| Hosts choosen on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 in Moscow. Only other candidade was Morocco. | | 48 teams will play for first time. |
| Confederation | Qual. | from | PO | bef. | | Europe | 16 | 55 | | 13 | | Africa | 9 | 54 | 1 | 5 | | Asia | 8 | 46 | 1 | 4.5 | | South America | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4.5 | North and
Central America | 6 | 35 | 2 | 3.5 | | Oceania | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | | Play-Off | 2 | 6 | | 2 |
In North and Central America quota included United States, Mexico and Canada.
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| Intercontinental Play-Off in North America, probably in November 2025. | | No European team. 2 teams from Concacaf. | | Teams seeded on FIFA World Ranking. Worse 4 team play in Round 1. | | In Round 2 Best 2 seeded play against Winners of Round 1. |
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| Format - 80 matches. | | 1. Groups Round - 16 Groups with 3 teams, 48 matches. | | -. First 2 from each team advance to 1/16 Finals. | | 2. Elimination Round - 32 teams, 32 matches. | | -. Sixteen-Finals (1/16) | | -. Eight-Finals (1/8) | | -. Quarter-Finals (1/4) | | -. Semi-Finals (1/2) | | -. Final and 3rd place Play-Off. |
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