Europe * * * 13 qualifying places, 53 teams are divided into 9 groups. Each of the first to eighth groups has 6 teams, and the ninth group has 5 teams. The top nine teams in the nine groups will qualify directly, and the top eight teams in the nine groups will decide the remaining four qualifying places. (Because there are only five teams in the ninth group and six teams in the other eight groups, when comparing the second place, we only compare the home and away results of the second place with the first, third and fourth places in each group, so as to decide eight second places with good results and eliminate one second place with the worst results. )
In other words, eight second place winners with good grades were awarded.