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FIFA World Cup qualification
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For the recent qualifying tournament, see 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. The FIFA World Cup is the largest international team sport competition in the world with a qualification process required to reduce the large field of countries from 211 to just 32 for the World Cup finals.
Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides beforehand the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the continental zones, based on the numbers or relative strength of the confederations' teams.
The hosts of the World Cup receive an automatic berth. Unlike many other sports, results of the previous World Cups or of the continental championships are not taken into account. Until 2002, the defending champions also received an automatic berth, but starting from the 2006 World Cup this is no longer the case.
The most recent qualification process was the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification which commenced in 2015 and finished in 2017.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Qualification spots by continent
1.2 Qualification competition entrants over time
1.3 First appearance in qualification by team
1.4 National teams results in World Cup preliminary competition (1934–2018)
1.5 Top scorers in preliminary competition (1934–2018)
1.6 First games and goalscorers in preliminary competition (1934–2018)
2 Current format
2.1 Africa
2.2 Asia
2.3 Europe
2.4 North and Central America and Caribbean
2.5 Oceania
2.6 South America
2.7 Intercontinental play-offs
3 Qualification tournament rules
3.1 Groups
3.2 Home-and-away ties
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
Over many years, the World Cup's qualification has evolved, from having no qualification at all in 1930, when the tournament was invitational and only 13 teams entered, to the current two-year process. The first World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933 when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm. The first ever goal in a World Cup qualifying match was scored 7 minutes into the game: it was scored according to some sources by Swedish captain Knut Kroon, or according to other sources by Estonian goalkeeper Evald Tipner (own goal).
While the number of teams which qualified for the finals has increased steadily, from 16 between 1934 and 1978, to 24 between 1982 and 1994, and finally to 32 starting from 1998, the qualification format has been basically the same throughout the history of the World Cup. The teams have been grouped continentally, and they competed for a fixed number of places, with one or two places awarded to the winners of intercontinental play-offs.
Qualification spots by continent[edit]
The table below lists the numbers of spots allocated by FIFA for each continent in each tournament. If no places were allocated to a continent as per the case of Oceania prior to 1966 and Africa in 1938-1954 and 1966, this does not indicate an exclusion of those continents by FIFA, but rather that no country from those continents made an entry to the aforementioned Cups.[1]
It should be noted that a large part of Africa was under European colonial rule for the majority of the 20th century. Consequently, only three African countries were affiliated to FIFA in 1954: Egypt (since 1923), Sudan (since 1948) and Ethiopia (since 1952).[2] Egypt entered the 1934, 1938 and 1954 Cups, but not the 1930 or 1950 Cups, while Sudan and Ethiopia did not enter the Cup until 1958. Though an African country, Egypt entered in 1938 and 1954 in the European group, and therefore the table below gives no data about Africa for these two Cups.
Places in the intercontinental play-offs count as 0.5 spots, and numbers in bold represent the winners of the intercontinental play-offs. "+C" denotes an additional spot for defending champions (1938-2002), and "+H" denotes an additional spot for host nations (from 1938).
Places allocated for continents
Continental zone
1934

(16)
1938

(15)1
1950

(13)2
1954

(16)
1958

(16)
1962

(16)
1966

(16)
1970

(16)
1974

(16)
1978

(16)
1982

(24)
1986

(24)
1990

(24)
1994

(24)
1998

(32)
2002

(32)
2006

(32)7
2010

(32)
2014

(32)
2018

(32)
2022

(32)
2026

(48)
Africa
1 0 0.53 0.54 05 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5
+H 5 5 5 9
Asia
1 12 1 0.54 15 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3.5 2.5
+2H 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
+H 8
Oceania
did not exist 0.5 0.5 0.256 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1
Europe
12 111
+C+H 72
+C 11
+H 9.53
+C+H 8+4
2×0.5 9
+H 8
+C 8.5
+H 8.5
+C 13
+H 12.5
+C 13
+H 12
+C 14
+H 13.5
+C 13
+H 13 13 13
+H 13 16
North and Central America
and Caribbean
1 1 2 1 1 0.5 1 1
+H 1 1 2 1
+H 2 1.256
+H 3 3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 6
South America
2 1 4
+H 1
+C 3 3.5
+C+H 3
+C 3 2.5
+C 2.5
+H 3
+C 4 2.5
+C 3.56 4
+C 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
+H 4.5 4.5 6
Play-off tournament
did not exist 2
Total 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 24 24 24 24 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 48
1 In 1938, Austria withdrew after qualifying after being annexed by Germany and were not replaced, so only 15 teams, 12 of them European, played in the finals.
2 In 1950, India, Scotland, and Turkey withdrew after qualifying and were not replaced, so only 13 teams, none of them Asian and 6 of them European, played in the finals.
3 Initially in 1958, Africa and Asia together were given 1 spot, while Europe was given 9 spots. However, after Israel won the African and Asian zone without playing any matches due to withdrawals of other teams, a special play-off was arranged between them and a European team (Wales). So in effect, Africa and Asia together were given 0.5 spots, while Europe was given 9.5 spots.
4 In 1962, Europe was given 8 automatic spots, plus 2 additional spots in the intercontinental play-offs, in effect giving them 9 spots. The two European teams played an African team and an Asian team respectively, and both European teams won. Therefore, 10 European teams played in the finals.
5 In 1966, Africa and Asia were given one place, contested between the winner of a four team Asian tournament and three group winners from the second round of African qualifiers. All 15 African teams subsequently withdrew to protest FIFA's failure to allocate a place to an African team, leaving North Korea to qualify.
6 In 1994, there were two rounds of intercontinental play-offs. First, an Oceanian team played a team from North and Central America and Caribbean, and the winner then played a South American team.
7 From the 2006 qualifiers on, the defending champion no longer has an automatic spot secured.
Qualification competition entrants over time[edit]
The number of teams entering the qualification process and the number of matches played have been steadily growing over time. Although Egypt, an African country, entered qualifying in 1938 and 1954, it was in the European group; thus, the number of teams for Africa is considered to be zero in these years.
Number of teams entering qualification (including automatic qualifiers)
Continental zone
1934

(16)
1938

(15)
1950

(13)
1954

(16)
1958

(16)
1962

(16)
1966

(16)
1970

(16)
1974

(16)
1978

(16)
1982

(24)
1986

(24)
1990

(24)
1994

(24)
1998

(32)
2002

(32)
2006

(32)
2010

(32)
2014

(32)
2018

(32)
2022

(32)
2026

(48)
Africa 3 0 0 0 11 6 21 13 24 26 29 29 26 40 38 51 51 53 52 54
Asia 2 4 3 5 7 18 22 21 27 26 29 36 42 39 43 43 46
Oceania1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 7 10 10 12 11 11 11
Europe 21 26 19 29 29 30 33 31 33 32 34 33 33 39 50 51 52 53 53 54
North and Central America
and Caribbean2 4 7 3 5 6 8 10 14 14 17 15 18 16 23 30 35 34 35 35 35
South America 4 2 8 6 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Total entrants 32 37 34 45 55 56 74 75 99 107 109 121 116 147 174 199 198 2054 204 210
Teams played3 27 21 19 33 46 49 51 68 90 95 103 110 103 130 168 193 194 2004 203 208
Matches played 27 22 26 57 89 92 127 172 226 252 306 308 314 497 643 777 847 853 828 872
Goals scored 141 96 121 208 341 325 393 542 620 723 797 801 735 1446 1922 2452 2464 2344 2303 2454
Average goals per match 5.22 4.36 4.65 3.65 3.83 3.53 3.09 3.15 2.74 2.87 2.60 2.60 2.34 2.91 2.99 3.16 2.91 2.75 2.81 2.81
1 Because the Oceania Football Confederation has used the World Cup Qualifiers as a phase of (or as the entire) OFC Nations Cup, there is the possibility that non-FIFA countries may play in matches that double as World Cup qualifiers. In the 2006 qualifiers, New Caledonia were included in the tournament although they were not FIFA members at the date of close of entries. They are, however, included in the 12 nations listed as they joined FIFA during the course of qualification, even though they had been technically eliminated from contention a few days earlier (a similar situation occurred in the entries for 2010, with Montenegro's entry accepted prior to their admission by FIFA). By contrast, Tuvalu competed in the 2007 South Pacific Games football tournament, which doubled as qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. As they were not FIFA members at the time of the completion of the competition, they are not included in the 11 OFC entrants, although their results counted towards the qualification of other teams.
2 From 1973 to 1989, the CONCACAF Championship and its qualifying tournament determined CONCACAF's entrant in the World Cup. The confederation's champion qualified outright.
3 "Teams played" is the total number of teams that played at least one qualifying match.
4 This number includes Tuvalu (see note 1) and South Africa. Although South Africa qualified automatically for 2010 as hosts, they competed in the CAF qualifiers, becoming the first hosts to compete in World Cup qualifying since 1934. This is because the Confederation of African Football used its 2010 World Cup qualifiers as the qualifying phase for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, a tournament for which South Africa had attempted to qualify.
First appearance in qualification by team[edit]
Note: Only teams that played at least one match are considered for the purposes of first appearance. Teams that withdrew prior to the qualification, or that qualified to the World Cup by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, are not considered. Teams that succeeded in their first qualification attempt are in bold. Teams that have never qualified for the World Cup finals are in italic.
World Cup
Europe
South America
North, Central America and Caribbean
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Total

