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the "home" team for one of the legs – which may determine which side advances under the away goals rule, as occurred in CONCACAF qualification in 2010. FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. The FIFA World Cup is the largest international team sport competition in the world with a qualification process required to reduce the large field of countries from 211 to just 32 for the World Cup finals. Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental
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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia) process will determine the 7 teams from FIBA Asia and/or FIBA Oceania that will participate at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 16 participating teams at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup did participate in the First Round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. China, the host of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, also participates in the qualifiers despite being automatically qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts. The seeding of 8 pots used in the draw were determined on
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Basketball World Cup. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round and teams that did not participate in it, play in the first round of the pre-qualifiers. Teams from the Gulf Region will play in two different rounds, during the same second and third windows of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers. The top two (2) teams will qualify to the Main Qualifiers. The First Round was held from 23–26 February in Bahrain, held during the second window of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round. The Second
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Basketball World Cup qualification and the teams that did not participate in it will play in the first round of the pre-qualifiers.\ Pre-qualifiers were held in the Western and Eastern Regions to determine the eight teams who will join the 16 teams that participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Below are the list of qualified teams to the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers, which will begin in November 2019. Out of the 24 teams in the qualifiers, only 16 teams will qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup. 2021 FIBA Asia Cup The 2021 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known
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2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India. Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments. All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at
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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification process will determine 31 out of the 32 teams that will participate at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The continental championships will no longer belong to the qualification system for the World Cup. Instead, two rounds of continental qualifying tournaments will be held over two years in a home-and-away format. The first round of the qualifiers were held in late 2017 and early 2018. The Americas, Asia / Oceania and Africa qualifiers featured 16 teams each, whereas Europe had 32 teams. Division A teams was split
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of the teams who have appeared in the CONMEBOL qualifiers and how many appearances they each have made. The following is a performance timeline of the CONMEBOL teams who have gone on to appear in the World Cup, having successfully qualified from the above events. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) The CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (natively in Spanish: Eliminatorias CONMEBOL al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa), also previously known as the "South American Beach Soccer Championship" (Spanish: "Sudamericano de Fútbol Playa"), is the main championship for beach soccer in South America,
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2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the qualification tournament for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship tournament. Three events were held between March and June 2010 in the United States, Russia and Chile and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in Rosario, Argentina. South Korea, Japan and Australia each won one of the three tournaments. Except for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey
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EuroBasket 2021 qualification The EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers started in 2017. The EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers will be played by 17 teams over three rounds. The best 8 teams will advance to the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers first round was played by 9 teams: 5 did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round, and 3 teams that did not participate in it. The winner of each group and the best runner-up team qualified for the second round, that gives the option to qualify directly to the EuroBasket qualifiers. The other five teams were dropped
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women's competitions. All times in Pacific Daylight Time (). Twenty four teams participate in the men's World Cup Sevens. Nine teams automatically qualify — eight by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and one host nation. Additionally, the top four teams not already qualified from the 2016–17 World Sevens Series also qualify. The remaining 11 teams qualify through continental qualifiers — two from each of the six regions, except North America which gets only one additional place. Sixteen teams play at the women's World Cup Sevens. Four teams automatically qualified by reaching the semifinals at the
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qualify for EuroBasket 2021. These matches will be played in four windows from 25 November–3 December 2019; 17–25 February 2020; 3 November–1 December 2020 and 15–23 February 2021. EuroBasket 2021 qualification The EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers started in 2017. The EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers will be played by 17 teams over three rounds. The best 8 teams will advance to the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers. The pre-qualifiers first round was played by 9 teams: 5 did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round, and 3 teams that did not participate in it. The winner of each
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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, for the FIBA Europe region, began in the summer of 2017. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the FIBA World Cup, so all FIBA Europe nations have to participate in qualifications. FIBA Europe has been allocated 12 berths at the World Cup. In total 37 FIBA Europe teams are taking part in the qualification tournament. The qualification consists of the following stages: Teams that did not manage to make EuroBasket 2017 played in the pre-qualifiers round. 13 teams participated in four home-and-away
