Fifa 2014 World Cup qualifiers: Which teams will be in Brazil?
England, Spain, Bosnia, Honduras and Russia are among the latest
nations to qualify automatically for the 2014 World Cup - but there are
still 11 places up for grabs.
Next summer's tournament in Brazil will feature 32
teams, with the draw for eight groups of four to take place in Bahia on 6
December.
Here BBC Sport takes a look at how things stand across the six Fifa confederations.
Africa
Still to be decided: The final round of qualification in Africa sees the 10 group winners from the previous stage meet in five two-legged play-off meetings, with the victors qualifying for Brazil 2014.
The first legs saw Algeria beaten 3-2 at Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast beat Senegal 3-1, Ethiopia lose 2-1 at home to Nigeria, Tunisia and Cameroon play out a goalless draw and Ghana thrash Egypt 6-1.
The qualifiers will be decided in November's second legs.
Asia
Still to be decided: Jordan are a play-off match away from competing at their first World Cup.
The Middle East nation won the right to a two-legged tie against Uruguay, the fifth-placed team from South American qualifying, by beating Uzbekistan in September.
Europe
Still to be decided: Four teams will progress from the play-offs.
Bosnia-Hercegovina qualified for their first major tournament, with a 1-0 win in Lithuania enough to win Group G on goal difference from Greece.
Russia drew with Azerbaijan, which was enough to see off Portugal and win Group F, while England topped Group H with a 2-0 win over Poland.
With the nine group winners having booked their places in Brazil, the attention now turns to the play-offs.
The eight runners-up facing the play-offs are Croatia, Sweden, Romania, Iceland, Portugal, Greece, Ukraine and France.
Four of those sides will be seeded for the two-legged play-offs, which take place next month. The four winners will then progress to Brazil.
North & Central America and Caribbean
Still to be decided: Mexico, who finished fourth in qualifying, face Oceania winners New Zealand in a two-legged intercontinental play-off in November.
Honduras took the last of the automatic qualifying spots after drawing 2-2 with Jamaica.
Mexico , who have qualified for every World Cup since 1982 apart from 1990, were close to missing out on a play-off place when they lost 2-1 to Costa Rica.
But Panama, who needed to win to leapfrog Mexico in the six-nation qualifying tournament to reach the play-offs and retain hopes of a first World Cup appearance, conceded two goals in stoppage time against the United States to lose 3-2.
Oceania
Still to be decided: New Zealand easily won the final group stage to qualify for a play-off match against Mexico, the fourth-placed side from North & Central America and the Caribbean.
South America
Still to be decided: Uruguay face Asia's Jordan in a two-legged play-off to qualify.
Chile beat Ecuador 2-1 in a result which secured automatic qualification for both teams. Chile finished third in the nine-nation group, with Ecuador fourth.
Uruguay finished level on points with Ecuador but finished fifth because of an inferior goal difference.
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