Although
FIFA oversees the sport of soccer worldwide, there is a thriving
international scene outside of its auspices, consisting of tournaments
and matches between nations that have little or no international
recognition and therefore no chance of being recognized. by FIFA or its continental organizations.
Some
of these nations have joined in an organization, the NF-Board, which
organizes matches and tournaments among its members, with the goal of
working together with FIFA as a temporary
The UEFA
European Cup qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup are organized within the
framework of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and
involve 54 national selections for 13 qualifying places.
The 54 countries are divided into nine groups of six teams that meet in round-trip matches. The
first of each group are qualified for the 2018 World Cup. The top eight
must move to the qualifying matches while the others are eliminated.
The CAF Classification
for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is the tournament that will determine the
qualifiers of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to the 2018
FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. Competition started on October 7, 2015 and will end on November 6, 2017.
The
CAF has 5 quotas for this qualification process, following the decision
of the FIFA Executive Committee to maintain the distribution of seats
by confederation for the 2018 World Cup.
With the
exclusion of Zimbabwe were reduced to 53 participating teams, 26 of
which will compete in the first round and the remaining 27 enter the
second round.
The South American zone qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup are
organized within the framework of the Confederation of South America
(CONMEBOL) and concern 10 national selections for 4 or 5 qualifying
places.The
first qualifying round, unique in this zone, consists of a
mini-championship in round-trip matches of the ten countries involved. In
all, 18 days are scheduled to know the four qualifiers for the 2018
World Cup. These are grouped by "double days", that is to say that they
will always play twice a month, the Months in which it is planned to play. The fifth of the mini-championship must pass
The Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup are organized by the Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) and involve 46 national teams but only 4
or 5 will qualify for the World Cup.
The first round :
the twelve countries with the lowest ranking in the
FIFA ranking in December 2014 face each other in a knockout round-robin
match. The six winners enter the second round.
The second round :
the six winners of the first round are joined by the other 34 countries. These forty countries are divided into eight groups of five teams each. They will compete in the championship on round-trip matches. The top eight and top four qualify for the third round.
