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These are the fixture lists for qualification. Games will begin early next week. The next article will illustrate how to pick your squad and tactics. I'm still working on the actual squads, but everyone will have them at least a day before deciding their first line-up.

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European Fixtures

13 countries qualify in total, the winner of each group qualifies automatically. The eight best runners-up qualify based on the following criteria, with the topmost the most important:

1. Highest number of points
2. Goal difference
3. Highest number of goals scored

Note: Only countries placed either 2nd or 3rd in their respective group will be considered for a qualification place


Group A

1.

Belgium - Croatia
Serbia - Scotland
Wales - FYROM/MKD

2.

Serbia - Belgium
Croatia - Wales
Scotland - FYROM/MKD

3.

Belgium - Wales
FYROM/MKD - Serbia
Scotland - Croatia

4.

FYROM/MKD - Belgium
Wales - Scotland
Serbia - Croatia

5.

Belgium - Scotland
Croatia - FYROM/MKD
Serbia - Wales

6.

Croatia - Belgium
Scotland - Serbia
FYROM/MKD - Wales

7.

Belgium - Serbia
Wales - Croatia
FYROM/MKD - Scotland

8.

Wales - Belgium
Serbia - FYROM/MKD
Croatia - Scotland

9.

Belgium - FYROM/MKD
Scotland - Wales
Croatia - Serbia

10.

Scotland - Belgium
FYROM/MKD - Croatia
Wales - Serbia



Group B

1.

Italy - Denmark
Czech Republic - Bulgaria
Armenia - Malta

2.

Czech Republic - Italy
Denmark - Armenia
Bulgaria - Malta

3.

Italy - Armenia
Malta - Czech Republic
Bulgaria - Denmark

4.

Malta - Italy
Armenia - Bulgaria
Czech Republic - Denmark

5.

Italy - Bulgaria
Denmark - Malta
Czech Republic - Armenia

6.

Denmark - Italy
Bulgaria - Czech Republic
Malta - Armenia

7.

Italy - Czech Republic
Armenia - Denmark
Malta - Bulgaria

8.

Armenia - Italy
Czech Republic - Malta
Denmark - Bulgaria

9.

Italy - Malta
Bulgaria - Armenia
Denmark - Czech Republic

10.

Bulgaria - Italy
Malta - Denmark
Armenia - Czech Republic



Group C

1.

Germany - Sweden
Austria - Republic of Ireland
Kazakhstan - Faroe Islands

2.

Austria - Germany
Sweden - Kazakhstan
Republic of Ireland - Faroe Islands

3.

Germany - Kazakhstan
Faroe Islands - Austria
Republic of Ireland - Sweden

4.

Faroe Islands - Germany
Kazakhstan - Republic of Ireland
Austria - Sweden

5.

Germany - Republic of Ireland
Sweden - Faroe Islands
Austria - Kazakhstan

6.

Sweden - Germany
Republic of Ireland - Austria
Faroe Islands - Kazakhstan

7.

Germany - Austria
Kazakhstan - Sweden
Faroe Islands - Republic of Ireland

8.

Kazakhstan - Germany
Austria - Faroe Islands
Sweden - Republic of Ireland

9.

Germany - Faroe Islands
Republic of Ireland - Kazakhstan
Sweden - Austria

10.

Republic of Ireland - Germany
Faroe Islands - Sweden
Kazakhstan - Austria



Group D

1.

Netherlands - Romania
Hungary - Turkey
Estonia - Andorra

2.

Hungary - Netherlands
Romania - Estonia
Turkey - Andorra

3.

Netherlands - Estonia
Andorra - Hungary
Turkey - Romania

4.

Andorra - Netherlands
Estonia - Turkey
Hungary - Romania

5.

Netherlands - Turkey
Romania - Andorra
Hungary - Estonia

6.

Romania - Netherlands
Turkey - Hungary
Andorra - Estonia

7.