1934 Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia[A]
Estonia
France
Germany[B]
Greece
Hungary
Irish Free State[C]
Italy[D]
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Yugoslavia[E] none Cuba
Haiti
Mexico
United States Palestine, British Mandate[F] Egypt[G] none 27

1938 Finland
Latvia
Norway none none none none none 3

1950 England
Ireland[H]
Scotland
Turkey[I]
Wales none none Syria none none 6

1954 Saar Brazil[J]
Chile[K]
Paraguay[L] none Japan[M]
South Korea none none 6

1958 Denmark
East Germany
Iceland
Soviet Union[N] Argentina[O]
Bolivia[P]
Colombia[Q]
Peru[R]
Uruguay[S] Canada
Costa Rica[T]
Guatemala
Territory of Curaçao[U] China PR
Indonesia[V] Sudan none 16

1962 Cyprus[W] Ecuador[X] Dutch Guyana[Y]
Honduras none Ethiopia
Ghana
Morocco
Nigeria
Tunisia none 9

1966 Albania Venezuela[Z] Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago North Korea none Australia 6

1970 none none Bermuda
El Salvador[AA] none Algeria[AB]
Cameroon[AC]
Libya[AD]
Rhodesia[AE]
Senegal[AF]
Zambia New Zealand 9

1974 Malta none Antigua and Barbuda
Puerto Rico Hong Kong
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Malaysia
South Vietnam[AG]
Thailand Congo
Dahomey[AH]
Guinea[AI]
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Mauritius
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
Togo
Zaire[AJ] none 21

1978 none none Barbados
Dominican Republic
Guyana
Panama Bahrain
Qatar
Republic of China[AK]
Saudi Arabia
Singapore Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Uganda
Upper Volta[AL] none 14

1982 none none Grenada Macau Gambia
Liberia[AM]
Madagascar[AN]
Mozambique
Somalia Fiji 8

1986 none none none Bangladesh
Brunei
Jordan
India[AO]
Nepal
North Yemen[AP]
South Yemen
United Arab Emirates[AQ] Angola none 9

1990 none none none Oman[AR]
Pakistan Gabon[AS] none 3

1994 Faroe Islands
San Marino none Nicaragua
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Lebanon[AT]
Sri Lanka[AU] Botswana
Burundi
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Vanuatu 15

1998 Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Georgia
Liechtenstein[AV]
Macedonia
Moldova
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine none Aruba
Belize
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis Cambodia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives[AW]
Philippines[AX]
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan Guinea-Bissau
Rwanda[AY] Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
Western Samoa[AZ] 31

2002 Andorra none Anguilla
Bahamas[BA]
British Virgin Islands
Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands Guam
Laos
Mongolia
Palestine Cape Verde
Central African Republic[BB]
Chad
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Mali[BC]
São Tomé and Príncipe[BD]
Seychelles American Samoa 21

