HOST

RUS

UEFA

GROUP PHASE FRA SWE NED BUL LUX BLR POR SUI HUN FRO LVA AND GER NIR CZE NOR AZE SMR SRB IRL WAL AUT GEO MDA POL DEN MNE ROU ARM KAZ ENG SVK SCO SVN LTU MLT ESP ITA ALB ISR MKD LIE BEL GRE BIH EST CYP GIB ISL CRO UKR TUR FIN KVX				BEL ENG FRA GER ISL POL POR SRB ESP
		PLAYOFFS NIR SUI CRO GRE DEN IRL SWE ITA		CRO DEN SWE SUI

CAF

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS SOM NIG NIG CMR SSD MTN MTN TUN GAM NAM NAM GUI STP ETH ETH CGO CHA SLE CHA EGY COM LES COM GHA DJI SWZ SWZ NGA ERI BOT BOT MLI SEY BDI BDI COD LBR GNB LBR CIV CTA MAD MAD SEN MRI KEN KEN CPV TAN MWI TAN ALG   SDN ZAM   LBY RWA   MAR EQG   MOZ GAB   BEN BFA   TOG UGA   ANG RSA

GROUP PHASE TUN COD LBY GUI NGA ZAM CMR ALG MAR CIV GAB MLI SEN BFA CPV RSA EGY UGA GHA CGO

EGY MAR NGA SEN TUN

AFC

PRELIMINARY ROUND IND NEP YEM PAK TLS MGL CAM MAC TPE BRU SRI BHU		FIRST GROUP PHASE KSA UAE PLE MAS TLS AUS JOR KGZ TJK BAN QAT CHN HKG MDV BHU IRN OMA TKM GUM IND JPN SYR SIN AFG CAM THA IRQ VIE TPE IDN KOR LIB KUW MYA LAO UZB PRK PHI BHR YEM				SECOND GROUP PHASE IRN KOR SYR UZB CHN QAT JPN KSA AUS UAE IRQ THA		IRN JPN KOR KSA
						AFC PLAYOFF SYR AUS
CONCACAF						CONCACAF/​AFC PLAYOFF HON AUS		AUS
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS CUW MSR CUW CUB CUW SLV SKN TCA SKN SLV VGB DMA DMA CAN CAN BLZ BLZ CAY DOM BLZ   PUR GRN GRN HAI NCA AIA NCA SUR JAM NCA   VIN GUY VIN ARU BRB VIR ARU BRB   ATG LCA ATG GUA BAH BER GUA BER				SEMIFINAL ROUND MEX HON CAN SLV CRC PAN HAI JAM USA TRI GUA VIN		FINAL ROUND MEX CRC PAN HON USA TRI		CRC MEX PAN

CONMEBOL

GROUP PHASE BRA URU ARG COL PER CHI PAR ECU BOL VEN								ARG BRA COL URU
OFC						OFC/​CONMEBOL PLAYOFF NZL PER		PER
PRELIMINARY ROUND SAM ASA COK TGA		OFC MEN’S NATIONS CUP GROUP PHASE PNG NCL TAH SAM NZL SOL FIJ VAN ELIMINATION PHASE NZL NCL NZL PNG PNG SOL		FINAL ROUND NZL NCL FIJ SOL TAH PNG		OFC PLAYOFF NZL SOL

KEY DATES

• 2015:
  • THU 15 JAN 2015: Draw for CONCACAF first and second preliminary rounds [Miami Beach, FL, USA]
  • TUE 10 FEB 2015: Draw for AFC preliminary round [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • THU 12-TUE 17 MAR 2015: AFC preliminary round
  • MON 23-TUE 31 MAR 2015: CONCACAF first preliminary round
  • TUE 14 APR 2015: Draw for AFC first group phase [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • THU 11 JUN 2015: AFC first group phase begins
  • MON 08-TUE 16 JUN 2015: CONCACAF second preliminary round
  • SAT 25 JUL 2015: Qualifying draw [St Petersburg, RUS]
  • MON 31 AUG-TUE 08 SEP 2015: CONCACAF third preliminary round, OFC preliminary round
  • THU 08 OCT 2015: CONMEBOL group phase begins
  • WED 07-TUE 13 OCT 2015: CAF first preliminary round
  • FRI 13 NOV 2015: CONCACAF semifinal round begins
  • MON 09-TUE 17 NOV 2015: CAF second preliminary round
• 2016:
  • TUE 29 MAR 2016: AFC first group phase ends
  • TUE 12 APR 2016: Draw for AFC second group phase [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • SAT 28 MAY-SAT 11 JUN 2016: OFC Men’s Nations Cup
  • FRI 24 JUN 2016: Draw for CAF group phase [Cairo, EGY]
  • FRI 08 JUL 2016: Draw for CONCACAF final round [Miami Beach, FL, USA], Draw for OFC final round [Auckland, NZL]
  • THU 01 SEP 2016: AFC second group phase begins
  • SUN 04 SEP 2016: UEFA group phase begins
  • TUE 06 SEP 2016: CONCACAF semifinal round ends
  • FRI 07 OCT 2016: CAF group phase begins
  • MON 07 NOV 2016: OFC final round begins
  • FRI 11 NOV 2016: CONCACAF final round begins
• 2017:
  • TUE 13 JUN 2017: OFC final round ends
  • THU 15 JUN 2017: Draw for OFC playoff [Auckland, NZL]
  • TUE 05 SEP 2017: AFC second group phase ends
  • FRI 01-TUE 05 SEP 2017: OFC playoff
  • TUE 10 OCT 2017: UEFA group phase ends, CONCACAF final round ends, CONMEBOL group phase ends
  • THU 05-TUE 10 OCT 2017: AFC playoff
  • TUE 17 OCT 2017: Draw for UEFA playoffs [Zürich, SUI]
  • TUE 14 NOV 2017: CAF group phase ends
  • THU 09-TUE 14 NOV 2017: UEFA playoffs
  • FRI 10-WED 15 NOV 2017: Playoffs
  • FRI 01 DEC 2017: Draw for final tournament [Moscow, RUS]