North Korea withdrew from the AFC second qualifying round for safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 or 4.The committee decided that the same allocation used in 2006, 2010, and 2014 would be kept for the 20 tournaments:

The allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed by the FIFA Executive Committee on in Zürich after the FIFA Congress. The reigning World Cup champions France also participated in qualifying as normal.

For the first time after the initial two tournaments of 19, the World Cup will be hosted by a country whose national team has never played a finals match before.

Qatar won their group so the fifth-best group runners-up advanced to the AFC third round instead. However, Qatar was obliged by the AFC to participate in the Asian qualifying stage as the first two rounds also acted as qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Qatar, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, who between them qualified on 10 occasions.Īll FIFA member associations, of which there are currently 211, were eligible to enter qualification.

^ This is the third appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup.

^ Germany between 19 competed as West Germany, as a separate East German team existed then.

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