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Preliminary Draw 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Results Q Q Q Directly qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaP P P Intercontinental Play-offs The winner of Round Four of the Preliminary Competition for the ASIAN Zone The fourth placed team of Round Five of the Preliminary Competition for the NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN Zone The winner of Round Three of the Preliminary Competition for the OCEANIAN Zone The fifth placed team of Round One of the Preliminary Competition for the SOUTH AMERICAN Zone 1 - North, Central America and Caribbean Asia 2 - Oceania South America Round ONE The 14 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 22 through to PMA Rank 35 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of August 2014), contested Round One. The 14 teams were paired into seven home-and-away series. The matches were played in the period 23-31 March 2015. The seven series winners advanced to Round Two. Round TWO The seven Round One winners joined the 13 PMAs ranked 9 to 21 in Round Two. The 20 teams were paired into ten home-and-away series. The matches were played in the period 7-16 June 2015. The ten series winners advanced to Round Three. Round THREE The ten Round Two winners will then join the two PMAs ranked seven and eight (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of August 2014) in Round Three. The 12 teams will be paired into six home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 31 August to 8 September 2015. The six series winners advance to Round Four and are automatically allocated to groups below. Round FOUR The six teams qualifying from Round Three will then join the six PMAs ranked one to six in Round Four. The 12 teams will be drawn into three round-robin, home-and-away groups of four teams each. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 7 November 2015 to 6 September 2016. The group winners and runners-up of each group advance to Round Five. Round FIVE The six teams qualifying from Round Four will take part in Round Five. The six teams will be placed into one round-robin, home-and-away group of six teams. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 7 November 2016 to 10 October 2017. Q Q Q The top three placed teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaP P P The fourth placed team advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN zone 1 - Curaçao El Salvador 2 - Canada Belize 3 - Grenada Haiti 4 - Jamaica Nicaragua 5 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aruba 6 - Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala Group A 1 Mexico 2 Honduras 3 Winner match 1 4 Winner match 2 Group C 1 USA 2 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Winner match 5 4 Winner match 6 Group B 1 Costa Rica 2 Panama 3 Winner match 3 4 Winner match 4 Round ONE All ten PMAs will contest Round One. The ten teams will be placed into one round-robin, home-and-away group of ten teams. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 8 October 2015 and 10 October 2017. To ensure that no team has to play both Argentina and Brazil on any double matchday, these teams have been seeded and automatically positioned as Team four and Team five respectively. Q Q Q The top four placed teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaP P P The fifth placed team advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs SOUTH AMERICAN zone Group 1 Colombia 2 Chile 3 Paraguay 4 Argentina 5 Brazil 5 Brazil 6 Ecuador 7 Venezuela 8 Bolivia 9 Peru 9 Peru 10 Uruguay Round ONE All 52 PMAs will contest Round One. The round consists of seven round-robin, home-and-away groups of six teams each as well as two round-robin, home-and-away groups of five teams each. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 4 September 2016 and 10 October 2017. The eight best group runners-up will advance to Round Two. England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain must be drawn into a group containing six teams. Hosts Russia will be added to one of the two groups of five (H or I) as sixth team with all matches involving Russia to be considered as friendlies without any impact on the results and standings in the respective qualifying group. Q Q Q The nine group winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaRound TWO The eight best group runners-up from Round One will contest Round Two. The eight teams will be paired into four home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 9 and 14 November 2017. Q Q Q The four winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaEUROPEAN zone Group A 1 Netherlands 2 France 3 Sweden 4 Bulgaria 5 Belarus 6 Luxembourg Group C 1 Germany 2 Czech Republic 3 Northern Ireland 4 Norway 5 Azerbaijan 6 San Marino Group E 1 Romania 2 Denmark 3 Poland 4 Montenegro 5 Armenia 6 Kazakhstan Group G 1 Spain 2 Italy 3 Albania 4 Israel 5 FYR Macedonia 6 Liechtenstein Group B 1 Portugal 2 Switzerland 3 Hungary 4 Faroe Islands 5 Latvia 6 Andorra Group D 1 Wales 2 Austria 3 Serbia 4 Republic of Ireland 5 Moldova 6 Georgia Group F 1 England 2 Slovakia 3 Scotland 4 Slovenia 5 Lithuania 6 Malta Group H 1 Belgium 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 Greece 4 Estonia 5 Cyprus Group I 1 Croatia 2 Iceland 3 Ukraine 4 Turkey 5 Finland Round TWO The 13 Round One winners will then join the remaining 27 PMAs in Round Two. The 40 teams will be paired into 20 home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period from 9-17 November 2015. The 20 series winners advance to Round Three. Round ONE The 26 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 28 through to PMA Rank 53, (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of July 2015), will contest Round One. The 26 teams will be paired into 13 home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period from 5–13 October 2015. The 13 series winners advance to Round Two. Zimbabwe is excluded from the Preliminary Competition due to disciplinary sanctions. AFRICAN zone Round THREE The 20 Round Two winners will take part in Round Three. The 20 teams will be drawn into five round-robin, home-and-away groups of four teams each. