How teams qualify for the FIFA world cup?

Question

I want to know the procedure, and which teams are automatically qualified etc.

Answer 1

32 nations qualify, with only the host guaranteed to qualify. FIFA determines the number of qualifying spots for each confederation (for 2006, it was 14 [with the host] for Europe, 4 for South America, 3 for North America, 4 for Asia, and 5 for Africa, with 1 spot contested between the Oceania winner and the 5th South American team, and another contested between the 4th North American team and the fifth Asian team).

Each confederation has a different procedure for qualifying, in terms of how many rounds are played, etc. South America has one group where all 10 countries play each other twice. Europe divides into eight groups, with each group winner and the top 2 second place teams qualified, while the other 6 second place teams paired off in home-and-home playoffs to determine the other 3 spots. Africa had head-to-head playoffs to get down to 30, then had 5 groups of 6, with the winners qualifying. Asia and North America had several stages of qualifying.

Answer 2

For the most part the previous answer is correct, except that the host country for the World Cup has an automatic berth in the World Cup. It used to be that the last World Cup champion had an automatic berth too, but they did away with that starting with this Cup. The Procedure starts out with initial rounds of qualifying, then a semifinal round of qualifying and a final round of qualifying. Since the US is in CONCACAF the top 2 teams get into the World Cup.

Answer 3

The exact procudure...i'm not sure...but basically there are 5 different qualification groupings: European, North American, Asian, African and South American.

All the teams in each different groups of those regions play until there are the following: 14 European teams, 4 South american, 4 north american, 5 african, and 4 asian (something like that)

and the teams that are automatically qualified are the host nations

for more in-depth answers look at the 2006 fifa world cup wikipedia

Answer 4

To qualify they must play quite a few qualifying matches in their league. The top 32 teams advance to the World Cup.

Answer 5

none are automatically qualified...you play in YOUR league....ex. the US is in the CONCACAF division and the top of those divisions move to the world cup