The preliminary qualifying rounds will be held in the northern region, Central America and Caribbean and Asian zone in June and July. 180 associations will be drawn from a lot to win preliminary then on 30 July (3: 00 p.m. local time/20 h 00 CET) to Rio de Janeiro five confederations, namely AFC, CAF, CONCACAF; OFC and UEFA. No lots will be drawn for South America, where the qualifying round will be played in a League system according to calendars of CONMEBOL. Please visit FIFA.com for detailed drawing formats, direct link: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/index.html. FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking of 27 July 2011 will be used for checkouts continental, with the exception of CONCACAF, who have already used the rankings March 2011 for the first round of preliminary competition in that region.
There was no change in the allocation of posts in Brazil 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee confirmed in early March, Europe will receive 13 seats, Africa 5, 4. 5, South America, Northern Asia 4.5 Central America and the Caribbean 3. 5 and Oceania 0.5. There will be a change in the determination of the opponents to the play-offs among the confederations. A draw will be held a press conference after the meeting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee, Brazil on July 29, 2011 in Rio.
For the preliminaries of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, some 20 million fans – an average of almost 23,000 per game – flocked to stadiums, creating a new record attendance in the history of the competition's preliminary FIFA World Cup. The undisputed leader in this sense were Mexico, whose matches drew a total attendance of nearly 735,000, or nearly 82,000 fans per match. Triumphant England's campaign, meanwhile, was watched live by an impressive 80,000 fans per match. 5602 players took part in total. They were also involved 650 310 referees and assistants.
So as not to miss any of the actions, FIFA.com will provide the global coverage of the entire competition, from preliminary meetings through the final round in July 2014 in Brazil, offering football fans a one-stop shop with coverage in real time. Live match coverage will be available for every game and range from basic to full coverage with editorial commentaries MatchCast, statistics and photos.
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