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 3 October 2016 to 14 November 2017. Q Q Q The five group winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia1 - Somalia Niger 2 - South Sudan Mauritania 3 - Gambia Namibia 4 - São Tomé e Príncipe Ethiopia 5 - Chad Sierra Leone 6 - Comoros Lesotho 7 - Djibouti Swaziland 8 - Eritrea Botswana 9 - Seychelles Burundi 10 - Liberia Guinea-Bissau 11 - Central African Republic Madagascar 12 - Mauritius Kenya 13 - Tanzania Malawi 1 - Winner match 1 Cameroon 2 - Winner match 2 Tunisia 3 - Winner match 3 Guinea 4 - Winner match 4 Congo 5 - Winner match 5 Egypt 6 - Winner match 6 Ghana 7 - Winner match 7 Nigeria 8 - Winner match 8 Mali 9 - Winner match 9 Congo DR 10 - Winner match 10 Côte d'Ivoire 11 - Winner match 11 Senegal 12 - Winner match 12 Cape Verde Islands 13 - Winner match 13 Algeria 14 - Sudan Zambia 15 - Libya Rwanda 16 - Morocco Equatorial Guinea 17 - Mozambique Gabon 18 - Benin Burkina Faso 19 - Togo Uganda 20 - Angola South Africa ASIAN zone Round ONE The 12 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 35 through to PMA Rank 46 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of January 2015), contested Round One. The 12 teams were paired into six home-and-away series. The matches were played in the period 12-17 March 2015. The six series winners advanced to Round Two. Round TWO The six Round One winners have joined the remaining 34 PMAs in Round Two. The 40 teams have been drawn into eight round-robin, home-and-away groups of 5 teams each. The matches are being played in the period 11 June 2015 to 29 March 2016. The eight group winners and four best second placed teams will advance to Round Three. *NB: At the Executive Committee meeting on 30 May 2015 the Football Association of Indonesia were suspended and as a consequence the national team was disqualified from the Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. All matches of Indonesia are thus deleted in Group F. Round THREE The 12 teams qualifying from Round Two will take part in Round Three. The 12 teams will be drawn into two round-robin, home-and-away groups of six teams each. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 29 August 2016 to 5 September 2017. The third-placed teams of each group advance to Round Four. Q Q Q The two group winners and two group runners-up will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaRound FOUR The two third-placed teams from the two Round Three groups will contest Round Four. The teams will play one home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 2-10 October 2017. P P P The Round Four winner advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs Group H 1 Uzbekistan 2 Bahrain 3 Philippines 4 Korea DPR 5 Yemen Group G 1 Korea Republic 2 Kuwait 3 Lebanon 4 Myanmar 5 Laos Group F 1 Iraq 2 Vietnam 3 Thailand 4 Indonesia * 5 Chinese Taipei Group E 1 Japan 2 Syria 3 Afghanistan 4 Singapore 5 Cambodia Group D 1 Iran 2 Oman 3 India 4 Turkmenistan 5 Guam Group C 1 China PR 2 Qatar 3 Maldives 4 Bhutan 5 Hong Kong Group B 1 Australia 2 Jordan 3 Tajikistan 4 Kyrgyzstan 5 Bangladesh Group A 1 UAE 2 Saudi Arabia 3 Palestine 4 Timor-Leste 5 Malaysia OCEANIAN zone Round ONE Four PMAs based on ranking and sporting reasons will contest Round One. The four teams will be placed into one round-robin group. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 31 August – 4 September 2015. The group winner advances to Round Two. Round TWO The winner of Round One will then join the remaining seven PMAs in Round Two. The eight teams will be drawn into two round-robin groups of four teams each. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 28 May 2016 to 12 June 2016. The group winners, runners-up and third place teams from both groups will advance to Round Three. Round THREE The six PMAs advancing from Round Two will take part in Round Three. The six teams will be placed into two round-robin, home-and-away group of three teams each: The two group winners will advance to a single home-and-away series. The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 20 March to 10 October 2017. P P P The winner of Round Three advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs Group A 1 Tahiti 2 New Caledonia 3 Winner Round 1 4 Papua New Guinea Group B 1 New Zealand 2 Solomon Islands 3 Fiji 4 Vanuatu 851 matches 208 teams enrolled, plus host Russia 141 teams in draw 22 teams eliminated before the draw Allocation of slots as follows 5 AFRICAN Zone 4.5 ASIAN Zone 3.5 NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN Zone 13 + 1 (host) EUROPEAN Zone 0.5 OCEANIAN Zone 4.5 SOUTH AMERICAN Zone