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in the first round and the eight teams that played the second round and did not advance to the EuroBasket qualifiers. Only four teams will join the EuroBasket qualifiers. This round will be played in the August 2019. The four group winners from the second round; plus the four group winners from the third round and also the 24 teams who participated in the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification will all participate in this stage. The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams, where the three first qualified of each group will
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withdrawals (E), the number of South American entries (SA), how many of those South American entries withdrew before or during qualification or were rejected by FIFA (W), the South American representatives at the World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each South American representative had played to get to the finals (WCQ), the furthest stage they reached, their results, and their coaches. The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's
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well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 169 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers are: Two of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4 teams, with the match played on 13 June. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 27 June. 2018 Waratah Cup The 2018 Waratah Cup was the 16th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round
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reasons cited for why India withdrew include FIFA not allowing Indian players to play in the tournament barefoot and the All India Football Federation not considering the World Cup an important tournament compared to the Olympics. After withdrawing from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India didn't enter the qualifying rounds of the tournament between 1954 and 1982. Since the 1986 qualifiers, with the exception of the 1990 edition of the tournament, the team started to participate in qualifiers but have yet to qualify for the tournament again. Till date India has played against 70 other national football teams which are
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was for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL Division 2, State League Division 1, State League Division 2, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 104 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers for the final rounds were: Two of the qualifiers played off to reduce the remaining teams to 4 for the Semi Finals. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The 2015 Waratah Cup Grand Final was played on 5 July 2015 at Valentine Sports Park. 2015 Waratah Cup The
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permit Gibraltar to take part in the qualifiers if membership was granted. Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, and together with Gibraltar, applied for membership in the FIFA Congress in 12–13 May 2016. FIFA confirmed that in the case both associations succeeded in becoming a member, they would be entitled to participate in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with UEFA tasked to integrate them into the competition. On 13 May 2016, both Kosovo and Gibraltar were officially admitted as FIFA members, thus allowing them to compete. UEFA created a task force to discuss how to integrate
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group. One team from the Atlantic region qualified for the World Cup. The Atlantic qualifying group involved the USA, Jamaica and South Africa. The Atlantic qualifiers were held at Campbell's Field, New Jersey. USA won the group and qualified for the World Cup. The European qualifying group involved Russia, Italy, Serbia and Lebanon. Both Italy and Lebanon remained unbeaten, recording two wins and a draw each. However, Italy topped the group as a result of points difference and therefore qualified for the World Cup. 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying Of the fourteen teams that would participate in the 2013
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was canceled, it was not immediately clear how the lockout would affect the 2005 World Ice Hockey Championships. Normally, NHL players from teams that failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs participate in this tournament. Since no playoffs were being held, theoretically all NHL players could participate. In reality, however, many NHL players declined to participate, and national teams were naturally reluctant to select players who lacked game conditioning. For all of the teams (including the North American ones), the bulk of the national teams' rosters consisted of players who were playing in Europe. Canadian sports fans also turned
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spots in the second round of the qualifying stage and finally for seven World Cup berths. To be eligible for the World Cup, the U.S. first had to participate in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup. The United States had not played in the FIBA Americas tournament since 2007; they had been exempt from qualifying, having won every prior Olympics and world championships. Players for the qualifying squads are chosen by a USA Basketball qualification committee. Their teams are made up of players primarily from the NBA G League, since FIBA had changed the World Cup qualifiers from summer to year-round, most
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NSW, NPL Division 2, State League Division 1, State League Division 2, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 148 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers that joined Sydney United in the final rounds were: Four of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, while APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Hakoah Sydney City East received a Bye until the semi-finals. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 2017 Waratah Cup The 2017 Waratah Cup was the 15th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The
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National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL Division 2, State League Division 1, State League Division 2, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 130 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers to join Blacktown City FC in the final rounds are: Four of the qualifiers played off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, with Manly United and Sydney United 58 receiving a Bye until the semi-finals. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 2016 Waratah Cup The 2016 Waratah Cup was the 14th season of Football NSW's
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for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Ukraine lost all ten of their fixtures and were relegated to the Division 2A. The bottom three teams went on to Round 4 of the European World Cup qualifiers, so Ukraine played Russia twice to determine who goes through. Ukraine lost the games 11-25 and 37-17. Ukraine squad for the 2011–12 European Nations Cup First Division. Ukraine national rugby union team The Ukraine national rugby union team has been playing international rugby union since the early 1990s. So far they have not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participate in the
