WC Qualifications (Europe)

Tournament format

This is the total ranking based on all of the 9 qualification groups. Countries are sorted first on position in the group and then on points and goal difference. 13 countries qualify for the world championships. The best 4 countries in the group qualify directly and 18 countries will play in a home-and-away confrontation for the remaining places. The world cup host is automatically qualified.

Qualification standings round 1

		Country	Position	Points	MP	GS	GA
1		The Netherlands	1	30	10	44	9
2		Israel	1	27	10	32	13
3		Hungary	1	27	10	30	11
4		Italy	1	25	10	31	9
5		Switzerland	1	25	10	34	17
6		Norway	1	22	10	30	17
7		Sweden	1	22	10	22	13
8		Serbia	1	21	10	30	18
9		France	1	21	10	24	14
10		Denmark	2	25	10	31	17
11		Austria	2	21	10	28	18
12		Ukraine	2	19	10	27	13
13		Spain	2	19	10	27	14
14		England	2	19	10	21	12
15		Armenia	2	16	10	24	15
16		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	16	10	25	19
17		Northern Ireland	2	16	10	26	21
18		Croatia	2	16	10	25	25
19		Belgium	3	18	10	35	20
20		Bulgaria	3	17	10	18	15
21		Romania	3	16	10	20	16
22		Portugal	3	16	10	15	20
23		Poland	3	15	10	33	26
24		Latvia	3	15	10	19	19
25		Scotland	3	14	10	24	26
26		Kazakhstan	3	12	10	21	29
27		Greece	3	11	10	13	16
28		Germany	4	16	10	22	14
29		Georgia	4	15	10	21	24
30		Estonia	4	14	10	21	20
31		Finland	4	13	10	21	28
32		Belarus	4	13	10	17	25
33		Iceland	4	11	10	17	18
34		Czech Republic	4	11	10	27	32
35		Faroe Islands	4	10	10	24	28
36		Slovakia	4	10	10	13	22
37		Russia	5	13	10	19	27
38		Liechtenstein	5	12	10	15	22
39		Luxembourg	5	11	10	21	18
40		Azerbaijan	5	11	10	15	26
41		Republic of Ireland	5	10	10	10	16
42		Lithuania	5	8	10	12	16
43		Montenegro	5	8	10	15	35
44		Slovenia	5	7	10	12	20
45		Wales	5	7	10	21	36
46		Turkey	6	9	10	19	29
47		Macedonia	6	9	10	15	25
48		Moldova	6	7	10	15	25
49		San Marino	6	7	10	16	28
50		Andorra	6	6	10	23	31
51		Malta	6	6	10	10	26
52		Cyprus	6	5	10	11	25
53		Gibraltar	6	3	10	9	53
54		Albania	6	2	10	5	24