WC Qualifications (Europe)

Tournament format

This is the total ranking based on all of the 8 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 10 countries in the group qualify directly and 6 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		Spain	1	28	10	34	13
2		Croatia	1	25	10	31	11
3		Sweden	1	24	10	29	18
4		Poland	1	23	10	32	11
5		Czech Republic	1	23	10	23	9
		The Netherlands (W.C. host)	1	22	10	30	14
6		France	1	22	10	23	12
7		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	19	10	32	15
8		Estonia	2	22	10	33	19
9		Greece	2	22	10	23	13
10		Austria	2	21	10	18	11
11		Israel	2	19	10	29	19
12		Republic of Ireland	2	19	10	27	17
13		Romania	2	19	10	22	13
14		Denmark	2	18	10	28	16
15		Ukraine	2	17	10	17	14
16		Bulgaria	3	21	10	27	16
17		Norway	3	19	10	19	13
18		Latvia	3	19	10	15	13
19		England	3	18	10	19	12
20		Portugal	3	15	10	24	22
21		Belarus	3	15	10	21	24
22		Lithuania	3	14	10	27	27
23		Slovakia	3	14	10	15	15
24		Hungary	4	16	10	25	15
25		Russia	4	15	10	19	17
26		Finland	4	14	10	26	24
27		Germany	4	14	10	21	22
28		Cyprus	4	13	10	21	22
29		Scotland	4	12	10	26	20
30		Italy	4	12	10	23	21
31		Slovenia	4	8	10	13	24
32		Serbia	5	12	10	15	19
33		Macedonia	5	11	10	16	23
34		Turkey	5	10	10	14	18
35		Wales	5	9	10	16	24
36		Switzerland	5	8	10	21	28
37		Moldova	5	8	10	17	27
38		Andorra	5	7	10	10	15
39		Liechtenstein	5	7	10	14	28
40		Belgium	6	9	10	12	22
41		Malta	6	6	10	18	42
42		Luxembourg	6	4	10	14	33
43		Albania	6	4	10	4	25
44		Montenegro	6	2	10	8	28
45		Iceland	6	1	10	10	36
46		Northern Ireland	6	0	10	6	28
47		Georgia	6	0	10	4	43