2006 none none none Afghanistan none New Caledonia 2

2010 Montenegro none none Myanmar[BE]
Timor-Leste Comoros Tuvalu[BF] 5

2014 none none none none none none 0

2018 Gibraltar
Kosovo none none Bhutan[BG] South Sudan none 4
Total
215[BH]
Notes
^ The Czechoslovakia team was officially renamed as the Representation of Czechs and Slovaks during the 1994 qualification, and was then succeeded by the Czech Republic (first appearance: 1998).
^ Germany was later succeeded by West Germany (first appearance: 1954), which in turn was succeeded by the reunified Germany (first appearance: 1994).
^ The Irish Free State was later succeeded by Ireland (first appearance: 1950), which later became officially known as the Republic of Ireland (first appearance: 1954).
^ Italy had to qualify for the tournament despite being the host.
^ The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was later succeeded by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (first appearance: 1950), which was then succeeded by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (first appearance: 1998), which was later renamed as Serbia and Montenegro (first appearance: 2006), which in turn was succeeded by Serbia (first appearance: 2010).
^ Mandatory Palestine was later succeeded by Israel (first appearance: 1950).
^ Egypt was later succeeded by the United Arab Republic, a political union between Egypt and Syria, which entered the 1962 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches. Later, Egypt entered the 1966 qualification independently but still under the name "United Arab Republic", but withdrew yet again before playing any matches. The team's first appearance after it changed its name back to Egypt came in 1974.
^ Ireland was later succeeded by Northern Ireland (first appearance: 1954).
^ Turkey entered the 1934 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Brazil entered the 1934 and 1938 qualifications, but on both occasions qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals. It also qualified automatically for the 1950 World Cup as host.
^ Chile entered the 1934 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches. It also entered the 1950 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals.
^ Paraguay entered the 1950 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals.
^ Japan entered the 1938 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ The Soviet Union was later succeeded by Russia (first appearance: 1994).
^ Argentina entered the 1934 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals. It also entered the 1938 and 1950 qualifications, but on both occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Bolivia entered the 1950 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals.
^ Colombia entered the 1938 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Peru entered the 1934, 1950 and 1954 qualifications, but on all three occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Uruguay entered the 1950 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals. It also qualified automatically for the 1954 World Cup as defending champion.
^ Costa Rica entered the 1938 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ The Territory of Curaçao (six islands) was later succeeded by the Netherlands Antilles (first appearance: 1962), which in turn was succeeded by Curaçao (one island; first appearance: 2014).
^ Indonesia entered the 1938 qualification as Dutch East Indies, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals. It also entered the 1950 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Cyprus entered the 1958 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Ecuador entered the 1950 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Dutch Guyana entered the 1938 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches. It was later succeeded by Suriname (first appearance: 1978).
^ Venezuela entered the 1958 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ El Salvador entered the 1938 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Algeria entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Cameroon entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Libya entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Rhodesia was later succeeded by Zimbabwe (first appearance: 1982).
^ Senegal entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ South Vietnam was later succeeded by Vietnam (first appearance: 1994).
^ Dahomey was later renamed as Benin (first appearance: 1986).
^ Guinea entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Zaire was renamed as DR Congo during the 1998 qualification.
^ The Republic of China entered the 1954 and 1958 qualifications, but on both occasions withdrew before playing any matches. It later became officially known as Chinese Taipei (first appearance: 1982).
^ Upper Volta was later renamed as Burkina Faso (first appearance: 1990).
^ Liberia entered the 1966 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Madagascar entered the 1974 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ India entered the 1950 qualification, but qualified by walkover due to other teams' withdrawals, and subsequently withdrew from participation in the finals. It also entered the 1974 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ North Yemen was later succeeded by Yemen (first appearance: 1994).
^ The United Arab Emirates entered the 1978 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Oman entered the 1986 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Gabon entered the 1966 and 1974 qualifications, but on both occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Lebanon entered but was disqualified during the 1986 qualification, and the team's matches from that campaign were annulled.
^ Sri Lanka entered the 1974 and 1978 qualifications, but on both occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Liechtenstein entered the 1994 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ The Maldives entered the 1990 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ The Philippines entered the 1950 and 1974 qualifications, but on both occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Rwanda entered the 1990 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Western Samoa entered the 1994 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches. It was later renamed as Samoa (first appearance: 2002).
^ The Bahamas entered the 1998 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ The Central African Republic entered the 1978 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches. It also entered the 1982 qualification, but was disqualified before playing any matches.
^ Mali entered the 1966, 1994 and 1998 qualifications, but on all three occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ São Tomé and Príncipe entered the 1994 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Myanmar entered the 1950 (as Burma), 1994 and 2002 qualifications, but on all three occasions withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Tuvalu was not a member of FIFA at the time of qualification and had not entered the FIFA World Cup, although matches in the Football tournament of the South Pacific Games did count towards the qualification tournament for the OFC, and Tuvalu's results did count in determining advancement from this stage.
^ Bhutan entered the 2010 qualification, but withdrew before playing any matches.
^ Confederation subtotals are not given because a few teams have appeared in World Cup qualifiers in multiple confederations.
National teams results in World Cup preliminary competition (1934–2018)[edit]
Legend
Team has won the World Cup
Team has qualified for the main tournament through a qualifying process
Team has qualified for the main tournament only by walkover (Cuba, and Indonesia as Dutch East Indies)
