World Cup quota allocation
Asia
* * * A total of 43 teams participated in the qualifiers, vying for 4.5 qualifying places. Qualifying is divided into four stages:
The first stage: among the 43 teams that signed up for the competition, 38 teams ranked lower by FIFA played home and away elimination matches. 19 of the winning teams, the top ranked 1 1 team of FIFA directly entered the second stage. The remaining eight teams continued the home and away elimination matches, and the winning four teams entered the second stage.
The second stage: For the five teams that did not participate in the first stage and the 15 teams that passed the first stage, a total of ***20 teams were divided into five groups for home and away group matches, and the top two teams in each group entered the third stage.
The third stage: 65,438+00 teams are divided into 2 groups, with 5 teams in each group playing home and away group matches. The top two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup in South Africa, and the third place in each group entered the fourth stage.
The fourth stage: in the third 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, among which the winner will win the World Cup.
Since China needs to participate in the first round of qualifiers, if China finally gets the chance to play the home and away elimination match with the first place in Oceania, then the national football team will create the team that has participated in the World Cup qualifiers the most times.
South America. See AMERICA
South America * * * has 10 teams, and still adopts the round robin system, starting from September 2007 or June 2007. FIFA still allocates 4.5 places for South American teams to participate in the World Cup finals in South Africa. That is to say, the top four will be promoted directly, the fifth will compete with the teams in North America and Central America for a qualification to participate in the finals, and the winner will be promoted.
Oceania
The first stage: 10 teams except New Zealand participated in the South Pacific Games, and the top three advanced to the second stage.
The second stage: The three teams promoted in the first stage will participate in the second stage together with New Zealand, and the four teams will play home and away games in the league, and the top two will advance to the third stage.
The third stage: In the second stage, the two teams will play home and away games. The winner will play home and away games with the fifth place in Asia, and the winner will get tickets for the World Cup finals in South Africa.
Europe
* * * A total of 53 teams participated in the qualifiers, divided into 9 groups, and enjoyed 13 qualifying places. Qualifying is divided into two stages:
The first stage: 53 teams are divided into 9 groups for home and away games, with 6 teams in each group, one of which is 5 teams. The top nine teams in each group directly won the World Cup places; The top eight teams entered the second stage.
The second stage: the eight teams that advanced to the second stage played home and away elimination matches, and the four winning teams marched into South Africa.
Africa
* * * There are 5/kloc-0 teams participating in the qualifiers, including South Africa, the host country. * * There are 6 qualifying places (one of which has been won by South Africa, the host country). The qualifiers are divided into three stages:
The first stage: Among the 565,438+0 teams, the six teams with the lowest ranking in FIFA will play the qualifying first, and the three winning teams will advance to the second stage.
Stage 2: Divide the three teams that won the first stage and the 45 teams (including South Africa) that did not participate in the first stage qualifiers into 12 groups, with four teams in each group playing home and away group matches. The team with 12 was the first, and the eight teams with the best performance were the second. A total of 20 teams entered the third stage.
The third stage: The 20 teams promoted in the second stage are divided into five groups to play home and away games, and each group 1 gets a place to enter the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa.
Note: As the African regional qualifiers are equivalent to the African Nations Cup, South Africa's participation will not affect its qualification for the World Cup.
Central America, North America and the Caribbean
* * * A total of 35 teams participated in the qualifiers, sharing 3.5 qualifying places. Qualifying is divided into four stages:
The first stage: 23 teams ranked lower in FIFA participated in the first stage, one of which was Bye-bye, and the other 22 teams were eliminated at home and away. The winning team of 1 1 and the bye-bye team entered the second stage.
The second stage: the 12 team that did not participate in the first stage and the 12 team that passed the first stage played a home and away elimination match, and the winning 12 team entered the third stage;
The third stage: the 12 team entering the third stage is divided into three groups, with four teams in each group playing home and away games, with the top two in each group, and the * * * six teams entering the fourth stage;
The fourth stage: The six winning teams in the third stage will play a round robin at home and away. The top three teams will get the World Cup places directly, the fourth place and the fifth place in South America will be eliminated at home and away, and the winner will get the World Cup places.