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2001 eligible to participate. Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the UEFA representatives. A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2018, and Elite round,
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and European qualifying tournaments and the second place teams from the African and Asian qualifying tournaments. Rugby World Cup qualification Rugby World Cup qualification is a process that determines which nations will compete at the Rugby World Cup. Unlike previous tournaments (where eight teams, the quarter-finalists from the preceding World Cup, qualified automatically and twelve places were available through qualification) the 2011 World Cup will be contested by twelve automatic qualifiers / seeds (the teams who finished in the top three of the groups at the 2007 World Cup) and eight qualifiers. The qualification system for the remaining eight places
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Cricket World Cup. As well as the four qualifiers for the Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh and Ireland kept their ODI status until 2021 by virtue of them reaching the Super Six stage of the tournament. Ten teams participated – Bangladesh and Ireland qualified automatically by virtue of having One Day International (ODI) status, while the other eight teams included the bottom four teams of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship and the four winners of the regional qualifiers. The top four teams at the World Cup Qualifier qualified for the World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the squads
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scraped into the FIFA World Cup play-offs having taken only one point from their last four qualifiers. Although he didn't participate in the scoreless first leg of the play-off against Iceland in Reykjavík, Kovačić started the second and decisive leg between the two national teams in Zagreb, making an assist for the team's second goal as they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals 2–0 on aggregate. On 2 June 2014, Kovačić was confirmed as a member of Croatia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He was in Croatia's starting team for the opening game of the tournament, a 3–1 defeat
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unknown political reasons Albania did not participate in the qualifiers of the FIFA World Cup 1970 and the UEFA Euro 1972. Albania was last of the class behind Finland in these qualifiers. In this campaign Albania participated after having been idle of international matches for nearly 6 years. For unknown political reasons Albania did not participate in the qualifiers of the UEFA Euro 1976, FIFA World Cup 1978, and UEFA Euro 1980. Again 6 years after virtually no international matches, Albania made it to be no longer last in the class, but "revenges" Finland allocating the Nordic country to get
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West Germany that denied the Germans the participation to the UEFA Euro 1968 finals. In later years, Albania did not participate in the qualifiers of the World Cup 1970, UEFA Euro 1972, UEFA Euro 1976, World Cup 1978 and UEFA Euro 1980 for unknown political reasons. Again six years without playing any international match, Albania entered in the qualifiers of the World Cup 1982, and finished the group no longer last in the class, but "revenges" Finland allocating the Nordic country to get the "wooden spoon". The qualifiers of the World Cup 1990 were probably the worst qualifier in Albania's
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The African section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). A total of 5 slots in the final tournament were available for CAF teams. The CAF Executive Committee approved the format for the qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 14 January 2015, with three preliminary rounds before a final group stage featuring 20 teams. The number of preliminary rounds was reduced to two, based on
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round followed by a group stage with twelve groups of four teams. The top 21 teams listed in the CAF Ranking shall automatically qualify for the group stage. The seven other teams playing in the group stage shall be determined following the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. The ranking is computed using the teams' results in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 3) and qualifiers, the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 2) and qualifiers (weighted by 0.5), the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finals, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. If tied on
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Football in Brazil Association football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of its national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers, but Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. It is among the favorites to win the trophy every time the competition is scheduled. After Brazil
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Cup 2003 OFC Nations Cup 2004 World Cup Qualifiers 2006 — Oceania FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 Asian Cup 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Cup 2007 AFC Final Round (Olympic Teams) World Cup Qualifiers 2010 — Oceania OFC Nations Cup 2008 AFC Champions League 2008 World Cup Qualifiers 2010 — Asia AFC Champions League 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 2009 Club World Cup Asian Cup 2011 Qualifier AFC Champions League 2010 2010 Sydney Festival of Football The QANTAS Challenge Matthew Breeze Matthew Christopher Breeze (born 10 June 1972) is an Australian association football referee. He is also a barrister and a
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to round two, and last placed teams will play the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A. In round two of the World Cup qualifiers, teams will be split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams will carry over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group will qualify for the World Cup. Starting 2019, no wild card selection will be held, and the Olympic champions are not guaranteed a spot in the
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Rugby World Cup qualification Rugby World Cup qualification is a process that determines which nations will compete at the Rugby World Cup. Unlike previous tournaments (where eight teams, the quarter-finalists from the preceding World Cup, qualified automatically and twelve places were available through qualification) the 2011 World Cup will be contested by twelve automatic qualifiers / seeds (the teams who finished in the top three of the groups at the 2007 World Cup) and eight qualifiers. The qualification system for the remaining eight places will be region-based with Europe and the Americas allocated two qualifying places, Africa, Asia and Oceania
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2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Jesolo, Italy between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from UEFA, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers were held in Italy. All matches were played at the Beach Arena del Faro di Jesolo in the Lido di Jesolo beach area.
