From now until June 2014, each National Association Football team from various countries will go through the FIFA World Cup Qualification process. This qualification process involves tournaments being held within each of the six FIFA confederations (as shown in the FIFA section above).
Over 200 national association teams will participate in this qualification process. Based on the strength of each of the confederations, FIFA assigns a total of 32 spots. The host country of the World Cup automatically qualify, however, the defending champions are required to qualify.
Below are the major World Cup qualifying tournaments in the six confederations:
• Asia: Asia Cup
• Africa: African Cup of Nations
• Europe: UEFA European Football Championship
• North/Central America & Caribbean: CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Oceania: OFC Football World Cup Qualifiers
• South America: Copa América
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