"MIAMI -- The governing body for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer says it will have six automatic qualifying spots in the 2030 World Cup and a seventh will be available as part of an intercontinental playoff. Concacaf made its announcement Friday, although FIFA does not appear to have announced each confederation's allocation of berths and the president of the South American confederation CONMEBOL has proposed expanding the tournament yet again to 64 nations."
"Concacaf said Friday that qualifying will start in September 2027 with its teams ranked 14th through 35th playing a home-and-home, total-goals first round. The 11 winners will advance to the second round along with its top 13-ranked nations. The 24 teams will be split into six four-team groups and each nation will play six matches, in October and November 2027, and March 2028."
"The top two teams in each group advance to a 12-nation final round, to be played in June 2028, and September and October 2029. There will be three final-round groups, and each nation will play six matches. The top two teams in each group will qualify for a 2030 World Cup that will be primarily in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one game each in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay."
Concacaf will have six automatic qualifying spots for the 2030 World Cup and a seventh available through an intercontinental playoff. FIFA has not announced each confederation's allocation of berths. Qualifying begins September 2027 with teams ranked 14th–35th playing home-and-home, total-goals first-round ties. Eleven winners join the top 13 nations in a second round of six four-team groups, with matches in October–November 2027 and March 2028. The top two from each group advance to a 12-nation final round in 2028–29; the top two from each final group qualify. The two best third-place teams play a Concacaf playoff in November 2029 for a spot in FIFA's intercontinental playoffs.
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