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by South Africa, Guinea, and Nigeria as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The qualifiers were played between June and September 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Niger. During CAF Executive Committee meetings held on 21 and 22 September 2013, the CAF Medical Committee was instructed to continue the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to determine the ages of players and consequently their eligibility to participate in the qualifying stages of the tournament. It was also directed to ensure the authenticity of the process as well as the
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teams. This was also reflected in the FIFA World Rankings following the 1998 FIFA World Cup, in which Yugoslavia was constantly ranked in the Top 10 for a long period of time. The draw for the Euro 2000 qualifiers saw many eyebrows raised as first-seeded Yugoslavia was drawn in a group with Croatia, thus marking the first games between the two teams after the breakup of Yugoslavia. The other teams in the group were the Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, and Malta. When the qualifiers began, the coach was Milan Živadinović, but in July 1999 he resigned and was replaced by
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host Sweden qualifies automatically) The third official edition of the UEFA Women's Championship served also as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Out of the 29 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Sweden (qualified as host of the World Cup), England, Germany and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Denmark. Tournament bracket <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Final "England, Germany, Norway and Denmark qualified for the World Cup. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts." "(5 teams competing for 2 berths)" The 1994 CONCACAF's Women's Championship determined the CONCACAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup
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Argentina, the field was reduced to sixteen, and the FIBA Americas Championship were first used to determine the qualifiers from the entire Americas, instead of the separate then-continental championships in Central and South America; these then became qualification tournaments to the Americas championship. This also allowed the USA and Canada to compete in a qualifying tournament other than the Olympics; those two teams are automatically included and do not have to participate in qualifying. In addition, the defending world or Olympic champions weren't given automatic berths, nor where there invited teams. The Summer Olympics became a qualifying tournament again in
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Round was played from 27–30 June in United Arab Emirates, during the third window of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round. The teams carried their records from the First round to the second wherein only the top two teams advanced to the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers taking place in September this year. The Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) Pre-Qualifier for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup took place in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 26–30 June, during the third window of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers. The Round-Robin format tournament featured six (6) teams participating from which
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in 2007, the Pakistan squad toured South Africa and played in a five match, One Day International series. During that year, Pakistan was awarded to Host the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers in which eight teams were scheduled to participate. All of the arrangements were almost completed when unfortunately the event was postponed due to political instability and was moved to South Africa. The Pakistan Women Team qualified for the ICC Women World Cup by defeating Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland and Netherlands. They qualified for this tournament after defeating the Hong Kongteam in a three match series in Pakistan in September
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IOC, which granted only provisional recognition to the East Germans in 1955, demanding they participate in an All-German Olympic team (United Team of Germany), FIFA fully recognized the East German Football Association in 1952. Winning the 1954 World Cup was a major success for the DFB, and the popularity of the sport in Germany. The teams of the DFB and the Saarland were squared off in the qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup before the Saarland and its FA was permitted to rejoin Germany and the DFB in 1956. Due to that success, and due to regional associations fearing to
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to the 2021 tournament, along with details of how many slots each region will be allocated: "Seven teams will be qualified from Europe, six from the Asia-Pacific, two from the Americas, and one from a play-off series hosted in Middle East/Africa." Because Lebanon gained automatic qualification, a repechage play-off between the 2nd placed Middle East/Africa team (behind Lebanon), 2nd placed Americas team (behind the Americas qualifying team), and the 7th placed Asia-Pacific team (behind the 6 auto qualifiers) will take place instead of qualifying 2 Americas teams. The RLIF requires participating nations to hold full or affiliate level membership. The
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who qualified from the same group in the group stages. The top four teams from the Super Six played the semi-finals and the rest of the tournament followed in similar fashion to its predecessors. The 2003 event had a similar structure to the 1999 competition. The number of participants rose to fourteen, with seven teams in each pool in the group stage. The Super Six qualifiers also carried forward one point for each win in the group stage against non-qualifiers, a complexity which was dropped for the next world cup. The 2007 Cricket World Cup featured 16 teams allocated into
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compete against host nation Vietnam in the tournament. The tournament winner was awarded US$40,000 in prize money, US$20,000 for the runners-up and US$10,000 for the third-place team. Thailand withdrew from the tournament to focus on the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. To fill the void the VFF invited Zimbabwe to replace Thailand. In 2008, the tournament was renamed as the T&T Cup due to changes in sponsorship. The tournament lasted from 28 October to 1 November 2008. Initially Vietnam invited national teams from North Korea, Thailand and Uzbekistan to participate in this football tournament. On 26 October the Uzbekistan Football Federation
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teams in 2009. Japan clinched their second successive championship title, after beating hosts Oman in the final who will play at the World Cup for the first time. Iran won the third-place play off against the United Arab Emirates to qualify for their fourth World Cup appearance, whilst the United Arab Emirates have failed to qualify to the World Cup, after hosting the competition in 2009. The European qualifiers took place in Bibione, Italy from 11–18 July 2010, with 27 teams participating for four European berths. The surprising winners of the qualifiers, Ukraine, qualified along with runners-up Portugal, third-place Russia
