2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 16/05/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification


00:01:13 1 Qualified teams
00:01:24 2 Qualification process
00:02:03 2.1 Proposal for expansion
00:03:11 2.2 Summary of qualification
00:04:39 3 Format
00:05:19 3.1 Tiebreakers
00:07:29 4 Confederation qualification
00:07:39 4.1 AFC
00:09:13 4.1.1 Final positions (third round)
00:09:31 4.1.2 Play-off for 5th place (fourth round)
00:09:53 4.2 CAF
00:11:12 4.2.1 Final positions (third round)
00:11:30 4.3 CONCACAF
00:13:16 4.3.1 Final positions (fifth round)
00:13:37 4.4 CONMEBOL
00:14:24 4.4.1 Final positions
00:14:32 4.5 OFC
00:16:42 4.5.1 Final positions (third round)
00:17:16 4.6 UEFA
00:18:45 4.6.1 Final positions (first round)
00:19:14 4.6.2 Play-offs (second round)
00:19:36 5 Inter-confederation play-offs
00:20:13 5.1 CONCACAF v AFC
00:20:23 5.2 OFC v CONMEBOL
00:20:32 6 Top goalscorers



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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying process, and for the first time in World Cup history, all eligible national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe and Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches. Bhutan, South Sudan, Gibraltar and Kosovo made their FIFA World Cup qualification debuts.While the main qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, on 25 July 2015, qualification matches were played before that. The first, between Timor-Leste and Mongolia, began in Dili on 12 March 2015 as part of the AFC's qualification, with East Timorese player Chiquito do Carmo scoring the first goal in qualification. Matches were also played in CONCACAF prior to the main draw.