Netherlands - Hungary
Estonia - Romania
Andorra - Turkey

8.

Estonia - Netherlands
Hungary - Andorra
Romania - Turkey

9.

Netherlands - Andorra
Turkey - Estonia
Romania - Hungary

10.

Turkey - Netherlands
Andorra - Romania
Estonia - Hungary



Group E

1.

Switzerland - Iceland
Slovenia - Norway
Albania - Cyprus

2.

Slovenia - Switzerland
Iceland - Albania
Norway - Cyprus

3.

Switzerland - Albania
Cyprus - Slovenia
Norway - Iceland

4.

Cyprus - Switzerland
Albania - Norway
Slovenia - Iceland

5.

Switzerland - Norway
Iceland - Cyprus
Slovenia - Albania

6.

Iceland - Switzerland
Norway - Slovenia
Cyprus - Albania

7.

Switzerland - Slovenia
Albania - Iceland
Cyprus - Norway

8.

Albania - Switzerland
Slovenia - Cyprus
Iceland - Norway

9.

Switzerland - Cyprus
Norway - Albania
Iceland - Slovenia

10.

Norway - Switzerland
Cyprus - Iceland
Albania - Slovenia



Group F

1.

Russia - Portugal
Israel - Azerbaijan
Northern Ireland - Luxembourg

2.

Israel - Russia
Portugal - Northern Ireland
Azerbaijan - Luxembourg

3.

Russia - Northern Ireland
Luxembourg - Israel
Azerbaijan - Portugal

4.

Luxembourg - Russia
Northern Ireland - Azerbaijan
Israel - Portugal

5.

Russia - Azerbaijan
Portugal - Luxembourg
Israel - Northern Ireland

6.

Portugal - Russia
Azerbaijan - Israel
Luxembourg - Northern Ireland

7.

Russia - Israel
Northern Ireland - Portugal
Luxembourg - Azerbaijan

8.

Northern Ireland - Russia
Israel - Luxembourg
Portugal - Azerbaijan

9.

Russia - Luxembourg
Azerbaijan - Northern Ireland
Portugal - Israel

10.

Azerbaijan - Russia
Luxembourg - Portugal
Northern Ireland - Israel



Group G

1.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Greece
Slovakia - Lithuania
Latvia - Liechtenstein

2.

Slovakia - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece - Latvia
Lithuania - Liechtenstein

3.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Latvia
Liechtenstein - Slovakia
Lithuania - Greece

4.

Liechtenstein - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia - Lithuania
Slovakia - Greece

5.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lithuania
Greece - Liechtenstein
Slovakia - Latvia

6.

Greece - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lithuania - Slovakia
Liechtenstein - Latvia

7.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Slovakia
Latvia - Greece
Liechtenstein - Lithuania

8.

Latvia - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovakia - Liechtenstein
Greece - Lithuania

9.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Liechtenstein
Lithuania - Latvia
Greece - Slovakia

10.

Lithuania - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Liechtenstein - Greece
Latvia - Slovakia



Group H

1.

England - Ukraine
Montenegro - Poland
Moldova - San Marino

2.

Montenegro - England
Ukraine - Moldova
Poland - San Marino

3.

England - Moldova
San Marino - Montenegro
Poland - Ukraine

4.

San Marino - England
Moldova - Poland
Montenegro - Ukraine

5.

England - Poland
Ukraine - San Marino
Montenegro - Moldova

6.

Ukraine - England
Poland - Montenegro
San Marino - Moldova

7.

England - Montenegro
Moldova - Ukraine
San Marino - Poland

8.

Moldova - England
Montenegro - San Marino
Ukraine - Poland

9.

England - San Marino
Poland - Moldova
Ukraine - Montenegro

10.

Poland - England
San Marino - Ukraine
Moldova - Montenegro



Group I

1.

Spain - France
Finland - Georgia

2.

Finland - Spain
France - Belarus

3.