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same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives. Champions Iran, runners-up Uzbekistan, third-placed Thailand, fourth-placed Vietnam and play-off winners Australia qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the AFC representatives. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 2 September 2015. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2014 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 12
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securing one point in its first ever World Cup appearance against Scotland which saw Iraj Danaeifard cancel out an own goal scored by Andranik Eskandarian for the 1–1 draw. After the 1979 Revolution, football was somewhat neglected and cast aside. During the 1980s, the Iranian national team did not feature in World Cup competitions due to the Iran–Iraq War (1980–88) and domestic football suffered the inevitable effects of conflict. The national team withdrew from the Asian qualifiers for the 1982 World Cup, and refused to participate in the qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup because of having to play on
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Barbados national football team The Barbados national football team, nicknamed "Bajan Tridents", is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semifinal round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa
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in groups of four, to be held in a home-and-away round-robin. The top three teams in each groups advanced to round two, and last placed teams played the best Division B teams to qualify for the next season's Division A. Round two of the World Cup qualifiers will be held in late 2018 and early 2019. Teams will be split in groups of six, totaling four groups in Europe and two in the other qualifiers. Teams will carry over the points from round one, and face another three teams again in a home-and-away round-robin. The best teams in each group
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of 32 then competed for the 2015 Waratah Cup. Starting in 2015, the reigning champions of the National Premier Leagues qualified directly for the FFA Cup proper (round of 32). Blacktown City and Sydney United won the NPL national championships in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Therefore the two teams were not required to participate in FFA Cup preliminary rounds in 2016 and 2017. The two teams were also seeded directly into final six of the Waratah Cup in the respective seasons, along with the other five FFA Cup qualifiers from NSW. Notes All-time honour board This list includes all Waratah
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World Cup qualifiers". 11-2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified. Only six of the teams qualifying for the final competition – Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Romania, and the USA – had already attended the World Cup in 1930. 5 of the 16 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1938 finals: Argentina, Austria, Egypt, Spain and United States. 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify. In the inaugural World Cup of 1930, the participating teams were invited to play by FIFA.) When 32 teams entered the 1934 competition,
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Round of 32. The prize fund is detailed below. Victorian clubs participated in the 2018 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2018. Heidelberg United did not participate in the Victorian qualifying rounds, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2017 National Premier Leagues champions. The five qualifiers for the final rounds were: A total of two teams took part in this stage
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world were directly invited to participate in the tournament, while 41 teams were invited to the qualifiers. The qualifiers were split into four regions: Americas, China, Europe and South-East Asia. Four winners of their respective regional qualifiers joined the directly invited teams in Phase Two, while four runners-up of their respective regional qualifiers continued to Phase One to fight for the last spot in Phase Two. Natus Vincere America edged out fellow Americans Team Liquid in the Americas qualifier to earn their spot, while Malaysian team Arrow Gaming came out victorious against Koreans MVP Phoenix for the South-East Asian spot.
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The qualifiers for the members of UEFA took place between 2 and 11 September 2016 in Jesolo, Italy. A total of 28 teams entered into the tournament with the top four teams (the semi finalists) qualifying for the World Cup finals. In a surprise result, Poland, ranked 12th in Europe prior to the competition, won the event and secured only their second qualification to a World Cup finals following their debut in 2006. The other successful qualifiers were runners-up Switzerland, third placed and defending World Champions Portugal who beat Italy, finishing fourth, the final qualifier. Poland's success in the second
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in Pool B. Both nations had won the repechage semi-finals. Those were conducted as single matches, with the European and African qualifiers drawn into one semi-final and the Asian and Americas qualifiers drawn into the other. Romania beat Tunisia 56–13 and Uruguay had the upper hand over Kazakhstan winning 44–7. Both matches were hosted by the team with the higher IRB World Ranking when the two teams to play became known. 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying began at the 2007 tournament in France, where twelve teams (the first three in each of the four pools)
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Cup. Therefore, with Japan, Qatar, China, and Chinese Taipei finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and Philippines which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another three berths while the Persian Gulf gained an additional slot. Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament. Among teams that participated in 2011, Uzbekistan and Indonesia failed to qualify, and Syria did not participate. Returnees include Kazakhstan, which skipped the 2011 tournament after finishing ninth in 2009, Saudi Arabia, which failed to qualify in 2009 and last participated in 2005, Thailand, which last participated in
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2008 CAR Development Trophy The 2008 CAR Development Trophy, also known as the 2008 Africa Junior Trophy, was the fifth edition of second level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involved thirteen teams that are divided into three zones (North, center and South). In the north there were two pools of three teams. In the 2008 edition Botswana, Swaziland and Nigeria did not participate, due to involvement in the World Cup qualifiers. The tournament was played in Bujumbura, Burundi. The tournament was hosted in Accra, Ghana Pool A Pool B 5th versus 6th Playoff 3rd versus 4th Playoff Final
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2008 CAR Development Trophy The 2008 CAR Development Trophy, also known as the 2008 Africa Junior Trophy, was the fifth edition of second level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involved thirteen teams that are divided into three zones (North, center and South). In the north there were two pools of three teams. In the 2008 edition Botswana, Swaziland and Nigeria did not participate, due to involvement in the World Cup qualifiers. The tournament was played in Bujumbura, Burundi. The tournament was hosted in Accra, Ghana Pool A Pool B 5th versus 6th Playoff 3rd versus 4th Playoff Final