Team has qualified for the main tournament by walkover but hasn't participated there because it withdrew (India)
Team hasn't qualified for the main tournament but is assured of an automatic spot in 2022 as host (Qatar)
Team hasn't qualified for the main tournament
Defunct team that has qualified for the main tournament (East Germany)
Defunct team that never qualified for the main tournament (Saar and South Yemen)
Team is not a member of FIFA and is not eligible for the main tournament (Tuvalu)
Up to and including the 2018 qualification.
No.[n 1]
Team
App's[n 2]
Overall qualification record
Points[n 3]
Confederation
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Total
Avg
1 Mexico 19 175 113 37 25 436 126 +310 376 2.149 CONCACAF
2 Costa Rica 16 172 85 43 44 295 176 +119 298 1.733 CONCACAF
3 Australia 14 141 82 36 23 362 113 +249 282 2.000 AFC
4 South Korea 14 135 82 36 17 264 86 +178 282 2.089 AFC
5 Netherlands 18 125 82 24 19 296 93 +203 270 2.160 UEFA
6 Spain 18 117 81 25 11 276 76 +200 268 2.291 UEFA
7 Iran 10 128 78 34 16 267 81 +186 268 2.094 AFC
8 United States 18 154 77 36 41 266 181 +85 267 1.734 CONCACAF
9 Sweden 19 131 80 21 30 267 121 +146 261 1.992 UEFA
10 Portugal 20 139 76 33 30 262 139 +123 261 1.878 UEFA
11 Argentina 13 136 75 36 25 235 127 +108 261 1.919 CONMEBOL
12 Serbia (2010—)
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)
FR Yugoslavia (1998–2002)
SFR Yugoslavia (1950–1990)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1934–1938) 19 128 75 31 22 269 114 +155 256 2.000 UEFA
13 Belgium 19 133 77 25 31 277 141 +136 256 1.925 UEFA
14 Czech Republic (1998—)
Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (1994)
Czechoslovakia (1934–1994) 19 138 75 29 34 266 116 +150 254 1.841 UEFA
15 England 16 112 76 25 11 275 67 +208 253 2.259 UEFA
16 Uruguay 16 154 69 42 43 218 164 +54 249 1.617 CONMEBOL
17 Italy 16 109 74 26 9 221 69 +152 248 2.275 UEFA
18 Honduras 14 150 69 40 41 255 173 +82 247 1.647 CONCACAF
19 Russia (1994—)
Soviet Union (1958–1990) 15 115 73 23 19 227 75 +152 242 2.104 UEFA
20 Germany (1994—)
West Germany (1954–1990)
Germany (1934–1938) 14 94 74 18 2 292 70 +222 240 2.553 UEFA
21 Brazil 12 110 68 30 12 240 70 +170 234 2.127 CONMEBOL
22 Saudi Arabia 11 118 68 28 22 232 93 +139 232 1.966 AFC
23 Japan 14 120 68 26 26 247 85 +162 230 1.917 AFC
24 Paraguay 17 154 66 30 58 201 189 +12 228 1.481 CONMEBOL
25 Romania 17 128 67 26 35 223 134 +89 227 1.773 UEFA
26 Switzerland 19 132 64 33 35 205 146 +59 225 1.705 UEFA
27 France 17 111 65 23 23 216 88 +128 218 1.964 UEFA
28 El Salvador 13 140 63 28 49 233 168 +65 217 1.550 CONCACAF
29 Colombia 16 152 57 46 49 180 159 +21 217 1.428 CONMEBOL
30 China PR 11 108 66 16 26 230 74 +156 214 1.981 AFC
31 Scotland 18 125 62 28 35 192 136 +56 214 1.712 UEFA
32 Chile 15 146 61 29 56 217 195 +22 212 1.452 CONMEBOL
33 Republic of Ireland (1954—)
Ireland (1950)
Irish Free State (1934–1938) 20 141 56 43 42 199 169 +30 211 1.496 UEFA
34 Bulgaria 19 129 60 27 42 209 177 +32 207 1.605 UEFA
35 Austria 18 123 59 28 36 212 136 +76 205 1.667 UEFA
36 Denmark 15 122 58 30 34 212 141 +71 204 1.672 UEFA
37 Nigeria 14 104 58 29 17 175 80 +95 203 1.952 CAF
38 Poland 18 117 60 21 36 228 143 +85 201 1.718 UEFA
39 Hungary 18 122 58 26 38 216 163 +53 200 1.639 UEFA
40 Tunisia 14 104 57 28 19 180 84 +96 199 1.913 CAF
41 Trinidad and Tobago 14 137 55 27 55 201 183 +18 192 1.401 CONCACAF
42 Morocco 14 111 51 38 22 150 80 +70 191 1.721 CAF
43 Greece 19 128 54 29 45 159 171 −12 191 1.492 UEFA
44 Guatemala 15 122 49 31 42 194 150 +44 178 1.459 CONCACAF
45 Canada 14 117 48 34 35 161 136 +25 178 1.521 CONCACAF
46 New Zealand 13 96 53 18 25 221 99 +122 177 1.844 OFC
47 Cameroon 13 87 51 22 14 144 66 +78 175 2.011 CAF
48 Egypt 14 93 52 19 22 165 89 +76 175 1.882 CAF
49 Ecuador 15 143 47 33 63 169 202 −33 174 1.217 CONMEBOL
50 Qatar 11 112 50 22 40 181 121 +60 172 1.536 AFC
51 Iraq 11 101 48 24 29 201 103 +98 168 1.663 AFC
52 Uzbekistan 6 94 49 19 26 177 95 +82 166 1.766 AFC
53 Peru 16 149 43 37 69 164 211 −47 166 1.114 CONMEBOL
54 Turkey 17 128 47 24 57 176 187 −11 165 1.289 UEFA
55 Northern Ireland (1954—)
Ireland (1950) 18 134 43 36 55 149 161 −12 165 1.231 UEFA
56 Norway 18 126 44 30 52 170 178 −8 162 1.286 UEFA
57 Kuwait 12 93 48 14 31 160 92 +68 158 1.699 AFC
58 Zambia 13 96 45 20 31 145 88 +57 155 1.615 CAF
59 Israel (1950—)
Palestine, British Mandate (1934–1938) 20 122 40 34 48 166 178 −12 154 1.262 UEFA
60 Ivory Coast 11 78 41 25 12 144 67 +77 148 1.897 CAF
61 United Arab Emirates 9 97 42 20 35 163 111 +52 146 1.505 AFC
62 Bolivia 16 150 39 29 82 177 284 −107 146 0.973 CONMEBOL
63 Algeria 13 89 40 23 26 126 91 +35 143 1.607 CAF
64 Ghana 13 83 40 22 21 132 66 +66 142 1.711 CAF
65 Jamaica 11 104 37 27 40 115 132 −17 138 1.327 CONCACAF
66 Wales 18 120 37 26 57 151 170 −19 137 1.142 UEFA
67 North Korea 10 83 39 19 25 116 77 +39 136 1.639 AFC
68 Haiti 14 90 39 17 34 152 120 +32 134 1.489 CONCACAF
69 Syria 14 84 36 20 28 174 97 +77 128 1.524 AFC
70 Ukraine 6 70 35 22 13 108 52 +56 127 1.814 UEFA
71 Croatia 6 62 36 18 8 108 47 +61 126 2.032 UEFA
72 DR Congo (1998—)
Zaire (1974–1998) 10 76 36 17 23 128 84 +44 125 1.645 CAF
73 Finland 19 129 32 23 74 134 287 −153 119 0.922 UEFA
74 Bahrain 10 88 31 25 32 105 94 +11 118 1.341 AFC
75 Guinea 12 75 35 10 30 114 97 +17 115 1.533 CAF
76 Slovakia 6 64 32 14 18 110 64 +46 110 1.719 UEFA
77 Oman 8 70 29 19 22 115 70 +45 106 1.514 AFC
78 Panama 11 94 27 22 45 104 157 −53 103 1.096 CONCACAF
79 Iceland 13 106 28 19 59 116 215 −99 103 0.972 UEFA
80 Senegal 12 63 26 22 15 90 56 +34 100 1.587 CAF
81 Venezuela 13 140 25 25 90 120 314 −194 100 0.714 CONMEBOL
82 Jordan 9 70 28 14 28 105 92 +13 98 1.400 AFC
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 58 28 10 20 112 69 +43 94 1.621 UEFA
84 Angola 9 61 24 22 15 79 57 +22 94 1.541 CAF
85 South Africa 7 50 28 8 14 66 45 +21 92 1.840 CAF
86 Slovenia 6 62 25 15 22 81 68 +13 90 1.452 UEFA
87 Thailand 12 89 24 18 47 116 156 −40 90 1.011 AFC
88 Burkina Faso (1990—)
Upper Volta (1978) 8 60 26 10 24 87 78 +9 88 1.467 CAF
89 Kenya 12 68 23 16 29 77 91 −14 85 1.250 CAF
90 Hong Kong 12 73 23 14 36 91 128 −37 83 1.137 AFC
91 Cuba 12 68 20 20 28 85 102 −17 80 1.176 CONCACAF
92 Zimbabwe (1982—)
Rhodesia (1970) 10 61 21 16 24 62 75 −13 79 1.295 CAF
93 Togo 10 63 21 14 28 68 86 −18 77 1.222 CAF
94 Libya 10 56 21 13 22 63 62 +1 76 1.357 CAF
95 Congo 9 62 21 13 28 70 83 −13 76 1.226 CAF
96 East Germany 9 47 22 8 17 87 65 +22 74 1.574 defunct
97 Gabon 8 57 21 11 25 57 65 −8 74 1.298 CAF
98 Indonesia (1958—)
Dutch East Indies (1938) 12 71 19 16 36 87 143 −56 73 1.028 AFC
99 Solomon Islands 7 54 21 9 24 112 113 −1 72 1.333 OFC
100 Latvia 8 75 19 15 41 82 130 −48 72 0.960 UEFA
101 Lebanon 7 56 19 14 23 87 77 +10 71 1.268 AFC
102 Suriname (1978—)
Dutch Guyana (1962–1974) 14 65 19 14 32 91 111 −20 71 1.092 CONCACAF
103 Fiji 9 53 20 10 23 111 98 +13 70 1.321 OFC
104 Albania 12 104 18 14 72 72 188 −116 68 0.654 UEFA
105 Singapore 11 68 19 10 39 74 121 −47 67 0.985 AFC
106 Lithuania 9 73 17 16 40 59 111 −52 67 0.918 UEFA
107 Malaysia 12 59 17 13 29 73 110 −37 64 1.085 AFC
108 New Caledonia 4 35 18 8 9 87 36 +51 62 1.771 OFC
109 Sudan 12 64 15 17 32 56 101 −45 62 0.969 CAF
110 Tahiti 7 43 17 8 18 66 81 −15 59 1.372 OFC
111 Estonia 9 76 16 11 49 65 166 −101 59 0.776 UEFA
112 Malawi 10 58 14 16 28 56 83 −27 58 1.000 CAF
113 Cyprus 15 114 15 13 86 87 299 −212 58 0.509 UEFA
114 Liberia 9 58 15 12 31 39 84 −45 57 0.983 CAF
115 Curaçao (2014—)
Netherlands Antilles (1962–2010)
Territory of Curaçao (1958) 16 60 13 18 29 53 116 −63 57 0.950 CONCACAF
116 Turkmenistan 6 40 17 5 18 64 59 +5 56 1.400 AFC
117 Bermuda 7 36 15 9 12 76 46 +30 54 1.500 CONCACAF
118 Uganda 9 42 15 9 18 41 57 −16 54 1.286 CAF
119 Macedonia 6 60 14 12 34 71 102 −31 54 0.900 UEFA
120 Mali 5 40 14 11 15 50 52 −2 53 1.325 CAF
121 Belarus 6 58 13 12 33 61 97 −36 51 0.879 UEFA
