- Europe ( UEFA ) - 14 places ( 13 + Greece qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places )
One Round ( Home and Away Matches )
- There was nine groups.All the first placed teams of each group automatically qualified directly to World Cup and the best second-place teams qualify directly to World Cup too.For the Europen Playoffs , the best six second-place teams except the best second placed team what qualified directly will dispute home and away ties to see who will qualify and the others is eliminated.
Group 1 - Italy|Switzerland|Sweden|Lithuania|Azerbaijan|Estonia
Group 2 - Spain|Romania|Hungary|Turkey|Georgia|Faroe Islands
Group 3 - Russia|Serbia|Bulgaria|Norway|Liechtenstein|San Marino
Group 4 - Ukraine|Denmark|Czech Republic|Belarus|Moldova|Iceland
Group 5 - England|Poland|Israel|Ireland|Kazakhstan|Luxembourg
Group 6 - Portugal|Bosnia|Finland|Armenia|Cyprus|Andorra
Group 7 - France|Croatia|Austria|Wales|Macedonia|Malta|
Group 8 - Netherlands|Belgium|Slovakia|Scotland|Albania
Group 9 - Germany|Nothern Ireland|Slovenia|Montenegro|Latvia
- Africa ( CAF ) - 5 places
One Round ( Home Matches )
- There are 51 teams divided alternately in five groups playing in only home matches and the first of each group automaticaly qualify to the World Cup.
Group 1
Ivory Coast|Angola|Benin|Central African Republic|Gambia|Kenya|Madagascar|Zimbabwe|Sierra Leone|Swaziland|Tanzania
Group 2
Gana|Tunisia|Zambia|Cape Verde|Eritrea|Guinea-Bissau|Liberia|Malawi|Mozambique|Uganda
Group 3
Nigeria|South Africa|Morocco|Burundi|Congo|Ethiopia|Guinea|Lesotho|Mali|Namibia
Group 4
Cameroon|Algeria|Equatorial Guinea|Chad|DR Congo|Gabon|Libya|Mauritanius|Seychelles|Sudan
Group 5
Egypt|Togo|Botswana|Burkina Faso|Comoros|Mauritania|Niger|Rwanda|Senegal|Somalia
- Asia ( AFC ) - 4 or 5 places
One Round ( Home Matches )
- There are 46 teams divided in three groups with 11 teams , playing in only home matches.The top four teams of each group advance to the Second Round.
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Group 1
Japan|Uzbekistan|Afghanistan|Brunei|India|Jordan|Macau|Mongolia|Phillippines|Singapore|Sri Lanka
Group 2
Australia|North Korea|Saudi Arabia|China|Indonesia|Kyrgysztan|Maldives|Pakistan|Tajikistan|Turkemnistan|
Group 3
South Korea|UAE|Bahrain|Taiwan|Hong Kong|Kuwait|Lebanon|Myanmar|Syria|Thailand|Yemen
Group 4
Iran|Malaysia|Iraq|Qatar|Bhutan|Bangladesh|Cambodia|Laos|Oman|Palestine|Vietnam
Second Round ( Home and Away Matches )
- Is 16 teams divided in four groups with four teams , the best placed teams of each group automaticaly qualify to the World Cup and best second place team go to the playoffs.
Group 1
First Place of Group A|Second Place of Group D|Third Place of Group B|Third Place of Group C
Group 2
First Place of Group B|Second Place of Group C|Third Place of Group A|Third Place of Group D
Group 3
First Place of Group C|Second Place of Group B|Third Place of Group A|Third Place of Group D
Group 4
First Place of Group D|Second Place of Group A|Third Place of Group B|Third Place of Group C
- South America ( CONMEBOL ) - 4 or 5 places
One Round ( Home and Away Matches )
- There are 10 teams play in double round-robin group.The top four teams qualify automatically, the fifth-placed team will proceed to the playoffs.
A One Group
Argentina|Brazil|Bolivia|Chile|Colombia|Ecuador|Paraguay|Venezuela|Uruguay|Peru
- North, Central American and Caribbean ( CONCACAF ) - 3 or 4 places
One Round ( Home Matches )
- There are 31 teams divided alternately in three groups playing in double-robing and the two top teams for each group for a total of 6 teams advence to the final round
Group 1
Mexico|Bahamas|Canada|Cayman Islands|Curacao|Grenada|Guatemala|Haiti|Nicaragua| St Vincent Grenadies
Group 2
USA|El Salvador|Trinidad and Tobago|Jamaica|Guyana|Anguilla|Barbados|Bermuda|Dominica|Guadeloupe|Saint Kitts and Nevis
Group 3
Panama|Honduras|Costa Rica|Cuba|Puerto Rico|Aruba|Belize|Dominican Republic|Santa Lucia|Suriname
Second and Final Round ( Home and Away Matches )
- The Final round consists in a one group with the six teams play in double round-robin.The three top teams qualify automaticaly to the World Cup and the fourth team advence to the Playoffs.
A One Group
All first and second places of the each groups.
- Oceania ( OFC ) - 0 or 1 place
One Round ( Home and Away Matches )
- There are eight teams divided in two groups with four teams.The winners of the each groups advence to the final round.
Group 1
New Zealand|Fiji|Vanuatu|Samoa
Group 2
Tahiti|New Caledonia|Salomon Islands|Tonga
Final Round ( Home and Away Match )
- With the winners of each group , these teams play a double-round match to decide what the team go to the playoffs.
Winner of Group 1 vs Winner of Group 2
Fifth Placed Team in SOUTH AMERICA vs. Best Second Place in Final Round of ASIA
Fourth Placed Team in CONCACAF vs. OCENIA Winner
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