2022 FANA World Cup qualification

The 2022 FANA World Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organized by the seven FANA confederations to decide the 48 nations that will compete in the 2022 FANA World Cup. 114 countries across seven confederations competed in the qualifying process. The qualifying process took place between November 2021 and April 2022. The qualification process also determined the countries which will get a chance at the inter-confederation play offs.

In addition to determining the qualifiers for the 2022 FANA World Cup, the qualification process also determined the qualifiers to the knock-out stages, otherwise known as the regional cups, which are held in one host country of each confederation. These are held independently from the initial qualifying process, and are expected to be held in March to May 2022, in the host countries of (TBA) (UWFA), (TBA) (FCS), (TBA) (NFC), (TBA) (KFASS), (TBA) (COSSAF), (TBA) (CLF) and (TBA) (LTFC).

Qualification process
All FANA member associations, of which there are currently 126, are eligible to enter qualification. The reigning champions, Fordia, will go through the qualifying stages as normal.

The allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed and finalized by the FANA Executive Committee shortly after the 2021 FANA World Cup. They decided to use this allocation:


 * UWFA (Central & South Wulfor): 9.5
 * FCS (Central & South Sakoda): 8.5
 * NFC (North Wulfor & North Sakoda): 7.5
 * KFASS (North Serica): 6.5
 * COSSAF (South Serica): 6
 * CLF (Latinica): 6
 * LTFC (Lakadasia & Tritonia): 4

Confederation qualification
The format of all the confederation qualifications were revealed on 19 October 2020. It was also announced that all confederations would tie their FANA qualification process to their regional cups. Compared to 2021, it was made mandatory that all confederations have either groups of 5 or 6 Countries, to avoid giving disavantage to the countries that would be placed in said groups if 4. Also, with the addition of friendlies, all countries will be playing 10 Matches, either 10 Qualifications matches or 8 Qualifications matches and 2 Friendly matches.

CLF
The qualifying format for the 15 CLF nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 15 CLF teams were divided into 3 groups (3 groups of 5) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage Latinican Cup. The two best 3rd places also qualified to the bracket stage of the Latinican Cup.

COSSAF
The qualifying format for the 15 COSSAF nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 15 COSSAF teams were divided into 5 groups (3 groups of 5) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage South Serican Cup. The two best 3rd places also qualified to the bracket stage of the South Serican Cup.

FCS
The qualifying format for the 21 FCS nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 21 FCS teams were divided into 4 groups (1 group of 6 and 3 groups of 5) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage Sakodan Cup. The best 3rd place qualified to the inter-confederation play-offs, while the other 3rd places qualified to the bracket stage of the Sakodan Cup.

KFASS
The qualifying format for the 16 KFASS nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 16 KFASS teams were divided into 3 groups (1 group of 6 and 2 groups of 5) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage North Serican Cup. The best 3rd place qualified to the inter-confederation play-offs and the North Serican Cup, along the second best 3rd place.

LTFC
The qualifying format for the 12 LTFC nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 12 LTFC teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage Lakadasian and Tritonian Cup.

NFC
The qualifying format for the 18 NFC nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 18 NFC teams were divided into 3 groups of 6 to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group aswell as the best 3rd place qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage Northern Cup. The second best 3rd place qualified to the inter-confederation play-offs.

UWFA
The qualifying format for the 29 UWFA nations was confirmed to be the following:
 * First round (group stage): The 29 UWFA teams were divided into 5 groups (4 groups of 6 and 1 group of 5) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top 2 of each group qualified for the 2022 FANA World Cup as well as the bracket stage Wuflorian Cup. The worst placed runner-up advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.