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Preliminary Draw

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™Results

QQQQ Directly qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

PPPP Intercontinental Play-offs

• The winner of Round Four of the Preliminary Competition for the ASIAN Zone

• The fourth placed team of Round Five of the Preliminary Competition

for the NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN Zone

• The winner of Round Three of the Preliminary Competition for the OCEANIAN Zone • The fifth placed team of Round One of the Preliminary Competition

for the SOUTH AMERICAN Zone

1 -North, Central America and Caribbean Asia

2 -Oceania South America

Round ONE • The 14 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 22 through to PMA Rank 35 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World

Ranking of August 2014), contested Round One.

• The 14 teams were paired into seven home-and-away series. • The matches were played in the period 23-31 March 2015.

• The seven series winners advanced to Round Two.

Round TWO • The seven Round One winners joined the 13 PMAs ranked 9 to 21 in Round Two. • The 20 teams were paired into ten home-and-away series.

• The matches were played in the period 7-16 June 2015. • The ten series winners advanced to Round Three.

Round THREE • The ten Round Two winners will then join the two PMAs ranked seven and eight (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola

World Ranking of August 2014) in Round Three.

• The 12 teams will be paired into six home-and-away series.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 31 August to 8 September 2015. • The six series winners advance to Round Four and are automatically allocated to groups below.

Round FOUR • The six teams qualifying from Round Three will then join the six PMAs ranked one to six in Round Four. • The 12 teams will be drawn into three round-robin, home-and-away groups of four teams each.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 7 November 2015 to 6 September 2016. • The group winners and runners-up of each group advance to Round Five.

Round FIVE • The six teams qualifying from Round Four will take part in Round Five.

• The six teams will be placed into one round-robin, home-and-away group of six teams. • The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 7 November 2016 to 10 October 2017.

QQQQ The top three placed teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

PPPP The fourth placed team advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs

NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN zone

1 -Curaçao El Salvador

2 -Canada Belize

3 -Grenada Haiti

4 -Jamaica Nicaragua

5 -St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aruba

6 -Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala

Group A1 Mexico2 Honduras3 Winner match 14 Winner match 2

Group C1 USA2 Trinidad and Tobago3 Winner match 54 Winner match 6

Group B1 Costa Rica2 Panama3 Winner match 34 Winner match 4

Round ONE • All ten PMAs will contest Round One.

