53 teams will be divided into 9 groups, with 6 teams in the first 8 groups and only 5 teams in the ninth group. The top names of nine groups directly qualified for the World Cup finals. The second place with the best results in the eight group matches will be caught and killed in groups, and the remaining four teams will also qualify for the World Cup finals.
Group 1: Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta;
Group 2: Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg;
Group 3: Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino;
Group 4: Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein;
Group 5: Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia;
Group 6: Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra;
Group 7: France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands;
Group 8: Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro;
Group 9: Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Macedonia, Iceland.
Asian region: 4.5 places
2 teams are divided into 5 groups for home and away round robin, and the top two in each group enter the top ten. The top ten competitions are divided into two groups, and the top two in each group enter the World Cup finals. Two third-place teams play home and away elimination matches, and the winning team will compete with the Oceania team for another World Cup finals.
Group 1: Australia, China, Iraq, Qatar;
Group 2: Japan, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand;
Group 3: Korea, North Korea, Jordan, Turkmenistan;
Group 4: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Singapore;
Group 5: Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Syria.
Africa: 5 places
48 teams will be divided into 12 groups for round robin, and the top of 12 groups plus the second place with 8 best results ***2 teams will enter the next round. Twenty teams were divided into five groups, and the first place in each group was qualified for the World Cup finals. (The host country South Africa will go straight to the World Cup finals, but the qualifying results will only be counted as the African Nations Cup).
Group 1: Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania, Mauritius;
Group 2: Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya;
Group 3: Angola, Benin, Uganda, Niger;
Group 4: Nigeria, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone;
Group 5: Ghana, Libya, Gabon, Lesotho;
Group 6: Senegal, Algeria, Liberia, Gambia;
Group 7: C? te d 'Ivoire, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar;
Group 8: Morocco, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mauritania;
Group 9: Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Seychelles;
Group 1: Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad;
Group 11: Togo, Zambia, Eritrea, Swaziland;
Group 12: Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Djibouti.
Central and North America: 3.5 places
Thirty-five teams will be eliminated according to the 14th-35th place ranked by FIFA, and the winning 11 teams, together with Saint Vincent and Grenada, will be eliminated in the second round with the top 12 teams. The 12 teams are divided into three groups. The top two teams in the group will enter the home and away round-robin competition. The top three teams will directly qualify, and the fourth team will compete with the fifth team in South America for another qualification.
1A: Dominica vs Barbados (winner vs USA); 2A: Belize vs Saint Kitts and Nevis (winner vs Mexico); 3A: American Virgin Islands vs Grenada (winner vs Costa Rica).
1B: Turks and Kekessz vs Saint Lucia (winner vs Guatemala); 2B: Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands (winner vs Jamaica); 3B: Suriname vs Montserrat (winner vs Guyana).
1C: Bermuda vs Cayman Islands (winner vs Trinidad and Tobago); 2C: Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico (winner vs Honduras); 3C: El Salvador vs Anguilla (winner vs Panama).
1D: Aruba vs Antigua and barbuda island (winner vs Cuba); 2D: Canada vs Saint Vincent and Grenada; 3D: Nicaragua vs Netherlands Andreas (winner vs Haiti).
South America: 4.5
The top 1 teams play a double round of home and away games, the top 4 teams directly qualify, and the 5th team competes with the 4th in Central and North America for a qualification.
Oceania region: .5
New Zealand will enter the semi-finals directly, and the first place in this region will compete with the winner of the Asian play-offs for a qualification.