UEFA scores were eliminated in three groups, and three winners also advanced to the World Cup.
There are three rounds of competitions in 54 participating countries in Africa. In the first round, according to the FIFA ranking, the 28 teams with lower scores played the qualifiers first, and the winning 14 team and the previous 26 teams formed the top 40; In the second round, 40 countries were divided into 10 group, and 10 group decided to be the first; In the third round, 65,438+00 teams drew lots for the first time, and the top five directly participated in the World Cup, so signing in Africa was the most important.
Asian World Cup places:
There are 4.5 places in Asia, and there are 46 teams in Asia, which is also three rounds like Africa. In the first round, 12 low-post teams played against each other, and six teams were selected to form the top 40 with 34 teams; In the second round, 40 teams were divided into eight groups, and the first of the eight groups and the second of the four best groups advanced to the next round with 12.
In the third round, 12 teams were divided into two groups for home and away double cycling. The top two in the two groups directly advanced, and the two third places competed with each other. The winner won 0.5 places in Asia, waiting for the draw.