Format, schedule and state of play for each Confederation as UEFA joins the party

History will be made in the World Cup next year, with three countries hosting the first 48 teams.

The rehabilitation of the finals in North America a long time ago for the six of the Six Confederation.

However, since local takes the back seat for a short moment, UEFA will join the party where some European teams, including England and Belgium, start on their way to rehabilitation.

It is the perfect moment, then, for a breakdown on how to make qualification for each union and the number of teams that they will send to the renewed championship.

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AFC

The AFC will witness eight teams directly qualified for the finals.

AFC The Qualifiers are six games in the third stage, where the remaining 18 teams are competing in three groups of six groups. The first two teams in these groups will qualify for the World Cup, with the third and fourth teams progressing to the fourth round.

In the fourth round, which begins in October, these six teams will be divided into two groups of three, with the winner of each group reserved in the appropriate championship.

The two teams will face the second place in the second place in a two -legged playing match in November to get a place in the qualifiers between the overlap.

The third round will be concluded in June. Iran and Japan are both already sure at least in the fourth round, but they can lead a place in the finals during this international window.

Cafe

The rehabilitation process in Africa is more clear. Nine groups of six teams from Robin’s round in the opening round. The winners of the Nine Group are qualified for the World Cup.

From there, second place will compete in the first place in a separate match, as the winner advances to the qualifiers between the overlap.

The first round, which is still relatively early with four games, will be concluded in October, with the separation after a month.

Concacaf

Three Concacaf teams are already sure of their place in the World Cup with the United States, Canada and Mexico for hosting the tournament. There are 30 teams competing to claim one of the three sites to join them.

The rehabilitation of Concacaf is located in the second round stage, which will witness the first and second teams of six groups from five advance to the third round after four round matches.

The 12 teams offered to the third round will be divided into three groups of four for dual Robin matches. The winners of the three group will weigh their tickets to the World Cup, while the first ranked contestants will go to the qualifiers between the interlocutors.

Each side played two games in the second round of this point. These matches will be held in June, three months before the start of the third round.

Conmebol

The beauty of the Conmebol rehabilitation process is its simplicity, as it plays 10 teams of double Robin games against each other.

The first six World Cup qualifies, as the advances the seventh place to the overlapping qualifiers.

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Argentina defending Argentina are in the box seat to qualify, as it collected 25 points from 12 games to lead the ranking, although La albiceleste faces its competitors in Chile and Arch Brazil in this round of matches.

The Conmebol qualification will be concluded in September.

OFC

The smallest confederation is guaranteed only one spot in the finals, and the identity of this qualifiers will be known next week.

Off -last and final round of rehabilitation, where the process ended through the qualifiers of three games between the remaining four teams.

On Thursday, New Calidonia will face Tahiti and New Zealand, they will face Figi, where both matches will take place in Windton. Then the two winners in the semi -finals travel to Auckland to face a place in the World Cup next Tuesday. The loser will advance to the overlapping qualifiers.

New Zealand is the heavy favorite, and it is the last defeat in the rehabilitation of the World Cup in OFC in 2008 when he lost 2-0 against Fiji.

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UEFA

UEFA has the largest customization of the teams for the expanded finals. Sixteen teams from the European Union will qualify for the finals.

Fifty -four teams were attracted to 12 groups of four or five, with the group winners secured.

The remaining dozens will go from the second place in the group and the four best teams from the UEFA League, which are not over in the first positions in their qualifying group in coordinating a decisive match in the second round.

The teams will be attracted to four qualifying tracks that include the semi -finals and one -legged finals. The four winners of the World Cup path will qualify.

GL sets are launched in this window, with the rest of the rest in September. The first round will be concluded in November before the qualifiers in the second round next March.

The qualifiers between the participants

The six teams that are presented to the qualifiers between the interventions will compete for one championship to meet next March.

The four teams will not pass and face each other in the semi -finals, and each of the winners of these relations in a team made in the World Cup will do the line.