List: The 23 teams who have qualified for the World Cup so far

World Cup 2018? Who are the 23 teams who have qualified for the World Cup so far? With eight months to go until the World Cup in Russia, we now know the identity of 23 teams who will definitely play in the Group Stage of the tournament next summer.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will be at the World Cup next summer as Portugal and Argentina secured their places in the final round of qualifying this week. Messi’s stunning hat-trick against Ecuador booked his nation a place despite it looking doubtful at one stage.

Iceland and Panama both qualified for the World Cup for the first ever time. Egypt also ended a 28 year drought thanks to two goals from Liverpool new signing Mohamed Salah against Congo at the weekend.

We now know 23 of the 32 teams who will be in Russia. Read on for a list of all the teams who have qualified for the World Cup 2018.

The 23 teams who have qualified for the World Cup so far

Team	Qualified as
Russia	Hosts
Brazil	CONMEBOL winners
Iran	AFC Third Round Group A winners
Japan	AFC Third Round Group B winners
Mexico	CONCACAF Fifth Round winners
Belgium	UEFA Group H winners
South Korea	AFC Third Round Group A runners-up
Saudi Arabia	AFC Third Round Group B runners-up
Germany	UEFA Group C winners
England	UEFA Group F winners
Spain	UEFA Group G winners
Nigeria	CAF Third Round Group B winners
Costa Rica	CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up
Poland	UEFA Group E winners
Egypt	CAF Third Round Group E winners
Iceland	UEFA Group I winners
Serbia	UEFA Group D winners
Portugal	UEFA Group B winners
France	UEFA Group A winners
Uruguay	CONMEBOL runners-up
Argentina	CONMEBOL 3rd place
Colombia	CONMEBOL 4th place
Panama	CONCACAF Fifth Round 3rd place

Remaining places

6 more places are available through the play-offs. There are also 3 places still available from the African (CAF) confederation.

Here are the remaining teams who could still make it to the World Cup next summer.

UEFA

Four nations out of Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Croatia, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Greece and the Republic of Ireland will qualify via the play-offs.

The draw will take place on Tuesday 17th October.

Inter-confederation play-offs:

Australia (AFC) vs Honduras (CONCACAF)
Peru (Conmebol) vs New Zealand (OFC)

Matches will take place during November 9-14th.

List: The 23 teams who have qualified for the World Cup so far