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2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification Qualification for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup are currently being held to determine the sixteen participants in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup. In line with the new FIBA Calendar format implemented since 2017, FIBA Asia will begin their own qualifiers for 2021 FIBA Asia Cup in 2018. Pre-qualifiers will be contested on sub-zone basis and will take place during the same second and third windows of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers. Teams that will emerge victorious in the Pre-qualifiers will qualify to the Second Round which will commence immediately after the 2019 FIBA
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have never qualified for the final tournament. This table shows for each world cup the number of countries at the World Cup, the number of entries (#E) from around the world (including any rejections and withdrawals), the number of African entries (#A), how many of those African entries withdrew (#A-) before/during qualification or were rejected by FIFA, the African representatives at the World Cup finals, the number of World Cup Qualifiers each African representative had to play to get to the World Cup (#WCQ), the furthest stage they reached, their results, and their coaches. The inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup
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to participate. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. The top two teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, as the AVC representatives. The fifteen AVC member associations will participate in the tournament (included the India, who was suspended by the FIVB and was lifted the suspension in May 2018), Vietnam qualified as host country. There are thirteen teams participated in the 2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, and the one remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The fifteen AVC member
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group was eliminated from the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and transferred to the Second Round of EuroBasket 2021. There were two draws for the first round (group stage). The first one took place in Guangzhou on 6 May 2017 and involved only 24 teams directly qualified to this round as EuroBasket 2017 participants. The second draw was held in Munich on 24 August 2017, after Pre-Qualifiers was concluded and involved only 8 teams qualified from Pre-Qualifiers. Teams were seeded according to their performance at the latest FIBA Europe tournaments. They were divided into 8 seeding pots by 4 teams.
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2015 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. Victorian clubs, participate in the 2015 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2015, which are shown in the table for the team's tier. A total of 191 clubs entered into the competition (one greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are: A total of four teams took part in this
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into two groups of six; each team played all the others in their group once. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup; each team carried forward the points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group and then played each of the qualifiers from the other group (in other words, each qualifier from Group A played each qualifier from Group B). The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals. The nine full members contested the World Cup along with three associate
1999 Cricket World Cup
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FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. Victorian clubs, participate in the 2016 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2016. A total of 202 clubs entered into the competition (eleven greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are: A total of four teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played
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Games. The remaining teams were decided over June, July & August 2017 through the Women’s Continental Cups. The continental qualifiers vary in the number of teams; the European qualifiers featured 16 teams, Africa featured 12 teams, Americas featured 10 teams and Asia featured 8 teams. From the 46 teams competing for the final 14 spots, the field was completed by the top five teams from 2017 EuroBasket Women, the top three teams from the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, the two finalists from the 2017 Women's Afrobasket; as well as the top four teams from the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup,
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
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"CSC Cavalry qualify for US Arena Open Cup" Harrisburg Qualifying - Sat. Dec. 29, 2012 (@ Harrisburg, PA) "Real Harrisburg qualify for US Arena Open Cup" 2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer The 2012–13 US Open Arena Soccer Championship is the fifth edition of an open knockout style tournament for arena/indoor soccer. In this edition, teams from the Professional Arena Soccer League, Premier Arena Soccer League, and other independent indoor soccer teams participate in the tournament. US Open Cup - Arena Soccer Qualifiers Saturday, November 3, 2012 Sunday, November 4, 2012 Group Matches: Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 5th
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2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup was the fifth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as the host venue for the tournament ahead of bids from four other countries. The format included nine direct qualifiers and a further fifteen qualifiers from all six regions defined by the IRB. A women's version of the world cup was also held alongside the men's tournament for the first time and featured sixteen teams. The men's cup was won by Wales, with the women's cup going
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. The European section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in South Korea and Japan, for national teams which are members of the UEFA. Apart from France, who qualified automatically as defending champions, a total of 13.5 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups
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the top four (4) advanced to the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers taking place in September this year. South Asia Basketball Association (SABA) will start their pre-qualifiers on 26 June 2018, during the third window of the Asian Qualifiers. The twelve teams that qualified from the Sub-zone Pre-Qualifiers were divided into two regions: Western Region and Eastern Region. The top four teams from each region will join the top 16 teams in the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers which is scheduled to be held in November 2019. The FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers (Western Region) was held in Bahrain from
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will qualify for the World Cup. Starting in 2019, no wild card qualification will be held, and the Olympic champions will not directly qualify to the World Cup. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou, China. All 16 teams which qualify for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup played in the Asian qualification round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which included teams from FIBA Oceania. The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 had also qualified for Division A of FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying. The last eight teams qualified through the FIBA
