World Cup 2018: The team by team guide to the 32 countries who have booked their spot in Russia next summer
The definitive lowdown on the World Cup qualifiers and much more
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Your support makes all the difference.After a dramatic two weeks of international football, next summer’s World Cup has taken shape. 32 nations have now qualified for next summer's tournament.
The usual suspects have qualified – from Brazil to Germany, England to France – but there are a number of high-profile national sides who have missed out.
Here, we provide a definitive lowdown on the World Cup qualifiers and much more:
Countries that have qualified
A closer look at the qualifying groups
Uefa:
Group A:
- Qualified: France
- Play-off spot: Sweden
- Eliminated: Belarus, Bulgaria, Holland and Luxembourg
Group B:
- Qualified: Portugal
- Play-off spot: Switzerland
- Eliminated: Andorra, Faroe Islands, Hungary and Latvia
Group C:
- Qualified: Germany
- Play-off spot: Northern Ireland
- Eliminated: Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Norway and San Marino
Group D:
- Qualified: Serbia
- Play-off spot: Ireland
- Eliminated: Austria, Georgia, Moldova and Wales
Group E:
- Qualified: Poland
- Play-off spot: Denmark
- Eliminated: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and Romania
Group F:
- Qualified: England
- Play-off spot: N/A. Slovakia amassed the fewest points out of the nine runners-ups so missed out on the eight.
- Eliminated: Lithuania, Malta, Scotland, Slovakia and Slovenia
Group G:
- Qualified: Spain
- Play-off spot: Italy
- Eliminated: Albania, Israel, Liechtenstein and Macedonia
Group H:
- Qualified: Belgium
- Play-off spot: Greece
- Eliminated: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Estonia and Gibraltar
Group I:
- Qualified: Iceland
- Play-off spot: Croatia
- Eliminated: Finland, Kosovo, Turkey and Ukraine
Play-off winners
- Switzerland (seeded) beat Northern Ireland
- Sweden beat Italy (seeded)
- Denmark (seeded) beat Republic of Ireland
- Croatia (seeded) beat Greece
Africa (CAF):
Only Nigeria and Egypt have so far qualified for the World Cup out of the CAF groups. Three more are to follow.
Group A
- Qualified: Tunisia
- Eliminated: DR Congo, Libya and Guinea
Group B
- Qualified: Nigeria
- Eliminated: Zambia, Cameroon and Algeria
Group C
- Qualified: Morocco
- Eliminated: Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Mali
Group D
- Qualified: Senegal
- Eliminated: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, South Africa
Group E
- Qualified: Egypt
- Eliminated: Uganda, Ghana and Congo
Asia (AFC):
One winner and one runner-up from each of the two Third Rounds groups qualify for Russia 2018. The third-placed teams play one another to advance to the intercontinental play-off.
Group A
- Qualified: Iran, South Korea
- Advance to intercontinental play-off: Syria
- Eliminated: Uzbekistan, China PR, Qatar.
Group B
- Qualified: Japan, Saudi Arabia
- Advance to intercontinental play-off: Australia
- Eliminated: UAE, Iraq and Thailand
North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF):
Formatted as a Round Robin, the top three sides qualify while fourth-place advances to an intercontinental play-off.
- Teams: Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, USA
- Qualified: Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama
- Advance to intercontinental play-off: Honduras
- Eliminated: Trinidad and Tobago, USA
Oceania (OFC):
- Teams: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea
- Advance to intercontinental play-off: New Zealand
South America (CONMEBOL):
The top four teams from the 10-man group, formatted in the same way as CONCACAF, qualify for Russia. The fifth-place team advances to the intercontinental play-off.
- Teams: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Qualified: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay
- Advance to intercontinental play-off: Peru
- Eliminated: Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela
Inter-confederation play-off results:
- Australia (AFC) beat Hondruas (CONCACAF)
- Peru (CONMEBOL) beat New Zealand (OFC)
When is the World Cup draw?
The final draw for the tournament will be held in Moscow on Friday 1 December.
When is the World Cup?
The 2018 World Cup in Russia will start on 14 June and finish with the final in Moscow on 15 July.
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