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