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so that nations had a longer period of time to increase their World Rankings ahead of the draw. The seeding system from previous Rugby World Cups was retained with the 12 automatic qualifiers from 2015 being allocated to their respective bands based on their World Rugby Rankings on the day of the draw: The remaining two bands were made up of the eight qualifying teams, with allocation to each band being based on the previous Rugby World Cup playing strength: This meant the 20 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus (World Ranking as of 10 May 2017): Band 1
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FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) The South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers () is a futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL to determine which South American teams qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The tournament has been organized every four years since 2012. Prior to it, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the South American qualifying tournament. In general, the top four teams of the tournament qualify for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. However, if the World Cup hosts are from South America, only the top three teams plus the World Cup hosts qualify, such as in
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2016 when Colombia were the World Cup hosts. FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) The South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers () is a futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL to determine which South American teams qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The tournament has been organized every four years since 2012. Prior to it, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the South American qualifying tournament. In general, the top four teams of the tournament qualify for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. However, if the World Cup hosts are from South America, only the top three teams plus
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Cup, beach soccer continued to grow and spread worldwide at a fast rate. Therefore, FIFA established the "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers", to try to allow more nations to play in the World Cup, as well as getting more national teams involved in the sport. FIFA also increased the number of participating teams in the World Cup from 12 to a record-high 16 teams. This also meant that nations would no longer be invited to play in the World Cup but would have to qualify. With the establishment of the qualifying rounds, FIFA decided to standardise each World Cup,
2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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round robin groups, from 2 to 19 August 2017. The draw to determine the groups was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 10 December 2016.. The top two teams from each group qualified for the First round, determining the last 8 spots in Division A. The other 5 teams (the bottom two teams from Group A + the bottom team from Groups B, C, and D) have been eliminated from the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and will play in Division B of EuroBasket 2021 qualifying, starting with the pre-qualifiers First Round. Pre-qualifiers were drawn on 10 December 2016. "All times
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) The South American section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for CONMEBOL teams. The qualification structure was the same as for the previous five tournaments. The ten teams played in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the
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also won two Ryan Cup medals with the university. Each county participates in their respective provincial championship (in Derry's case the Ulster Championship) which operate through a knock-out cup competition format. The winners of each of the four Provincial Championships earn one of eight places in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. The 28 teams that fail to win their respective provincial championships receive a second opportunity to reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals via the All Ireland Qualifiers. The counties enter the Qualifiers at different stages (depending on how far they reached in their provincial championship). Four teams come through this system and join
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of the World Cup's popularity in nations where football was not the primary sport (such as Japan, the United States, and Australia) that the national team found incentives to increase player development and fan support. As of November 2018, Venezuela has the highest position on the FIFA World Ranking of any team that has not yet qualified for the World Cup, being ranked 29th. Venezuela did not participate in FIFA World Cup qualification until the 1966 qualifiers in which they were drawn with Uruguay and Peru, but failed to register a point in four games. In the 1970 qualifiers they
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of 24 teams competed in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the 2019 hosts United Arab Emirates advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the automatic slot for the hosts was no longer necessary, and a total of 12 slots for the AFC Asian Cup were available from this round. Due to the withdrawal of Guam and the suspension of Kuwait, the AFC decided to invite both Nepal and Macau, the top two teams of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, to re-enter 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification as replacements in order to
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
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level at 1–1. In the late seconds of the match, Edgar Davids took a shot from 20 metres out which beat goalkeeper Ivica Kralj, to the disbelief of the Yugoslav players and fans. This marked the end of Yugoslavia's run in the World Cup. The draw for the Euro 2000 qualifiers saw many eyebrows raised as first-seeded Yugoslavia was drawn in a group alongside Croatia, marking the first matches between the two teams after the breakup of Yugoslavia. The other teams in the group were the Republic of Ireland, Macedonia and Malta. When the qualifiers began, the coach was Milan
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Teams from Pot 1 played teams from Pot 2 on a home and away basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The first legs were played on 9–11 November, and the second legs were played on 12–14 November 2017. The winners of each tie qualified for the World Cup. The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. UEFA unveiled the branding for the qualifiers on 15 April 2013. It shows a national jersey inside a heart, and represents Europe, honour and ambition. The same branding was also used for the European qualifiers for the UEFA
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has been European that year (with except of 2017). Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. For all tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, except for 2009, where the fifth-placed team also qualified. As 2017 Note: Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points The following is a performance timeline
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) The Asian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for AFC teams. On 16 April 2014, the AFC Executive Committee approved a proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup, which will be expanded to 24 teams starting in 2019. Therefore, the first two
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2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification The 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-23 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 1997 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Egypt who qualified automatically as hosts. These matches also serve as the first stage of the CAF qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan. Apart from Egypt, the remaining 53 members of CAF were eligible