Spain - Belarus
Georgia - France

4.

Belarus - Georgia
Finland - France

5.

Spain - Georgia
Finland - Belarus

6.

France - Spain
Georgia - Finland

7.

Spain - Finland
Belarus - France

8.

Belarus - Spain
France - Georgia

9.

Georgia - Belarus
France - Finland

10.

Georgia - Spain
Belarus - Finland




South American Fixtures

Top six qualify. If countries are tied on points, qualification will be determined by goal difference not head-to-head results.


1.

Argentina - Brazil
Colombia - Chile
Ecuador - Uruguay
Venezuela - Peru
Bolivia - Paraguay

2.

Colombia - Argentina
Brazil - Ecuador
Chile - Venezuela
Uruguay - Bolivia
Peru - Paraguay

3.

Argentina - Ecuador
Venezuela - Colombia
Bolivia - Brazil
Paraguay - Chile
Peru - Uruguay

4.

Venezuela - Argentina
Ecuador - Bolivia
Colombia - Paraguay
Brazil - Peru
Chile - Uruguay

5.

Argentina - Bolivia
Paraguay - Venezuela
Peru - Ecuador
Uruguay - Colombia
Chile - Brazil

6.

Paraguay - Argentina
Bolivia - Peru
Venezuela - Uruguay
Ecuador - Chile
Colombia - Brazil

7.

Argentina - Peru
Uruguay - Paraguay
Chile - Bolivia
Brazil - Venezuela
Colombia - Ecuador

8.

Uruguay - Argentina
Peru - Chile
Paraguay - Brazil
Bolivia - Colombia
Venezuela - Ecuador

9.

Argentina - Chile
Brazil - Uruguay
Colombia - Peru
Ecuador - Paraguay
Venezuela - Bolivia

10.

Brazil - Argentina
Chile - Colombia
Uruguay - Ecuador
Peru - Venezuela
Paraguay - Bolivia

11.

Argentina - Colombia
Ecuador - Brazil
Venezuela - Chile
Bolivia - Uruguay
Paraguay - Peru

12.

Ecuador - Argentina
Colombia - Venezuela
Brazil - Bolivia
Chile - Paraguay
Uruguay - Peru

13.

Argentina - Venezuela
Bolivia - Ecuador
Paraguay - Colombia
Peru - Brazil
Uruguay - Chile

14.

Bolivia - Argentina
Venezuela - Paraguay
Ecuador - Peru
Colombia - Uruguay
Brazil - Chile

15.

Argentina - Paraguay
Peru - Bolivia
Uruguay - Venezuela
Chile - Ecuador
Brazil - Colombia

16.

Peru - Argentina
Paraguay - Uruguay
Bolivia - Chile
Venezuela - Brazil
Ecuador - Colombia

17.

Argentina - Uruguay
Chile - Peru
Brazil - Paraguay
Colombia - Bolivia
Ecuador - Venezuela

18.

Chile - Argentina
Uruguay - Brazil
Peru - Colombia
Paraguay - Ecuador
Bolivia - Venezuela




Africa

Top five qualify. If countries are tied on points, qualification will be determined by goal difference not head-to-head results.


1.

Senegal - Ivory Coast
Tunisia - Ghana
Nigeria - Egypt
Cameroon - Gabon

2.

Tunisia - Senegal
Ivory Coast - Nigeria
Ghana - Cameroon
Egypt - Gabon

3.

Senegal - Nigeria
Cameroon - Tunisia
Gabon - Ivory Coast
Egypt - Ghana

4.

Cameroon - Senegal
Nigeria - Gabon
Tunisia - Egypt
Ivory Coast - Ghana

5.

Senegal - Gabon
Egypt - Cameroon
Ghana - Nigeria
Ivory Coast - Tunisia

6.

Egypt - Senegal
Gabon - Ghana
Cameroon - Ivory Coast
Nigeria - Tunisia

7.

