FMF World Cup qualification

FMF World Cup qualification is the name given to the confederational rounds of qualifying matches in order for member nations to earn a place at that year's FMF World Cup.

History

The qualification rounds were introduced for the second World Cup, held in Novatainia and Tokidoki. The inaugural tournament was application-only, with no competitive qualifying matches being played.

Format

Each of the four FMF confederations is permitted a certain number of qualifying berths at each World Cup, which must be filled by affiliated members of that confederation by narrowing-down the amount of eligible nations via group stages, automatic knock-out or a combination of both. The amount of berths each confederation receives each year is decided by the number of affiliated members in each, and the respective strengths of those members' national teams. The EMUFA has received the most, or joint-most, berths in all but one tournament since qualification began.

Previous years

Year	Host(s)	AEFA qualifiers	CTFA qualifiers	EMUFA qualifiers	WMFA qualifiers
2007 Details	Novatainia Tokidoki	Gaia Hurmu Jamzinia Leon and Venezia New-Empire Novatainia Tokidoki	Alexandria Matbaa	Craitland Kataria Passas Riponia Taesong	Beaugium New Brittania
		4 + 2 hosts + 1 runner-up	2	5	2
2008 Details	Amokolia	Hurmu Stormark Toketi United Empire	Alexandria Kavalos	Bobalania Craitland Hamland Interland New South Vietnam Nova England Passas	Amokolia Batavia Shireroth
		4	2	6 + 1 holder	2 + 1 host
2009 Details	Alexandria	Hurmu Novatainia Toketi	Alexandria Monovia Zandarijn	Bobalania Craitland Hamland Interland Nova England Passas West Ocia	Batavia Beaugium Tellia
		3	2 + 1 host	6 + 1 holder	3
2010 Details	Hamland	Holzborg Novatainia Stormark Toketi	Alexandria Monovia Natopia	Craitland Hamland Interland Nova England Passas Valencia	Batavia Beaugium Tellia
		4	2 + 1 holder	5 + 1 host	3
2011 Details	Shireroth	Antica Babkha Toketi Victoria	Alexandria Natopia	Craitland Hamland Interland Nova England Passas Taeland	Ashkenatza (by play-off) Batavia Shireroth Tellia
		4	2.5	5 + 1 holder	2.5 + 1 host
2012 Details	Antica	Antica Mahoz HaSephardim Novatainia Stormark Toketi	Alexandria Natopia	Craitland Hamland Interland Mercury Nordic Union Ocia	Batavia Shireroth Tellia
		4 + 1 host	2	5 + 1 holder	3
2013 Details	Zandarijn Hammish Monovia	Hurmu Mahoz HaSephardim North Antarctica Novatainia	Alexandria Hammish Monovia Zandarijn	Craitland Hamland Interland Mercury Nova England Nova English Korea	Ashkenatza Shireroth Tellia
		4	1 + 2 hosts	6	2 + 1 holder
2014 Details	Indokistan	Gerenia North Antarctica Safiria Senya	Alexandria Birgeshir Zandarijn	Austbard Craitland Hamland Indokistan Interland Mercury Taeland	Elwynn Tellia
		4	3	5 + 1 host + 1 holder	2
2015 Details	Craitland	Flanders (by play-off) Gerenia Gotzborg Lakkvia Senya	Alexandria Athlon Birgeshir North Antarctica	Austbard Hamland Juclandia Mercury Passas Talenore Valencia	Craitland Safiria Shireroth Tellia
		4.5	4.5	6 + 1 holder	3 + 1 host
2017 Details	Senya	Gerenia Gotzborg Jingdao Lakkvia Senya Victoria	Alexandria Birgeshir Calbion Natopia Vyktory	Hamland Mercury New Vaduz Nova England Passas Talenore	Craitland Elwynn Tellia
		5 + 1 host	5	5 + 1 holder	3

Emboldened teams received automatic qualification.
Italics signify a nation's début tournament.

Previous entrants

Number of teams entering qualification

Confederation	2007 (13)	2008 (14)	2009 (14)	2010 (14)	2011 (14)	2012 (14)	2013 (13)	2014 (14)	2015 (18)	2017 (18)
AEFA	12	16.51	10	15	15	18	20	24	20	16
CTFA	4	8	52	73	6	8	114	8	20	22
EMUFA	12	24	19	14	20	25	25	225	22	23
WMFA	8	7.51	10	8	6	10	8	8	12	12
Total entrants	36	56	44	44	47	61	64	62	74	73
Teams played6	35	55	44	44	47	61	64	62	74	73
Matches played	72	194	170	160	164	230	237	246	302	250
Goals scored	195	509	359	369	422	637	684	720	881	722
Average goals per match	2.71	2.62	2.11	2.31	2.57	2.77	2.89	2.93	2.92	2.89

¹ Tellia initially entered the WMFA's qualifying tournament, but switched their affiliation to that of the AEFA. The team then subsequently withdrew from the AEFA's qualifiers. They are counted as 0.5 of an entrant for each confederation to create an accurate number of total entrants.
² Alexandria participated in the CTFA's qualifiers despite being tournament hosts. The team's records in qualifying are included in this table's data.
³ Alexandria participated in the CTFA's qualifiers despite being previous holders. The team's records in qualifying are included in this table's data.
⁴ Zandarijn and Hammish Monovia participated in the CTFA's qualifiers despite being tournament co-hosts. The teams' records in qualifying are included in this table's data.
⁵ Hamland and Indokistan participated in the EMUFA's qualifiers despite being previous holders and tournament hosts, respectively. The teams' records in qualifying are included in this table's data.
⁶ "Teams played" refers to the total number of teams which actively played at least one official qualifying match.