• The ten teams will be placed into one round-robin, home-and-away group of ten teams.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 8 October 2015 and 10 October 2017.

• To ensure that no team has to play both Argentina and Brazil on any double matchday, these teams have been seeded and automatically positioned as Team four and Team five respectively.

QQQQ The top four placed teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

PPPP The fifth placed team advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs

SOUTH AMERICAN zone

Group1 Colombia2 Chile3 Paraguay4 Argentina5 Brazil

5 Brazil6 Ecuador7 Venezuela8 Bolivia9 Peru

9 Peru10 Uruguay

Round ONE • All 52 PMAs will contest Round One.

• The round consists of seven round-robin, home-and-away groups of six teams each as well as two round-robin, home-and-away groups of five teams each.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 4 September 2016 and 10 October 2017.

• The eight best group runners-up will advance to Round Two. • England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain must be drawn into a group containing six teams.

• Hosts Russia will be added to one of the two groups of five (H or I) as sixth team with all matches involving Russia to be considered as friendlies without any impact on the results and standings in the respective qualifying group.

QQQQ The nine group winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

Round TWO • The eight best group runners-up from Round One will contest Round Two.

• The eight teams will be paired into four home-and-away series.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period between 9 and 14 November 2017.

QQQQ The four winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

EUROPEAN zone

Group A1 Netherlands2 France3 Sweden4 Bulgaria5 Belarus6 Luxembourg

Group C1 Germany2 Czech Republic3 Northern Ireland4 Norway5 Azerbaijan6 San Marino

Group E1 Romania2 Denmark3 Poland4 Montenegro5 Armenia6 Kazakhstan

Group G1 Spain2 Italy3 Albania4 Israel5 FYR Macedonia6 Liechtenstein

Group B1 Portugal2 Switzerland3 Hungary4 Faroe Islands5 Latvia6 Andorra

Group D1 Wales2 Austria3 Serbia4 Republic of Ireland5 Moldova6 Georgia

Group F1 England2 Slovakia3 Scotland4 Slovenia5 Lithuania6 Malta

Group H1 Belgium2 Bosnia-Herzegovina3 Greece4 Estonia5 Cyprus

Group I1 Croatia2 Iceland3 Ukraine4 Turkey5 Finland

Round TWO • The 13 Round One winners will then join the remaining

27 PMAs in Round Two.

• The 40 teams will be paired into 20 home-and-away series.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period from 9-17 November 2015.

• The 20 series winners advance to Round Three.

Round ONE • The 26 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 28 through to

PMA Rank 53, (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of July 2015), will contest Round One.

• The 26 teams will be paired into 13 home-and-away series.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period from 5–13 October 2015.

• The 13 series winners advance to Round Two.

• Zimbabwe is excluded from the Preliminary Competition due to disciplinary sanctions.

AFRICAN zone

Round THREE • The 20 Round Two winners will take part in Round Three.

• The 20 teams will be drawn into five round-robin, home-and-away groups of four teams each.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 3 October 2016 to 14 November 2017.

