Draft:2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification
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| Dates | 6 June 2025 – 12 June 2025 |
| Teams | 222 (from 6 confederations) |
2026 → | |
The 2025 FIFA World Cup Qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 32 teams that would advance to the 2025 RF24 World Cup
Qualification process
[edit]- AFC (Asia): 4 or 5
- CAF (Africa): 5
- CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 or 4
- COMNEBOL (South America): 4 or 5
- OFC (Oceania): 1 or 2
- UEFA (Europe): 13
Summary of qualification
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| Confederation | Available slots in finals | Teams started | Teams eliminated | Teams qualified | Qualifying start date | Qualifying end date | ||
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| AFC | 4 or 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| CAF | 5 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| CONCACAF | 3 or 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| CONMEBOL | 4 or 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| OFC | 1 or 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| UEFA | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
| Total | 32 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2025 | 12 June 2025 | ||
Tiebreakers
[edit]In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.4 and 20.6):
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Overall goal difference
- Overall goals scored
- Points in matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in matches between tied teams
- Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
- Fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
- direct red card: minus 4 points
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
- Drawing of lots by the RF24 Committee
Confederation qualification
[edit]AFC
[edit]Final positions (third round)
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Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2025. Source: [citation needed]
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Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2025. Source: [citation needed]
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Fourth round
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round
CAF
[edit]Third round
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – CAF third round
CONCACAF
[edit]Final positions (third round)
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round
CONMEBOL
[edit]Final positions
[edit]| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 6 June 2025 – 12 June 2025 |
| Teams | 34 (from 1 confederation) |
2026 → | |
Entrants
[edit]All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF originally entered qualification. Teams were seeded based on their May 2025 FIFA rankings.
| Bye to third round (ranked 1st to 5th) |
Competing in first round (ranked 6th to 35th) | |
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Schedule
[edit]| Round | Matchday | Dates |
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| First round | Window 1 | 6 June 2025 |
| Window 2 | 7 June 2025 | |
| Second round | First leg | 8 June 2025 |
| Second leg | 8 June 2025 | |
| Third round | Matchday 1 | 9 June 2025 |
| Matchday 2 | 9 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 3 | 9 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 4 | 9 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 5 | 10 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 6 | 10 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 7 | 10 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 8 | 10 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 9 | 11 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 10 | 11 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 11 | 11 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 12 | 12 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 13 | 12 June 2025 | |
| Matchday 14 | 12 June 2025 |
First round
[edit]Group A
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Group B
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Group C
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Group D
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Group E
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Group F
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF first round
Second round
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF second round
Third round
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF third round
Inter-confederation play-off
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup Qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Qualified teams
[edit]| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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OFC
[edit]Final stage
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification (OFC)
UEFA
[edit]The draw for the first round (group stage) was held on 6 June 2025
Final positions (first round)
[edit]Second round
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – UEFA second round 2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – UEFA second round 2025 RF24 World Cup qualification – UEFA second round
Inter-confederation play-offs
[edit]There were two inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots for the finals on 12 June 2025.
AFC v CONMEBOL
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
CONCACAF v OFC
[edit]2025 RF24 World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Top goalscorers
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2020 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020.