Russia: The hosts qualified when they won the chance to host the competition back in Dec 2010.
Brazil: CONMEBOL round robin winners, qualified way back on March 28, 2017
Iran: AFC third round group A winners
Japan: AFC third round group B winners
South Korea: Runners-up to Iran in Group A
Saudi Arabia: Runners-up in Group B
Mexico: North and central America and Caribbean round 5 winners
Belgium: Uefa group H winners (first European team) who qualified on Sept 3
Germany: Sealed their place as Group C winners after beating Northern Ireland 3-1 in Belfast
England: Gareth Southgate's side beat Slovenia at Wembley to secure their spot in Russia as winners of Group F
Poland: Poland became to fourth European team to qualify having dropped points in just two games in Group E
Costa Rica: Reached their fourth World Cup finals with a game remaining from their CONCACAF qualification group
Nigeria: Became the first side from Africa to reach Russia and have now missed just one tournament – Germany 2006 – since first qualifying 1994
Egypt: Mohamed Salah scored twice to send the north Africans into their first finals since 1990
Iceland: Have qualified for their first ever World Cup, pipping Croatia to a guaranteed place in Russia
Serbia: Winners of Group D
Spain: The 2010 champions qualified as Group G winners finishing five points ahead of Italy
France: Qualified as winners of Group A
Portugal: Beat Switzerland in their final qualification game to reach next summer's finals
Panama: Reached their first World Cup after beating Costa Rica in the final group game of their qualification campaign
Argentina: Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in his side's final qualification game to secure their place in the finals
Uruguay: Finished second to Brazil in their group to secure their place in the finals
Colombia: Took the fourth and final automatic qualification spot in the South American group
Senegal: CAF Group D winners
Morocco: CAF Group C winners
Tunisia: CAF Group A winners
Switzerland: Won two-leg play-off with Northern Ireland
Croatia: Won two-leg play-off with Greece
Sweden: Won two-leg play-off with Italy
Denmark - Won two-leg play-off with Republic of Ireland
Australia - Defeated Honduras in a two-leg play-off
Peru - Secured last place with victory over New Zealand in two-leg play-off

How the group stages panned out:

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How many qualify? The top team in each group qualified for Russia, with the eight best runners-up (from the nine groups) going into four play-offs. The four winners of the two-legged play-offs will qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making a total of 13 teams.

Group A
Team P Pts
1 France 10 23
2 Sweden 10 19
3 Netherlands 10 19
4 Bulgaria 10 13
5 Luxembourg 10 6
6 Belarus 10 5
Qualified: France
Play-off spot: Sweden
Eliminated: Belarus, Bulgaria, Holland and Luxembourg

France secured their ticket toe the World Cup finals after Didier Deschamps's side beat Belarus in the final game of their qualification campaign in Paris, while Sweden took the play-off spot.

Belarus, Bulgaria, Holland and Luxembourg all failed to qualify.

Group B
Team P Pts
1 Portugal 10 27
2 Switzerland 10 27
3 Hungary 10 13
4 Faroes 10 9
5 Latvia 10 7
6 Andorra 10 4
Qualified:Portugal
Play-off spot: Switzerland
Eliminated: Andorra, Faroe Islands, Hungary and Latvia

European champions Portugal beat Switzerland 2-0 in Lisbon to progress to the World Cup finals as winners of Group B, while the Swiss went into the play-offs after finishing second on the same points as Fernando Santos's side.

Andorra, Faroe Islands, Hungary and Latvia failed to qualify.

Group C
Team P Pts
1 Germany 10 30
2 N Ireland 10 19
3 Czech Rep 10 15
4 Norway 10 13
5 Azerbaijan 10 10
6 San Marino 10 0
Qualified:Germany
Play-off spot: Northern Ireland
Eliminated: Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Norway and San