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 58 14 8 36 77 170 −93 50 0.862 CONCACAF
123 Yemen (1994—)
North Yemen (1986–1990) 9 50 12 11 27 52 80 −28 47 0.940 AFC
124 Kazakhstan 6 60 12 11 37 71 128 −57 47 0.783 UEFA
125 Tajikistan 6 36 13 7 16 63 55 +8 46 1.278 AFC
126 Benin (1986—)
Dahomey (1974) 8 44 13 7 24 46 89 −43 46 1.045 CAF
127 Madagascar 9 36 12 8 16 45 51 −6 44 1.222 CAF
128 Antigua and Barbuda 10 42 13 5 24 66 93 −27 44 1.048 CONCACAF
129 Armenia 6 62 10 14 38 52 122 −70 44 0.710 UEFA
130 Georgia 6 56 9 16 31 51 89 −38 43 0.768 UEFA
131 Cape Verde 5 34 13 3 18 34 46 −12 42 1.235 CAF
132 Sierra Leone 10 45 11 9 25 39 69 −30 42 0.933 CAF
133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 30 11 8 11 64 54 +10 41 1.367 CONCACAF
134 India 8 43 10 11 22 43 87 −44 41 0.953 AFC
135 Montenegro 3 30 10 10 10 47 43 +4 40 1.333 UEFA
136 Kyrgyzstan 6 31 12 4 15 38 49 −11 40 1.290 AFC
137 Ethiopia 11 41 10 10 21 47 65 −18 40 0.976 CAF
138 Vanuatu 7 37 12 3 22 76 89 −13 39 1.054 OFC
139 Vietnam (1994—)
South Vietnam (1974) 8 41 11 3 27 43 81 −38 36 0.878 AFC
140 Namibia 7 42 9 9 24 37 82 −45 36 0.857 CAF
141 Dominican Republic 8 29 10 5 14 42 50 −8 35 1.207 CONCACAF
142 Botswana 6 34 10 5 19 33 52 −19 35 1.029 CAF
143 Azerbaijan 6 58 7 14 37 29 104 −75 35 0.603 UEFA
144 Barbados 8 37 10 4 23 35 73 −38 34 0.919 CONCACAF
145 Palestine 5 26 9 6 11 48 36 +12 33 1.269 AFC
146 Mozambique 8 34 8 8 18 30 50 −20 32 0.941 CAF
147 Niger 7 30 9 5 16 27 48 −21 32 1.067 CAF
148 Bangladesh 9 48 9 5 34 33 122 −89 32 0.667 AFC
149 Tanzania 9 33 7 10 16 35 50 −15 31 0.939 CAF
150 Samoa (2002—)
Western Samoa (1998) 6 26 9 1 16 37 88 −51 28 1.077 OFC
151 Faroe Islands 7 70 7 7 56 34 184 −150 28 0.400 UEFA
152 Papua New Guinea 4 22 7 6 9 43 36 +7 27 1.227 OFC
153 Belize 6 26 7 6 13 32 54 −22 27 1.038 CONCACAF
154 Rwanda 6 36 6 9 21 29 54 −25 27 0.750 CAF
155 Guyana 10 34 7 6 21 36 81 −45 27 0.794 CONCACAF
156 Moldova 6 58 5 12 41 35 115 −80 27 0.466 UEFA
157 Luxembourg 20 134 5 10 119 69 433 −364 25 0.187 UEFA
158 Grenada 7 25 7 3 15 49 54 −5 24 0.960 CONCACAF
159 Burundi 6 20 7 3 10 17 26 −9 24 1.200 CAF
160 Gambia 8 24 6 6 12 20 36 −16 24 1.000 CAF
161 Maldives 6 32 7 2 23 36 120 −84 23 0.719 AFC
162 Nicaragua 7 22 7 1 14 25 44 −19 22 1.000 CONCACAF
163 Saint Lucia 7 24 7 1 16 32 62 −30 22 0.917 CONCACAF
164 Tonga 6 22 7 1 14 23 82 −59 22 1.000 OFC
165 Chinese Taipei (1982—)
Republic of China (1978) 11 58 6 4 48 35 200 −165 22 0.379 AFC
166 Puerto Rico 9 25 5 6 14 22 55 −33 21 0.840 CONCACAF
167 Chad 5 16 6 1 9 15 23 −8 19 1.187 CAF
168 Swaziland 7 19 4 4 11 15 39 −24 16 0.842 CAF
169 Nepal 7 30 4 4 22 23 100 −77 16 0.533 AFC
170 Malta 12 102 2 10 90 33 300 −267 16 0.157 UEFA
171 Bahamas 5 14 4 3 7 20 43 −23 15 1.071 CONCACAF
172 Philippines 4 21 4 3 14 16 57 −41 15 0.714 AFC
173 Sri Lanka 7 31 3 6 22 21 75 −54 15 0.484 AFC
174 Equatorial Guinea 5 20 4 2 14 17 36 −19 14 0.700 CAF
175 Lesotho 7 24 2 8 14 14 51 −37 14 0.583 CAF
176 Aruba 6 16 4 1 11 23 42 −19 13 0.812 CONCACAF
177 Dominica 6 20 3 4 13 15 54 −39 13 0.650 CONCACAF
178 Laos 4 26 3 3 20 23 124 −101 12 0.462 AFC
179 Liechtenstein 6 60 2 6 52 23 185 −162 12 0.200 UEFA
180 Myanmar 3 14 3 2 9 11 38 −27 11 0.786 AFC
181 Macau 9 35 3 2 30 15 165 −150 11 0.314 AFC
182 Mongolia 5 14 3 1 10 11 46 −35 10 0.714 AFC
183 Afghanistan 4 14 3 1 10 10 45 −35 10 0.714 AFC
184 Cook Islands 6 20 3 1 16 16 63 −47 10 0.500 OFC
185 American Samoa 5 18 3 1 14 11 136 −125 10 0.556 OFC
186 Mauritania 6 16 2 3 11 13 31 −18 9 0.562 CAF
187 U.S. Virgin Islands 5 15 3 0 12 8 80 −72 9 0.600 CONCACAF
188 Cambodia 5 26 2 3 21 16 90 −74 9 0.346 AFC
189 Andorra 5 52 2 3 47 14 162 −148 9 0.173 UEFA
190 Guinea-Bissau 6 12 1 4 7 8 19 −11 7 0.583 CAF
191 São Tomé and Príncipe 4 8 2 1 5 4 22 −18 7 0.875 CAF
192 Guam 2 10 2 1 7 3 51 −48 7 0.700 AFC
193 Mauritius 7 18 1 3 14 14 49 −35 6 0.333 CAF
194 Bhutan 1 10 2 0 8 8 53 −45 6 0.600 AFC
195 Cayman Islands 6 16 0 5 11 6 35 −29 5 0.313 CONCACAF
196 Saar 1 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4 1.000 defunct
197 Central African Republic 3 10 1 1 8 8 21 −13 4 0.400 CAF
198 Djibouti 4 13 1 1 11 6 56 −50 4 0.308 CAF
199 Pakistan 8 30 0 4 26 12 118 −106 4 0.133 AFC
200 Eritrea 4 8 0 3 5 3 16 −13 3 0.375 CAF
201 Comoros 3 8 0 3 5 4 18 −14 3 0.375 CAF
202 Somalia 6 11 0 3 8 1 26 −25 3 0.273 CAF
203 British Virgin Islands 5 10 0 3 7 7 34 −27 3 0.300 CONCACAF
204 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 10 1 0 9 6 46 −40 3 0.300 CONCACAF
205 Brunei 3 14 1 0 13 3 59 −56 3 0.214 AFC
206 Seychelles 5 14 0 2 12 6 36 −30 2 0.143 CAF
207 San Marino 7 66 0 2 64 11 310 −299 2 0.030 UEFA
208 South Yemen 1 2 0 1 1 4 7 −3 1 0.500 defunct
209 South Sudan 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1 0.500 CAF
210 Tuvalu 1 4 0 1 3 2 22 −20 1 0.250 OFC
211 Kosovo 1 10 0 1 9 3 24 −21 1 0.100 UEFA
212 Montserrat 5 9 0 1 8 8 45 −37 1 0.111 CONCACAF
213 Anguilla 5 10 0 1 9 2 41 −39 1 0.100 CONCACAF
214 Gibraltar 1 10 0 0 10 3 47 −44 0 0.000 UEFA
215 Timor-Leste 3 14 0 0 14 4 68 −64 0 0.000 AFC
Footnotes
^ Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. Note that this column does not represent any official rankings.
^ Only qualifying campaigns are counted where the team played at least one match that was not annulled.
^ The three points for a win system is used.
Top scorers in preliminary competition (1934–2018)[edit]
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Player
Goals
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1 Carlos Ruiz 39 47 0.75 2002 (8 goals), 2006 (10), 2010 (6), 2014 (6), 2018 (9)
2 Ali Daei 35 50 0.70 1994 (7 goals), 1998 (9), 2002 (10), 2006 (9)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo 30 38 0.79 2006 (7 goals), 2014 (8), 2018 (15)
4 Karim Bagheri 28 29 0.97 1998 (19 goals), 2002 (8), 2010 (1)
5 Kazu Miura 27 25 1.08 1994 (13 goals), 1998 (14)
6 Andriy Shevchenko 26 40 0.65 1998 (4 goals), 2002 (10), 2006 (6), 2010 (6)
7 Tim Cahill 25 36 0.69 2006 (7 goals), 2010 (4), 2014 (3), 2018 (11)
8 Carlos Pavón 25 37 0.68 1998 (2 goals), 2002 (15), 2006 (1), 2010 (7)
9 Edin Džeko 24 31 0.77 2010 (9 goals), 2014 (10), 2018 (5)
10 Jared Borgetti 23 24 0.96 2002 (6 goals), 2006 (14), 2010 (3)
11 Robert Lewandowski 21 28 0.75 2010 (2 goals), 2014 (3), 2018 (16)
12 Paulo Wanchope 21 37 0.57 1998 (6 goals), 2002 (7), 2006 (8)
13 Lionel Messi 21 45 0.47 2010 (4 goals), 2014 (10), 2018 (7)
14 Luis Suárez 21 48 0.44 2010 (5 goals), 2014 (11), 2018 (5)
15 Archie Thompson 20 15 1.33 2002 (16 goals), 2006 (2), 2014 (2)
16 Stern John 20 49 0.41 1998 (3 goals), 2002 (3), 2006 (12), 2010 (2)
17 Vaughan Coveny 19 19 1.00 1998 (4 goals), 2002 (9), 2006 (6)
18 Emmanuel Sanon 19 20 0.95 1974 (11 goals), 1978 (8)
19 Pauleta 19 24 0.79 2002 (8 goals), 2006 (11)
20 Zlatan Ibrahimović 19 29 0.66 2002 (1 goal), 2006 (8), 2010 (2), 2014 (8)
21 Hernán Crespo 19 33 0.58 1998 (3 goals), 2002 (9), 2006 (7)
22 Didier Drogba 18 19 0.95 2006 (9 goals), 2010 (6), 2014 (3)
23 Moumouni Dagano 18 24 0.75 2002 (1 goal), 2006 (5), 2010 (12)
24 Samuel Eto'o 18 29 0.62 2002 (3 goals), 2006 (4), 2010 (9), 2014 (2)
25 Raúl Díaz Arce 18 29 0.62 1994 (2 goals), 1998 (9), 2002 (7)
26 Marcelo Salas 18 32 0.56 1998 (11 goals), 2002 (4), 2006 (1), 2010 (2)
27 Robbie Keane 18 37 0.49 2002 (2 goals), 2006 (4), 2010 (6), 2014 (6)
28 Clint Dempsey 18 43 0.42 2010 (5 goals), 2014 (8), 2018 (5)
29 Iván Zamorano 17 11 1.54 1990 (1 goal), 1998 (12), 2002 (4)
30 Deon McCaulay 17 16 1.06 2010 (2 goals), 2014 (11), 2018 (4)
31 Dimitar Berbatov 17 24 0.71 2002 (6 goals), 2006 (8), 2010 (5)
32 Alexander Frei 17 25 0.68 2002 (5 goals), 2006 (7), 2010 (5)
33 Álvaro Saborío 17 41 0.41 2006 (3 goals), 2010 (6), 2014 (8)
(updated as of FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers)
First games and goalscorers in preliminary competition (1934–2018)[edit]
World Cup
First game
First goal

