87070 14YC 2009- 10-26 13:58:48 6 1. 184.202。 * Report 20 10 World Cup qualifiers.
European region
* * * There are 53 teams participating in the qualifiers, * * * Qualifying places 13. The qualifiers will be divided into two stages:
The first stage: 53 teams are divided into 9 groups for home and away double round robin, of which 8 groups have 6 teams each and the other group has 5 teams each; The top nine teams in each group directly won the World Cup places; The eight teams with the best performance entered the second stage;
The second stage: eight teams will play home and away games, and the four winning teams will win the World Cup.
* When calculating the second place in the group, due to the different number of teams participating in the group, UEFA generally only calculates the record of the confrontation between the second group and the top 4 or top 5 in the same group.
South America. See AMERICA
* * * There are 10 teams participating in the qualifiers, * * * there are 4.5 qualifying places, and there is only one stage in the qualifiers.
South America 10 team played a home and away double round robin match. The top four teams automatically won the World Cup, and the fifth and fourth teams in Central America and the Caribbean played home and away, and the winner won the World Cup.
Asian region
* * * There are 43 teams participating in the qualifiers, and * * * has 4.5 qualifying places. The qualifiers will be divided into four stages:
The first stage: 38 countries ranked 6-43 by FIFA will play home and away elimination matches. Among the winning teams of 19, 1 1 ranked by FIFA will directly enter the second stage, and the remaining eight teams will also be eliminated at home and away, and the four winning teams will advance to the second stage.
The second stage: five high-ranking teams that did not participate in the first stage, plus the 15 team that passed the first stage, a total of ***20 teams were divided into five groups to play the home and away round robin, and the top two in each group entered the third stage.
The third stage: 65,438+00 teams are divided into two groups, with five teams in each group playing a home and away round robin. The top two in each group won the World Cup directly, and the third place in each group entered the fourth stage;
The fourth stage: the third place in the two groups will play the home and away elimination match, and the winner will play the home and away elimination match with the first place in Oceania, and the winner will win the World Cup.
African region
* * * There are 53 teams participating in the qualifiers (including South Africa), and * * * there are 6 qualifying places (one of which has been occupied by the host country South Africa). Qualifying is divided into three stages:
The first stage: FIFA's lowest ranked 10 team will play two rounds of home and away elimination, and the five winning teams will enter the second stage qualifier;
The second stage: the five teams that won in the first stage and the 43 teams (including South Africa) that did not participate in the first stage qualifiers were divided into 12 groups, and four teams in each group played round robin matches at home and away. The first place in the 12 group and the second place with eight best results entered the third stage qualifiers.
The third stage: 20 teams are divided into 5 groups to play the home and away two-round matches, and each group 1 gets the place to enter the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa.
* As the African Football Association mixed the World Cup qualifiers with the 2009 African Cup qualifiers, South Africa will participate in this qualifier. If South Africa enters the third stage of the group stage, its match results with its opponents will not be counted in the group results of the World Cup qualifiers.
Oceania
* * * There are 1 1 teams participating in the qualifiers * * * There are 0.5 qualifying places. Qualifying is divided into three stages:
The first stage: 65,438+00 teams except New Zealand participated in the first stage, 65,438+00 teams took the South Pacific Games as the first stage, and the top three entered the second stage;
The second stage: the three teams that pass the first stage will participate in the second stage competition with New Zealand, and the four teams will play the home and away double round robin, and the top two will enter the third stage;
The third stage: the two teams in the second stage will play home and away games, and the winner will play home and away games with the fifth place in Asia, and the winner will win the World Cup.
Central America, North America and the Caribbean
* * * There are 35 teams participating in the qualifiers, and * * * has 3.5 qualifying places. The qualifiers will be divided into four stages:
The first stage: 23 teams ranked by FIFA 13-35 will participate in the first stage, among which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will directly enter the second stage, and the remaining 22 teams will play home and away games. The winning team of 1 1 will enter the second stage together with Saint Vincent and Grenada;
The second stage: the 12 team that did not participate in the first stage will play the home and away elimination match with the 12 team that passed the first stage, and the winning 12 team will enter the third stage;
The third stage: 12 teams are divided into three groups, with four teams in each group playing the home and away double-cycle knockout, and the top two teams in each group enter the fourth stage;
The fourth stage: 6 teams play the home and away double round robin. The top three teams will get the World Cup places directly, the fourth team will play home and away games with the fifth team in South America, and the winner will get the World Cup places.