The qualifying draw for the 2014 World Cup will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7-9pm BST.
EUROPE (UEFA)
13 qualifiers from nine groups, eight groups of six and one of five. Nine group winners qualify and eight runner-up playoff for the remaining four places. Worst runner-up does not advance from the group.
Group A Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, SCOTLAND, Macedonia, WALES
Group B Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta
Group C Germany, Sweden, IRELAND, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan
Group D Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra
Group E Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland
Group F Portugal, Russia, Israel, NORTHERN IRELAND, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg
Group G Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Liechtenstein
Group H ENGLAND, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino
Group I Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland
SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL)
5.5 qualifiers. Brazil qualify automatically as hosts. Top four qualify from an all-in-one group of nine teams. Fifth-placed team enters inter-continental playoff.
Round-robin group Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
AFRICA (CAF)
5 qualifiers. 12 teams enter preliminary playoff to join another 28 teams in 10 groups of four. The 10 group winners advance to a playoff round in which the five winners qualify.
Group A South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Somalia/Ethiopia
Group B Tunisia, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, Equitorial Guinea/Madagascar
Group C Ivory Coast, Morocco, Gambia, Chad/Tanzania
Group D Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho/Burundi
Group E Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe/Congo
Group F Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles/Kenya, Djoubouti/Namibia
Group G Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Comoros/Mozambique
Group H Algeria, Mali, Benin, Eritrea/Rwanda
Group I Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau/Togo, Swaziland/Congo DR
Group J Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Mauritius/Liberia
ASIA (AFC)
4.5 qualifiers. 20 teams are drawn into five groups of four. The five group winners and runners-up advance to the final group stage of two separate groups. The top two from both of these groups qualify with the third-placed teams entering a playoff for the right to play an inter-continental playoff.
Group A China, Jordan, Iraq, Singapore
Group B South Korea, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon
Group C Japan, Uzbekistan, Syria, North Korea
Group D Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand
Group E Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, AND CARIBBEAN (CONCACAF)
3.5 qualifiers. 24 teams are drawn into six groups of four with a further six teams receiving byes. The six group winners join the six teams with byes in the next round in which they are drawn into three groups of four. The three group winners and runners-up advance to the final round, a group of six. The top three teams qualify while the fourth-placed team advances to an inter-continental playoff.
Group A El Salvador, Surinam, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic
Group B Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda
Group C Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas
Group D Canada, St Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St Lucia
Group E Grenada, Guatemala, St Vincent & Grenadines, Belize
Group F Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, US Virgin Islands
Then:
Group A United States, Jamaica, Winner E, Winner F
Group B Mexico, Costa Rica, Winner A, Winner B
Group C Honduras, Cuba, Winner D, Winner C
OCEANIA (OFC)
0.5 qualifiers. Eight teams will contest the group stage of the 2012 OFC Nations Cup in two groups of four. The winners and runners-up in the two groups contest a final group of four in which the winners will advance to an inter-continental playoff.
Group A Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Winner 1*, Tahiti
Group B Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
Winner 1*: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa or Tonga
INTER-CONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS
2 qualifiers. Asian fifth-placed side v South American fifth-placed side,
North American fourth-placed side v Oceania winners
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