QQQQ The five group winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

1 -Somalia Niger

2 -South Sudan Mauritania

3 -Gambia Namibia

4 -São Tomé e Príncipe Ethiopia

5 -Chad Sierra Leone

6 -Comoros Lesotho

7 -Djibouti Swaziland

8 -Eritrea Botswana

9 -Seychelles Burundi

10 -Liberia Guinea-Bissau

11 -Central African Republic Madagascar

12 -Mauritius Kenya

13 -Tanzania Malawi

1 -Winner match 1 Cameroon

2 -Winner match 2 Tunisia

3 -Winner match 3 Guinea

4 -Winner match 4 Congo

5 -Winner match 5 Egypt

6 -Winner match 6 Ghana

7 -Winner match 7 Nigeria

8 -Winner match 8 Mali

9 -Winner match 9 Congo DR

10 -Winner match 10 Côte d'Ivoire

11 -Winner match 11 Senegal

12 -Winner match 12 Cape Verde Islands

13 -Winner match 13 Algeria

14 -Sudan Zambia

15 -Libya Rwanda

16 -Morocco Equatorial Guinea

17 -Mozambique Gabon

18 -Benin Burkina Faso

19 -Togo Uganda

20 -Angola South Africa

ASIAN zoneRound ONE � The 12 lowest-ranked PMAs, PMA Rank 35 through to PMA Rank 46 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World

Ranking of January 2015), contested Round One. � The 12 teams were paired into six home-and-away series. � The matches were played in the period 12-17 March 2015. � The six series winners advanced to Round Two.

Round TWO � The six Round One winners have joined the remaining 34 PMAs in Round Two. � The 40 teams have been drawn into eight round-robin, home-and-away groups of 5 teams each. � The matches are being played in the period 11 June 2015 to 29 March 2016. � The eight group winners and four best second placed teams will advance to Round Three.

*NB: At the Executive Committee meeting on 30 May 2015 the Football Association of Indonesia were suspended and as a consequence the national team was disqualified from the Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. All matches of Indonesia are thus deleted in Group F.

Round THREE � The 12 teams qualifying from Round Two will take part in Round Three. � The 12 teams will be drawn into two round-robin, home-and-away groups of six teams each. � The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 29 August 2016 to 5 September 2017. � The third-placed teams of each group advance to Round Four.

QQQQ The two group winners and two group runners-up will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

Round FOUR � The two third-placed teams from the two Round Three groups will contest Round Four. � The teams will play one home-and-away series. � The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 2-10 October 2017.

PPPP The Round Four winner advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs

Group H1 Uzbekistan2 Bahrain3 Philippines4 Korea DPR5 Yemen

Group G1 Korea Republic2 Kuwait3 Lebanon4 Myanmar5 Laos

Group F1 Iraq2 Vietnam3 Thailand4 Indonesia *5 Chinese Taipei

Group E1 Japan2 Syria3 Afghanistan4 Singapore5 Cambodia

Group D1 Iran2 Oman3 India4 Turkmenistan5 Guam

Group C1 China PR2 Qatar3 Maldives4 Bhutan5 Hong Kong

Group B1 Australia2 Jordan3 Tajikistan4 Kyrgyzstan5 Bangladesh

Group A1 UAE2 Saudi Arabia3 Palestine4 Timor-Leste5 Malaysia

OCEANIAN zoneRound ONE • Four PMAs based on ranking and sporting reasons will contest Round One. • The four teams will be placed into one round-robin group.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 31 August – 4 September 2015.

• The group winner advances to Round Two.

Round TWO • The winner of Round One will then join the remaining seven PMAs in Round Two. • The eight teams will be drawn into two round-robin groups of four teams each.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 28 May 2016 to 12 June 2016.

• The group winners, runners-up and third place teams from both groups will advance to Round Three.

Round THREE • The six PMAs advancing from Round Two will take part in Round Three. • The six teams will be placed into two round-robin, home-and-away group of three teams each:

• The two group winners will advance to a single home-and-away series.

• The matches are foreseen to be played in the period 20 March to 10 October 2017.

PPPP The winner of Round Three advances to the Intercontinental Play-offs

Group A1 Tahiti2 New Caledonia3 Winner Round 14 Papua New Guinea

Group B1 New Zealand2 Solomon Islands3 Fiji4 Vanuatu

851 matches 208 teams enrolled, plus host Russia

141 teams in draw 22 teams eliminated before the draw

Allocation of slots as follows

5 AFRICAN Zone

4.5 ASIAN Zone

3.5 NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN Zone

13 + 1 (host) EUROPEAN Zone

0.5 OCEANIAN Zone

4.5 SOUTH AMERICAN Zone