[GirlySports]

The UEFA World Cup qualifying draw will take place on December 13

Number of spots: 16

Format:
12 groups of 4 or 5
The 12 group winners qualifying automatically
The 12 runners-up go to playoffs where they will be joined by the 4 best Nations League group winners not in the previous 24.
There will be 4 playoff paths (2 semifinals and 1 final) to qualify 4 teams.

Pot 1: France, Spain, England, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria.

Pot 2: Ukraine, Sweden, Turkiye, Wales, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Greece, Slovakia, Czechia, Norway.

Pot 3: Scotland, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, North Macedonia, Georgia, Finland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel.

Pot 4: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Belarus, Kosovo, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Lithuania.

Pot 5: Moldova, Malta, Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, San Marino.

My favorite part of this is that San Marino is a group winner! They are 14th on the ranking list, ahead of Italy and Holland!

So if 10 teams (in bold above), Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, England, Norway, Wales, Czechia, Romania and Sweden all finish top 2 in their group, San Marino is in the playoffs! 2 wins away from the World Cup!