1934 11 June 1933; Sweden 6–2 Estonia 11 June 1933; Knut Kroon for Sweden vs. Estonia

1938 16 June 1937; Sweden 4–0 Finland 16 June 1937; Lennart Bunke for Sweden vs. Finland

1950 2 June 1949; Sweden 3–1 Republic of Ireland 2 June 1949; Davy Walsh for Republic of Ireland vs. Sweden

1954 9 May 1953; Yugoslavia 1–0 Greece 9 May 1953; Frane Matošić for Yugoslavia vs. Greece

1958 30 September 1956; Austria 7–0 Luxembourg 30 September 1956; Gerhard Hanappi for Austria vs. Luxembourg

1962 21 August 1960; Costa Rica 3–2 Guatemala 21 August 1960; Jorge Hernán Monge for Costa Rica vs. Guatemala

1966 24 May 1964; Netherlands 2–0 Albania 24 May 1964; Daan Schrijvers for Netherlands vs. Albania

1970 19 May 1968; Austria 7–1 Cyprus 19 May 1968; Erich Hof for Austria vs. Cyprus

1974 14 November 1971; Malta 0–2 Hungary 14 November 1971; Ferenc Bene for Hungary vs. Malta

1978 4 April 1976; Panama 3–2 Costa Rica 4 April 1976; Javier Jiménez for Costa Rica vs. Panama

1982 26 March 1980; Israel 0–0 Northern Ireland
26 March 1980; Cyprus 2–3 Republic of Ireland 26 March 1980; Paul McGee for Republic of Ireland vs. Cyprus

1986 2 May 1984; Cyprus 1–2 Austria 2 May 1984; Martin Gisinger for Austria vs. Cyprus

1990 17 April 1988; Guyana 0–4 Trinidad and Tobago 17 April 1988; Paul Elliot-Allen for Trinidad and Tobago vs. Guyana

1994 21 March 1992; Dominican Republic 0–4 Puerto Rico 21 March 1992; Marcos Lugris for Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic

1998 10 March 1996; Dominica 3–3 Antigua and Barbuda 10 March 1996; Anthony Dominique for Dominica vs. Antigua and Barbuda

2002 4 March 2000; Trinidad and Tobago 5–0 Netherlands Antilles
4 March 2000; Honduras 3–0 Nicaragua 4 March 2000; Marvin Andrews for Trinidad and Tobago vs. Netherlands Antilles

2006 6 September 2003; Ecuador 2–0 Venezuela 6 September 2003; Giovanny Espinoza for Ecuador vs. Venezuela

2010 25 August 2007; Tahiti 0–1 New Caledonia 25 August 2007; Pierre Wajoka for New Caledonia vs. Tahiti

2014 15 June 2011; Montserrat 2–5 Belize 15 June 2011; Deon McCauley for Belize vs. Montserrat

