Players representing the national team must have the nationality of the country. According to the regulations, teams participating in the World Cup are usually divided into different regions according to continents. The national football teams of participating countries need to play several World Cup qualifiers with the football teams of other countries in the region in order to compete for the promotion places in the region.
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World Cup Final Week qualifiers. The better the results of the qualifiers, the greater the chances of entering the last week, but the number of places and the way of playing (the way of playing) are different in different regions. Europe, South America and other regions with more developed football will be selected several times as likely as Asia or Oceania.
In addition, according to the contact information, the football teams of the host country and the last champion country of the World Cup Final Week can automatically become members of the World Cup Final Week without having to participate in the qualifiers first. But that will change. FIFA announced that starting from 2006, only the host country can automatically enter the finals week. In other words, 2002 World Cup champions Korea and Japan and Brazil also need to participate in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
The national football team entering the final stage will compete in groups first. The group stage will be divided into groups by lottery. Fifa first divided the team into four groups. The first group is the seed team, including the host country and seven other teams (six World Cup teams in Japan and South Korea). Each team has one or four national teams. The scoring method is based on the results of the previous two World Cups and the international rankings in the last three years.
The first place in the group stage (from 1986 to 1994, including the third place among the four best teams) can enter the second lap. Starting from 1986, the second round will be in the form of elimination, and the champion will be born only after entering the semi-finals, semi-finals and finals.
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