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Anguilla national football team The Anguilla national football team is the national team of Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, and is controlled by the Anguilla Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. Along with the teams from the Bahamas, Tonga, Bhutan, Gibraltar, Eritrea, Montserrat, and Somalia, they are consistently ranked as among the worst teams in the world in the FIFA rankings. Anguilla entered the World Cup qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In the first round of the qualifiers, Anguilla were drawn
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of the European Handball Federation made in April 2011, beginning from the 2011–12 season, the losers of the EHF Women's Champions League qualifiers will be relegated to the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup. The third and fourth placed teams of the first qualifying tournament together with the fourth placed clubs of the second qualifying tournament will enter the competition in the second round, while runners-up and third placed teams in the Qualifying Tournament 2 will join the cup in the third round. The labels in the parentheses show how teams qualified for the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, if not directly
2011–12 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
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UEFA coefficient at the end of the season. Therefore, in the Bundesliga and Cup 2014/15 seasons teams were playing for two spots for the UEFA Champions League and three spots for the UEFA Europa League. Champion and runner up of the Bundesliga are entitled to participate in the qualifiers for the Champions League and then transfer into the third qualifying round; the third and fourth placed teams played in the qualifying for the Europa League and played in the 3rd or 2nd round. The Cup winner played in the play-offs of the Europa League. If the Cup winner qualified for
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2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer The 2012–13 US Open Arena Soccer Championship is the fifth edition of an open knockout style tournament for arena/indoor soccer. In this edition, teams from the Professional Arena Soccer League, Premier Arena Soccer League, and other independent indoor soccer teams participate in the tournament. US Open Cup - Arena Soccer Qualifiers Saturday, November 3, 2012 Sunday, November 4, 2012 Group Matches: Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 5th Place: Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 Semifinals: Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 Finals: Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 Rocky Mountain Qualifying - Sat. Dec. 1, 2012 (@ Monument, CO)
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New Caledonia in Nouméa, New Caledonia to determine the second OFC team to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Tahiti having already qualified as hosts). They were originally to have taken place from 4–9 August 2013 in the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup's host city of Papeete, Tahiti. Due to difficulties with the dimensions of the pitch that was to be used for the qualifiers, and Tahiti's declined not to participate in the tournament, it was decided that the tournament should be moved to reduce costs. It was originally scheduled for 12–14 June. The CONMEBOL qualifiers took
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24 teams confirmed their participation in the competition. The 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams. http://theroonba.com/beach08.htm 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (UEFA) was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe, held in May 2008, in Benidorm, Spain. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play of to finish third, beating Italy who finished fourth. The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France
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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) In the UEFA qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers begun on 9 July 2005 and concluded on 30 September 2006, with five teams qualified: Denmark, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Of these, the latter three had qualified for the 2003 World Cup, while Denmark and England qualified over France (second in England's group) and Russia (second in Germany's group). Teams in
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Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the AVC representatives. The thirteen AVC member associations (included the India volleyball team under the Indian Olympic Association, who was suspended by the FIVB, and was lifted the suspension in May 2018) will participate in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country the eight teams participated in the 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, and the three remaining teams did not participate in the
2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship
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2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Israel hosted the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition. Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World
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in parentheses). Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates also entered the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite having qualified automatically. Northern Mariana Islands, which is not a FIFA member, were not eligible to enter. The schedule of the qualification competition is as follows. The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the
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Nigeria qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada as the CAF representatives. The Confederation of African Football invited all national teams, needing confirmation of participation by 14 July 2013. Eventually 17 teams entered the competition. Uganda's 13–0 return leg win was a tournament record for the African qualifiers. Nigeria was drawn to play Burkina Faso this round, but after Burkina Faso withdrew they were paired against Sierra Leone. Played on weekends of 6 and 20 December 2013. Played on weekends of 10 and 24 January 2014. Nigeria qualified for the seventh time in as many attempts.
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friendly match against Venezuela in February 2011. He refused a call-up to participate in the 2012 London Olympics, which Mexico went on to win, due to wanting to establish himself with his new club Real Sociedad. He declined a third time to join the national team in March 2013 for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against the United States and Honduras due to personal reasons. After De La Torre was sacked, Vela declared his wish to return to play for Mexico. In September 2013, Víctor Manuel Vucetich called him up for World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Costa Rica; however,
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qualifiers (weighted by 1), the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 2) and qualifiers (weighted by 0.5), the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 1), and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The following referees were chosen for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Each team could register a squad of 23 players. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Guinea
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