2018 12 March 2015; Timor-Leste 0–3 Mongolia (forfeited) 12 March 2015; Chan Vathanaka for Cambodia vs. Macau
Current format[edit]
Currently, 32 places are available in the final tournament until 2022. One of them is reserved for the host nation, but if two or more nations co-host the competition, each is awarded a place.
From 1934 to 2002, one berth was reserved for the winners of the previous World Cup, but in November 2001, FIFA announced that the defending champion would no longer get automatic entry to the subsequent tournament, starting with the 2006 finals. This decision was made to address the issue of the returning champions being at a disadvantage to their fellow competitors due to having not played a competitive match in the previous two years.[3]
The problem was amply demonstrated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, as returning champions France tumbled out in the first round, finishing bottom of their group without scoring a single goal. 2002 winner Brazil qualified for 2006 at the top of their qualifiers group, but Italy, defending champions from 2006, finished bottom of their group in 2010, despite playing in the qualifying matches. At Brazil 2014, 2010 champions Spain finished third in their group and failed to advance to the Round of 16, despite having qualified as first in their group.
FIFA decides beforehand the number of spots awarded to each of the continental zones. For the 2018 World Cup, the following numbers were used:[4]
UEFA (Europe) – 13 berths, plus the host Russia
CAF (Africa) – 5 berths
AFC (Asia) – 4 berths
CONMEBOL (South America) – 4 berths
CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean) – 3 berths
2 berths for the winners of intercontinental play-offs between the best team from the OFC (Oceania), as well as additional teams from the AFC, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. The pairings for these play-offs were determined by an open draw.
The number of berths allocated per continent is widely debated, with the main point of contention being the extent to which berths should be allocated to regions based on sheer population vs. talent. A historically weaker continent, Africa has called for more places, as they are allocated only five in comparison to Europe's 13.[5]
In early October 2016, it was announced that the World Cup would have featured 40 teams starting with the 2026 tournament,[6] then FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated his support for a 48-team World Cup,[7] mainly to address African concerns. On 10 January 2017, the FIFA Council voted unanimously to expand the World Cup to a 48 team tournament that will open with a group stage consisting of 16 groups of three teams, with two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 32.[8] The new format for the qualifying process has yet to be confirmed, other than a play-off tournament that consists of one team from each confederation (except UEFA) and one additional team from the confederation of the host country for the last two World Cup berths.[9]
These numbers vary slightly between tournaments (see above).
Qualification in all zones ends at approximately the same time, in September–November of the year preceding the finals.
The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations and over time. The systems used in 2018 are outlined below.
Africa[edit]
The CAF qualification process began with two preliminary rounds to narrow the field of 53 entrants to 20 teams in October 2015 (Zimbabwe were disqualified).
The group stage consisted of 5 groups of 4, with the group winners advancing to the World Cup finals.
Asia[edit]
Bhutan and Guam entered the AFC qualification process, while Indonesia were disqualified after being suspended for political interference.
Qualifying was altered significantly from the 2014 method, with changes to the structure of the preliminary rounds – which were held before the main draw. One home-and-away preliminary round reduced the 12 weakest entrants to 6, which then joined the 34 strongest sides in 8 groups of 5, with the winners and 4 best runners-up advancing to the final group stage, comprising two 6-team groups. The winners and runners-up of the two final groups of 6 advanced to the World Cup finals with the two third-placed sides playing off in the fourth round for the right to play in an inter-confederation play-off for a final World Cup spot. The first two rounds also acted as the qualifiers for the expanded 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[10]
A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separate from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the 16 highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which were contested by the remaining 12 teams eliminated in the second round.[11]
Europe[edit]
The European qualification was unchanged from the 2010 system. The 54 national teams were divided into nine groups of six teams, with the group winners qualifying directly to the finals, and the best eight runners-up playing home-and-away ties for the remaining four places.[12]
With the admission of Gibraltar and Kosovo as FIFA members in May 2016, both national teams made their debuts in World Cup qualifying.[13] With two groups of only five teams in the first round, Kosovo was assigned to group I as it was decided that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia should not play against Kosovo for security reasons, and Gibraltar was then added to group H.[14][15]
North and Central America and Caribbean[edit]
See also: Hexagonal (CONCACAF)
The 2018 CONCACAF qualification process changed significantly from the 2014 qualification cycle. The first three rounds had teams play home-and-away over two legs. A first preliminary round involved the 14 lowest ranked teams and the seven winners advanced to the second round. The 13 higher ranked sides received byes in the second round and were joined by the seven first round winners; the ten winners advanced to the third round. Two higher ranked teams received byes in the third round and were joined by ten second round winners; the six winners advanced to the preliminary group stage.
As in 2014, the remaining 12 teams played in 3 semifinal groups of 4 teams with the top two in each group advancing to a final six-team group.
The final round – often referred to as the "hexagonal" because there are six teams involved – saw the top three teams advance to the World Cup finals, while the fourth placed side entered an inter-confederation play-off for a final World Cup spot.
Oceania[edit]
Qualification in Oceania was held as part of a further competition. The first stage took place with one group of four lowest ranked teams and the winner advanced to the second stage (which also acted as the 2016 OFC Nations Cup). In the second stage the top three teams advanced to the third round, among them Nations Cup champions New Zealand. Two groups of three teams contested the third round, or final group stage, and the winners of each group entered a two-leg final. The winners of this final advanced to an inter-confederation play-off for a World Cup spot.
South America[edit]
As in recent qualification series CONMEBOL qualification consisted of a single group of all entrants. Unlike previous qualifying tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were determined by a draw, which was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw, on 25 July 2015.[16]
The top 4 teams from the 10-team group advanced to the World Cup finals, while the fifth placed team entered an inter-confederation play-off for a World Cup spot.
Intercontinental play-offs[edit]
Like the previous 2014 tournament, the pairings for the two play-offs were determined by an open draw on 25 July 2015, as part of the aforementioned preliminary draw. Intercontinental play-offs are played as home-and-away ties.
Qualification tournament rules[edit]
Qualification tournaments generally consist of a number of stages, made up of groups or knock-out ties.
Groups[edit]
In all group tournaments, three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. FIFA has set the order of the tie-breakers for teams that finish level on points:
goal difference in all group matches
greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Where teams are still not able to be separated, the following tie-breakers are used:
greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
goal difference in matches between the tied teams
greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
Where teams are still equal, then a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary will be played if FIFA deems such a play-off able to be fitted within the coordinated international match calendar. If this is not deemed feasible, then the result will be determined by the drawing of lot.
Note that this order of tie-breaker application has not always been applied. While it was used in the 2010 qualifiers, the qualification for the 2006 World Cup used the head-to-head comparison prior to goal difference (although this system was – where applicable – used in the 2006 finals themselves). If these rules had applied in 2006, then Nigeria would have qualified rather than Angola.
Home-and-away ties[edit]
Most knock-out qualifiers (such as the inter-confederation play-offs, the second round of UEFA qualifying and many preliminary ties) are played over two legs. The team that scores a greater aggregate number of goals qualifies. Away goals rule applies. If these rules fail to determine the winner, extra time and penalty shootouts are used.
Occasionally – usually when one entrant lacks adequate facilities to host international matches – ties are played over a single leg, in which case matches level after 90 minutes will go to extra time and then to a penalty shootout if required.
Alternatively, "home" matches can be played in neutral countries, or occasionally one team will host both matches. In the latter case the visiting team will still be considered as the "home" team for one of the legs – which may determine which side advances under the away goals rule, as occurred in CONCACAF qualification in 2010.
See also[edit]
National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship qualifying
AFC Asian Cup qualification
References[edit]
^ "History of the FIFA World Cup preliminary competition (by year)" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ "FIFA's 209 member associations" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. July 2012.
