The European World Cup qualifiers I * * *, with 55 teams participating, will compete for 13 World Cup places after two rounds. The 55 teams were divided into 10 group, including 5 teams in group A -E and 6 teams in the remaining 5 teams in group F -J J.. All teams draw lots according to the world rankings. Each team will play a home and away round robin, and each team ranked 1 will directly advance to the World Cup.
The second place in each group and the two teams with the highest record in the Europa League, a team with *** 12, finally entered the play-offs. 12 teams draw lots and divide into 3 groups with 4 teams in each group. Each group will go directly to the knockout stage and draw lots to decide the game. There will be two semi-finals and 1 finals, and the last three group champions will advance to the World Cup.
Characteristics of World Cup qualifiers
The World Cup qualifiers are characterized by fierceness and challenges. Every participating country must participate in the qualifiers to qualify for the competition. In the qualifiers, each team must try their best to win every game in order to get more points, and the team with the highest points will have the opportunity to participate in the World Cup.
The preliminaries are usually held in different continents. For example, the Asian Football Association arranges qualifiers between Asian countries and the African Football Association arranges qualifiers between African countries. One of the most anticipated matches in the qualifiers is the South American regional qualifier, which is one of the most intense and challenging qualifiers in the world.
In the South American regional qualifiers, eight teams will compete for four World Cup seats. Every game is like a national final, because the competition between South American teams is so fierce. In addition to the South American qualifiers, the European qualifiers are also very challenging.
The European Football Federation will arrange the qualifiers between European countries, which is one of the biggest qualifiers in the world. In the European qualifiers, the competition among European countries is also very fierce, and each country must try its best to get enough points to qualify for the competition.