Team Method of qualificatio Brazil Host Japan AFC Fourt Round Group B Winners Australia AFC Fourt Round Group B Runners-u Iran AFC Fourt Round Group A Winners South Korea AFC Fourt Round Group A Runners-u Netherlands UEFA Grou D Winners Italy UEFA Grou B Winners Costa Rica CONCACAF Fourth Round Runners-u United States CONCACAF Fourth Round Winners Argentina CONMEBOL Round Robin Winners Belgium UEFA Grou A Winners Switzerland UEFA Grou E Winners Germany UEFA Grou C Winners Colombia CONMEBOL Round Robin Runners-u Russia UEFA Grou F Winners Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Grou G Winners England UEFA Grou H Winners Spain UEFA Grou I Winners Chile CONMEBOL Round Robin 3rd place Ecuador CONMEBOL Round Robin 4th place Honduras CONCACAF Fourth Round 3rd place Nigeria CAF Third Round Winners Ivory Coast CAF Third Round Winners Cameroon CAF Third Round Winners Ghana CAF Third Round Winners Algeria CAF Third Round Winners Greece UEFA Play- off Winner Croatia UEFA Play- off Winner Portugal UEFA Play- off Winner France UEFA Play- off Winner CONCACAF OFC Play- off Winner AFC v CONMEBOL Play-off Winners Qualification process The Executive Committee decided to approve the change of date for the preliminary draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held six months earlier than in the past, in order to allow the confederations to begin their qualifying competitions in good time. The draw was held on 30 July 2011 at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The distribution by confederation for the 2014 World Cup is:[8] AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places CAF (Africa): 5 places CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places (+ Brazil qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 5 or 6 places) OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place UEFA (Europe): 13 places UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between AFCs fifth-placed team and CONMEBOLs fifth-placed team, and between CONCACAFs fourth-placed team and OFCs first-placed team. A draw determined the pairings between the four teams involved. Summary of qualification Confederation Teams started Team ha sec qualifi AFC 43 CAF 52 CONCACAF 35 CONMEBOL 9+1 4 OFC 11 UEFA 53 1 Total 203+1 29+ Tiebreakers For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points is the same for all Confederations, as decided by FIFA itself.[9] If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked by: 1. goal difference in all group matches 2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches 3. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams 4. goal difference in matches between the tied teams 5. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams 6. greater number of away goals scored in matches between the tied teams if only two teams are tied If teams are still equal then a single play-off at a neutral venue will be played. If scores are level after 90 minutes in the play-off, then two 15-minutes periods of extra time and (if required) a penalty shoot-out would determine the winner. For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and- away knockout format, the team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. Confederation qualification AFC Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Qualification began with two sets of two-leg knockout qualification rounds – the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July – reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. As in the 2010 format, the third stage consisted of 5 groups of 4 teams (with matches held between September 2011 and February 2012) with the top 2 in each group advancing to 2 groups of 5 that played a further group stage during 2012. The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2014 World Cup directly, while the two third-placed teams engaged in a play-off tie for a chance to qualify via a further inter- confederation qualifying tie against a team from CONMEBOL. The draw for the first two rounds of qualifiers was held in Kuala Lumpur on 30 March 2011.[10] The qualification process began with 43 national teams (out of 46 AFC members; Bhutan, Brunei and Guam did not enter) vying for four and a half spots. As of 10 September 2013, 38 nations have been eliminated. 4 nations have qualified: Japan, Australia, Iran and Korea Republic. Jordan beat Uzbekistan in round 5 and must now play Uruguay, the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL, for the right to qualify.
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