^ "Fifa makes major policy shift". BBC News. 30 November 2001.
^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained" (Press release). FIFA. 30 May 2015.
^ "Africa calls for FIFA to increase World Cup places". Ahram Online. Reuters. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^ "New Fifa chief backs 48-team World Cup". heraldlive. 7 October 2016. It’s an idea, just as the World Cup with 40 teams is already on the table with groups of four or five teams.
^ "World Cup could expand to 48 teams, Fifa's Gianni Infantino suggests". The Guardian. 3 October 2016.
^ "Fifa approves Infantino's plan to expand World Cup to 48 teams from 2026". The Guardian. 10 January 2017.
^ "Bureau of the Council recommends slot allocation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017.
^ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014.
^ "World Cup draw looms large in Asia". FIFA.com. 13 April 2015. Completing the tournament's qualifying contenders will be the next 16 highest ranked teams, with the remaining 12 sides battling it out in play-off matches to claim the last eight spots.
^ "Uefa retains 2010 World Cup qualifying format for 2014". bbc.co.uk. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ "FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed". FIFA.com. 13 May 2016.
^ "Kosovo to play in Group I in European Qualifiers". uefa.org. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 9 June 2016.
^ "Kosovo and Gibraltar assigned to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying groups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 9 June 2016.
^ "A unanimous decision: A draw will determine the classifications for the World Cup and CONMEBOL Tournaments". CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2015.
External links[edit]
FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition Statistics (from FIFA.com)
FIFA World Cup Preliminary History (from FIFA.com)
FIFA World Cup 2018 Regulations
FIFA World Cup 2018 Guide (from fifa-world-cup-2018.info)
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Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
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At a conference sponsored by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy (ICBI) and held in Chicago in October 1978, more than 200 evangelical leaders formulated the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. The statement was designed[by whom?] to defend the position of Biblical inerrancy against a perceived trend toward liberal conceptions of Scripture. Those signing the statement came from a variety of evangelical Christian denominations, and included Robert Preus, James Montgomery Boice, Kenneth Kantzer, J. I. Packer, Francis Schaeffer, R. C. Sproul and John F. MacArthur.
Leading inerrantists regard the Chicago Statement as a very thorough statement of what they mean by "inerrancy". The Statement elaborates on various details in articles formed as couplets of "We affirm..." and "We deny...". Under the statement, inerrancy applies only to the original manuscripts (which no longer exist, but which can be inferred on the basis of extant copies), not to the copies or translations themselves. In the Statement, inerrancy does not refer to a blind literal interpretation, and that "history must be treated as history, poetry as poetry, hyperbole and metaphor as hyperbole and metaphor, generalization and approximation as what they are, and so forth." It also makes it clear that the signers deny "that Biblical infallibility and inerrancy are limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes, exclusive of assertions in the fields of history and science. We further deny that scientific hypotheses about earth history may properly be used to overturn the teaching of Scripture on creation and the flood."
Jay Rogers has compared the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy to the Second Vatican Council Decree Dei verbum in addressing issues of the historical critical method and affirming inerrancy.[1]
Contents
[hide]
1 List of signers
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
List of signers[edit]
Wm. Ackerman
Jay E. Adams
John N. Akers
Robert L. Alden
Brooks Alexander
Rev. Russell T. Allen
Gleason L. Archer
Hudson T. Armerding
Robert L. Atwell
Edward D. Auchard
Hermann J. Austel
Greg L. Bahnsen
James M. Baird
Kenneth L. Barker
William S. Barker
Alexander Barkley
David A. Barnes
Thomas G. Barnes
Daniel L. Barnett
Cal Beisner
Richard P. Belcher
William E. Bell, Jr.
Warren S. Benson
Thomas F. Blanchard
Henri A. G. Blocher
Edwin A. Blum
Stuart Boehmig
Carl W. Bogue
James M. Boice
James A. Borror
David A. Bowen
James L. Boyer
William R. Bright
Arthur C. Broadwick
Harold O. J. Brown
Stephen W. Brown
Walter F. Brunn
James M. Buchfuehrer
Jon Buell
Harold H. Buls
J. Buraga
Donald W. Burdick
David Burnham
John A. Burns
Russ Bush
Donald K. Campbell
Greg Cantelmo
J. William Carpenter
D. A. Carson
Stephen M. Clinton
Edmund P. Clowney
Robert S. Coleman
Harvie M. Conn
W. Robert Cook
E. Clark Copeland
Allan Coppedge
Winfried Corduan
Vic Cowie
W. A. Criswell
William C. Crouse
Linward A. Crowe
Scott Eugene Daniels
John J. Davis
Wilber T. Dayton
G. Waldemar Degner
Daniel F. DeHaan
Peter DeJong
Bruce A. Demarest
William Dennison
Robert K. DeVries
James B. DeYoung
C. Fred Dickason
Raymond B. Dillard
David V. Dissen
David R. Douglass
Duane A. Dunham
Robert J. Dunzweiler
Ralph Earle
Daniel L. Edmundson
Stanley E. Edwards
Leroy O. Eger
Allan C. Emery, Jr.
Ted W. Engstrom
Wallace A. Erickson
Howard A. Eyrich
Jelle Faber
Julius E. Farup
John S. Feinberg
Paul D. Feinberg
Harold D. Foos
John M. Frame
Eldon R. Fuhrman
Frank E. Gaebelein
Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
Kenneth O. Gangel
Alden A. Gannet
Verne Garrison II
William N. Garrison
Arthur E. Gay, Jr.
Norman L. Geisler
George Giacumakis, Jr.
Duane T. Gish
Omar Gjerness
W. Robert Godfrey
John E. Grauley
William T. Greig, Jr.
Jay H. Grimstead
Robert Gromacki
Wayne Grudem
Stanley N. Gundry
David E. Hall
Francis H. Hall, Jr.
Pearl Crosby Hamilton
Mark M. Hanna
R. Laird Harris
Wendell C. Hawley
William G. Hay
Jack W. Hayford
Steven A. Hein
Howard G. Hendricks
Carl F. H. Henry
Alverda Hertzler
Bartlett L. Hess
Albert A. Hiebert
D. Edmond Hiebert
Paul M. Hillman
David L. Hocking
Harold W. Hoehner
Donald E. Hoke
Henry W. Holloman
David F. Holsclaw
Russell R. Horton
William G. Houser
Karen C. Hoyt
John J. Hughes
Horace Hummel
Morris A. Inch
Herbert J. Jantzen
W. Maxey Jarman
Gene L. Jeffries
Irving L. Jensen
Robert T. Jensen
Rosemary M. Jensen
A. Wetherell Johnson
Alan F. Johnson
Dennis E. Johnson
Elliott E. Johnson
G. L. Johnson
Arthur P. Johnson
Martha L. Johnson
Wendell G. Johnson
[[David C. Jones]]
Norman L. Jones
James B. Jordan
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
David E. Kelby
D. James Kennedy
Homer A. Kent, Jr.
Eugene R. Kerr
William F. Kerr
Joseph N. Kickasola
Dennis F. Kinlaw
Fred H. Klooster
George W. Knight, III
Hendrik Krabbendam
Charles W. Krahe
Samuel R. Kulling
Robert G. Lambeth
Donald H. Launstein
Nerritt E. Lawson
Francis Nigel Lee
James T. Lester
Samuel Leuenberger
Gordon R. Lewis
Walter L. Liefeld
Hal Lindsey
Art Lindsley
Calvin D. Linton
George H. Livingston
George W. Long
Marvin L. Lubenow
William F. Luck
Caryl McCarty
Thomas E. McComiskey
Josh P. McDowell
Richard T. McIntosh
J. Robertson McQuilkin
John MacArthur, Jr.
John MacArthur, Sr.
Allan A. MacRae
E. William Male
W. Harold Mare
Trueman M. Martin, Jr.
James Earl Massey
Erich Mauerhofer
Richard R. Melick, Jr.
Billy A. Melvin
David Merk
Robert Metcalf
Gerald Metz
John S. Meyer
Darrow L. Miller
Jimmy A. Millikin
John J. Mitchell
John L. Mitchell
Elmer J. Moeller
James M. Moran
J. P. Moreland
Henry M. Morris
Daniel R. Morse
W. Donald Munson, Jr.
Douglas M. Muraki
John W. Murray
Lloyd R. Nelson
Mark Neuenschwander
John C. Neville, Jr.
Robert C. Newman
David R. Nicholas
Roger R. Nicole
William E. Nix
Boyd E. Nixon
Emilio Antonio Nunez
John W. Nyquist
Stanley Obitts
Harold J. Ockenga
Heinrich M. Ohmann
Stephen F. Olford
Kay Oliver
Juan Carlos Ortiz
Dr. Raymond C. Ortlund Sr.
James I. Packer
Luis Palau
Edwin H. Palmer
Luis L. Pantoja, Jr.
Majlis L. Parke
Donald B. Patterson
Dorothy Patterson
Paige Patterson
Richard D. Patterson
J. Barton Payne
Philip Barton Payne
Sue Perlman
Douglas W. Petersen
Vern S. Poythress
Paul Pressler
Klemet I. Preus
Robert D. Preus
Rolf Preus
Earl D. Radmacher
Robert G. Rayburn
K. Reddy
Robert L. Reymond
Arthur K. Robertson
O. Palmer Robertson
Bill Rogers
Cleon Rogers
Moishe Rosen
Joseph F. Ryan, Jr.
Charles C. Ryrie
Robert L. Saucy
Francis Schaeffer
Robert W. Schaibley
F. Richard Schatz
Rick Scheideman
Dale A. Schlack
Dale Schlafer
Eckhard Schnabel
Theodore W. Schubkegel
Samuel J. Schultz
Lubbertus Selles
Norman Shepherd
Joseph R. Shultz
Stephen E. Slocum, Jr.
C. Don Smedley
Elmer B. Smick
A. E. Wilder Smith
Charles E. Smith
Charles R. Smith
Paul B. Smith
Wayne R. Spear
R. C. Sproul
John A. Sproule
James A. Stahr
Hardy W. Steinberg
Bruce C. Stewart
Donald D. Stewart
William R. Storer
Richard L. Strauss
Robert B. Strimple
Everald H. Strom
Samuel H. Sutherland
G. Aiken Taylor
Jerry Taylor
Robert L. Thomas
Michael B. Thompson
James A. Thomson
Donald Tinder
James R. Tony
Dick L. Van Halsema
J. Robert Vannoy
Paul M. Vigress
Jerry Vines
Frederick G. Wacker, Jr.
Roger Wagner
Larry L. Walker
Wilber B. Wallis
Leon F. Wardell
Gilbert B. Weaver
Ed A. Weise
David Wells
Carl E. Wenger
John W. Wenham
Dean O. Wenthe
Waldo J. Werning
Walter W. Wessel
John C. Whitcomb
Gene R. White
John H. White
Paul S. White
Luder G. Whitlock, Jr.
Bruce H. Wilkinson
David Williams
James A. Wilson
George Winston
John A. Witmer
George F. Wollenburg
A. Skevington Wood
Laurence W. Wood
John D. Woodbridge
Lewis H. Worrad, Jr.
Martin H. Woudstra
Paul O. Wright
Edwin M. Yamauchi
Ronald Youngblood
See also[edit]
Biblical hermeneutics
Biblical literalism
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Rogers, Jay Frank Schaeffer Will You Please Shut Up!, p. PA82, at Google Books "[...] the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council ratified a similar document in 1965 called Dei Verbum (The Word of God) in which the problems inherent in the approach of the historical critical method are addressed and the principle of inerrancy is affirmed."
External links[edit]
"Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" (PDF).
"Text of the Statement" (PDF).
"Typed list of signers" (PDF).
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