Senegal - Ghana
Ivory Coast - Egypt
Tunisia - Gabon
Nigeria - Cameroon

8.

Ivory Coast - Senegal
Ghana - Tunisia
Egypt - Nigeria
Gabon - Cameroon

9.

Senegal - Tunisia
Nigeria - Ivory Coast
Cameroon - Ghana
Gabon - Egypt

10.

Nigeria - Senegal
Tunisia - Cameroon
Ivory Coast - Gabon
Ghana - Egypt

11.

Senegal - Cameroon
Gabon - Nigeria
Egypt - Tunisia
Ghana - Ivory Coast

12.

Gabon - Senegal
Cameroon - Egypt
Nigeria - Ghana
Tunisia - Ivory Coast

13.

Senegal - Egypt
Ghana - Gabon
Ivory Coast - Cameroon
Tunisia - Nigeria

14.

Ghana - Senegal
Egypt - Ivory Coast
Gabon - Tunisia
Cameroon - Nigeria




Asia

Top two qualify. If countries are tied on points, qualification will be determined by goal difference not head-to-head results.


1.

Iran - South Korea
Uzbekistan - Qatar
India - Japan
Australia - UAE

2.

Uzbekistan - Iran
South Korea - India
Qatar - Australia
Japan - UAE

3.

Iran - India
Australia - Uzbekistan
UAE - South Korea
Japan - Qatar

4.

Australia - Iran
India - UAE
Uzbekistan - Japan
South Korea - Qatar

5.

Iran - UAE
Japan - Australia
Qatar - India
South Korea - Uzbekistan

6.

Japan - Iran
UAE - Qatar
Australia - South Korea
India - Uzbekistan

7.

Iran - Qatar
South Korea - Japan
Uzbekistan - UAE
India - Australia

8.

South Korea - Iran
Qatar - Uzbekistan
Japan - India
UAE - Australia

9.

Iran - Uzbekistan
India - South Korea
Australia - Qatar
UAE - Japan

10.

India - Iran
Uzbekistan - Australia
South Korea - UAE
Qatar - Japan

11.

Iran - Australia
UAE - India
Japan - Uzbekistan
Qatar - South Korea

12.

UAE - Iran
Australia - Japan
India - Qatar
Uzbekistan - South Korea

13.

Iran - Japan
Qatar - UAE
South Korea - Australia
Uzbekistan - India

14.

Qatar - Iran
Japan - South Korea
UAE - Uzbekistan
Australia - India




Oceania

Top-placed team qualifies.

1.

New Zealand - Indonesia
Tahiti - Solomon Isles.

2.

Tahiti - New Zealand
Indonesia - Solomon Isles.

3.

New Zealand - Solomon Isles.
Indonesia - Tahiti

4.

Indonesia - New Zealand
Solomon Isles. - Tahiti

5.

New Zealand - Tahiti
Solomon Isles. - Indonesia

6.

Solomon Isles. - New Zealand
Tahiti - Indonesia





North, Central American and Caribbean

Top-three qualify. If countries are tied on points, qualification will be determined by goal difference not head-to-head results.


1.

United States - Costa Rica
Honduras - Mexico
Panama - Canada

2.

Honduras - United States
Costa Rica - Panama
Mexico - Canada

3.

United States - Panama
Canada - Honduras
Mexico - Costa Rica

4.

Canada - United States
Panama - Mexico
Honduras - Costa Rica

5.

United States - Mexico
Costa Rica - Canada
Honduras - Panama

6.

Costa Rica - United States
Mexico - Honduras
Canada - Panama

7.

United States - Honduras
Panama - Costa Rica
Canada - Mexico

8.

Panama - United States
Honduras - Canada
Costa Rica - Mexico

9.

United States - Canada
Mexico - Panama
Costa Rica - Honduras

10.

Mexico - United States
Canada - Costa Rica
Panama - Honduras

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