What are the qualifying rules for the European World Cup qualifiers?

1/14/2022 11:09:10 AM

The first round of the European qualifiers will consist of 55 teams competing for 13 places. The first round went from 55 to 10. The current 55 national teams score according to the FIFA ranking, and 10 teams conduct lottery according to their level, resulting in a round-robin system. First place goes straight to the World Cup.


In the second round of the cup format, there are 12 national teams, including 10 third runner-up teams and 2 teams with the best performances in the International Open. They were divided into three groups of four teams each. After passing the finals (must win or lose) and the finals (must win or lose), three places will be decided to advance to the World Cup.


Many teams in European qualifiers are struggling, which is related to the World Cup diligently balancing the total number of qualifying teams across continents. Although European teams are very capable, they only have 13 places, so from a statistical point of view, there will always be one or two teams that fail to advance to each World Cup.


This debate has involved rights from the very beginning. FIFA wants a lot, but UEFA is difficult to make compromises. However, in the FIFA exchange meeting composed of several 200 VIP member research associations, UEFA, which has strong economic development as a whole, is the disadvantaged party. In the future, there will be a strong dark battle within the world football closely surrounding this topic.