Which division has the fewest selection places in the World Cup qualifiers?

Oceania has the fewest selection places, with only 0.5 places.

The specific quotas for each continent are as follows:

The top 40 in Asia (4.5 quotas) has begun. Among the 8 groups, the No. 1 team and 4 results The second best group will advance to the next stage of the competition, which is the top 12. In the top 12, all teams will be divided into two groups. The top two in each group will directly advance to the World Cup, while the third place in the two groups will compete for an intercontinental play-off spot.

In the European area (13 places), the host Russia does not need to participate in the World Cup preliminaries, and the other 52 teams will be divided into 9 groups, 7 of which are composed of 6 teams, and 2 are composed of 5 teams. A team is formed. The European group stage will be held from September 4, 2016 to October 10, 2017. The first place in the nine groups will directly advance to the World Cup, while the second place in the eight better-ranked groups will participate in the play-offs. , and then determine the 4 qualifying places.

In the African region (5 places), Zimbabwe was banned, which allowed them to have 53 national teams participate in the world preliminaries. In the first round, the 26 teams ranked at the bottom of FIFA were matched. Fight, and then decide 13 teams to form the top 40 with the top 27 teams in FIFA. In the second round, 40 teams continued to compete against each other, and then the top 20 teams were determined. In the third round, 20 teams are divided into 5 groups, and the first place in the group will directly qualify.

As for Oceania (0.5 places), the 4 teams of American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa Islands and Tonga will determine the first place, and then compete with the other 7 teams in the top 8, and then , and then determine the top 6. In the third round, the 6 teams are divided into two groups and compete in a single round-robin to determine the top 2 teams in the group. Then these 2 teams compete for 0.5 seats.

In the South American region (4.5 places), 10 teams are divided into a group for a double round-robin, and then the top 4 teams directly advance to the finals, and the fifth place participates in the intercontinental play-offs.

Concacaf (3.5 places) has ended the first two rounds of competition. The first round of the world preliminaries in this region has 5 rounds. The top 3 will advance to the finals, and the 4th will advance to the intercontinental competition. Play-offs.

The 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers will be held from March 2015 to November 2017, lasting 32 months and requiring 851 games. The finals will be held in June 2018. It will be held from July 14th to July 15th.