The breakdown in spots for the 32 nation final round is as such:
* Europe (UEFA): 13 places
* Africa (CAF): 5 places (+ South Africa qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places)
* South America (CONMEBOL): 4 or 5 places
* Asia (AFC): 4 or 5 places
* North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 3 or 4 places
* Oceania (OFC): 0 or 1 place
The "or" qualifiers are decided with a knockout playoff between OFC and AFC, as well as CONCACAF and CONMEBOL
THE MAPGreen - Team qualified for the World Cup.
Blue - Team may still qualify for the World Cup.
Pink - Team cannot qualify for the World Cup, but still has qualifying matches left.
Red - Team eliminated from World Cup qualifying.
Purple - Country did not enter World Cup.
Grey - Country is not part of FIFA.
CONCACAF
CONCACAF's final round of qualifying kicks off February 11th. Each nation plays each other twice(home and away), the top 3 teams advance. With the 4th going to a playoff with CONMEBOL's 5 ranked nation.
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
Mexico 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19
Honduras 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16
Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16
El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 -6 8
T&T 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 6
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CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL's qualifying is done as one big group with each nation playing each other twice(home and away). The top 4 nations automatically qualify. With the 5th place nation entering a playoff with CONCACAF's 4th ranked nation.
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34
Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33
Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +9 33
Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28
Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24
Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 ?4 23
Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 ?4 23
Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 ?6 22
Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 ?14 15
Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 ?23 13[/HTML]
AFC
Asia's final round of qualifying has two groups. The top two nations from each group automatically qualify, with the two 3rd ranked nations from each group competing in a playoff with each other. The winner of the playoff then has to enter into a playoff with the winning nation of the OFC. Groups are home and away match based.
Group 1
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia 8 6 2 0 12 1 +11 20
Japan 8 4 3 1 11 6 +5 15
Bahrain 8 3 1 4 6 8 ?2 10
Qatar 8 1 3 4 5 14 ?9 6
Uzbekistan 8 1 1 6 5 10 ?5 4
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Group 2
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Korea Republic 8 4 4 0 12 4 +8 16
Korea DPR 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12
Saudi Arabia 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12
Iran 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 11
U.A.E 8 0 1 7 6 17 ?11 1[/HTML]
CAF
Africa's final round of qualifying is split into 5 groups of 4 nations. The top nation in each group will qualify. Groups are home and away match based. Africa also has a nation already qualified, as South Africa is hosting the event(until everyone involved is eventually murdered and it is moved to England or the U.S.).
Group 1
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cameroon 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10
Gabon 5 3 0 2 9 6 +3 9
Togo 5 1 2 2 2 7 -3 5
Morocco 5 0 3 2 3 6 -3 3
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Group 2
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11
Nigeria 5 2 3 0 6 2 +4 9
Mozambique 5 1 1 3 2 5 -3 4
Kenya 5 1 0 4 3 8 -5 3
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Group 3
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Algeria 5 4 1 0 9 2 +7 13
Egypt 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
Zambia 5 1 1 3 2 5 -3 4
Rwanda 5 0 1 4 1 8 -7 1[/HTML]
Group 4
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ghana 5 4 0 1 7 1 +7 12
Mali 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
Benin 5 2 1 2 4 5 -1 7
Sudan 5 0 1 4 1 7 -6 1
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Group 5
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cote d'Ivoire 5 4 1 0 16 4 +12 13
Burkina Faso 5 3 0 2 9 11 -2 9
Malawi 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4
Guinea 5 1 0 4 7 11 -2 3
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UEFA
UEFA's qualifying is split into nine groups. The top nation of each group automatically qualifies, with the top 8 second place nations competing in four playoffs for the final spots. Groups are home and away match based.
Group 1
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Denmark 10 6 3 1 16 5 +11 21
Portugal 10 5 4 1 17 5 +12 19
Sweden 10 5 3 2 13 5 +6 18
Hungary 10 5 1 4 10 8 +2 16
Albania 10 1 4 5 6 16 -10 7
Malta 10 0 1 9 0 26 ?26 1[/HTML]
Group 2
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21
Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20
Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17
Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16
Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 ?21 5
Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 ?12 3[/HTML]
Group 3
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Slovakia 10 7 1 2 22 10 +12 22
Slovenia 10 6 2 2 18 4 +14 20
N. Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 14
Czech Republic 10 4 4 2 17 6 +11 16
Poland 10 3 2 5 19 14 +4 11
San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 ?46 0[/HTML]
Group 4
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany 10 8 2 0 26 5 +21 26
Russia 10 7 1 2 19 6 +13 22
Finland 10 5 3 2 14 14 0 14
Wales 10 4 0 6 9 12 -3 12
Liechten. 10 0 2 6 2 19 ?17 2
Azerbaijan 10 0 1 7 1 13 ?12 1[/HTML]
Group 5
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 10 10 0 0 28 5 +23 30
B&H 10 6 1 3 25 13 +12 19
Turkey 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 15
Belgium 10 3 1 6 13 20 -7 10
Estonia 10 2 2 6 9 24 ?15 8
Armenia 10 1 1 8 6 22 ?16 4[/HTML]
Group 6
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27
Ukraine 10 6 3 1 23 6 +17 21
Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13
Kazakhstan 10 2 0 9 11 29 ?18 6
Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 ?36 0[/HTML]
Group 7
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Serbia 10 7 1 2 22 8 +14 22
France 10 6 3 1 18 9 +9 19
Austria 10 4 2 4 14 15 -1 14
Lithuania 10 4 0 6 10 11 -1 12
Romania 10 3 3 4 12 18 -6 12
Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 5 20 ?15 4[/HTML]
Group 8
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy 10 7 3 0 18 7 +11 24
Rep. of Ireland 10 4 6 0 12 8 +4 18
Bulgaria 10 3 5 2 17 13 +4 14
Cyprus 10 2 3 5 14 16 -2 9
Montenegro 10 1 6 3 9 14 -5 9
Georgia 10 0 3 7 7 19 -12 3
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Group 9
[HTML]Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24
Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10
Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 -5 10
FYR Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 -6 7
Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 -6 5
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OFC
The OFC was given half a qualifying spot, after a preliminary group, the winner faced off with the 5th placed AFC team
Qualified Nations
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lol
no this may be the first soccer game i watch in over 15 years
STEAM!
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that would be sweet
that's why I also made a a bracket where the U.S. wins.
if they both get 1st in their groups. I guess it's more likely Brazil will drop to Ivory Coast, don'[t see that happening tho
and germany going all the way awwww yeah
You crazy. Germany has a lack of experience on the field. Also, Argentina is going to be explosive.
I think Univision should have it though
:x
Man i was really dissapointed in Argentina this afternoon. They scored one goal from a corner against a Nigerian team who has absolutely no clue how to defend. I expected a lot more.
I was tempted to find a Stars and Stripes to hang out my window, but was afraid I would be lynched.
The Nigerian keeper played out of his mind, he robbed Messi at least twice and he some other great saves.
i realized recently that i hear everything i read about soccer in the voice of martin tyler
A brick through the window probably!
Absolutley the keeper was great. But for a team with players of Argentinas quality I expected a lot more pressure against a poor side. I think their back four look slow and shaky too.
He was recently suspended for six months in his home country of Brazil.
Thats the man FIFA has picked to officiate this match.
It's actually an American smiley
Note the perfectly spherical body shape
http://futbol.univision.com/fifacopamundial/partidos-en-vivo/
What they lack in understandablility, they make up for in excitement.
What for? Whats his name?