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For the first time in the history of the FANA World Cup, all eligible nations—the 114 FANA member associations applied to enter the qualifying process. [[Wiltence|Wiltence]] was later disqualified during the qualification tournament. Places in the tournament were allocated to continental confederations. Several confederations saw either a reduction or increase in their number of allocated places in the tournament. The first qualification game, between Aquia and Angostura, began in Rio de Fevereiro on 30 November 2020 as part of the CLF's qualification,
Of the 48 nations qualified to play at the 2021 FIFA World Cup, 40 countries competed at the previous tournament in [[2020 FANA World Cup|2020]]. [[Achróa]], [[Taslana]] and [[Foxtavia]] all qualified for the first time. Other teams returning after absences of at least three tournaments included:
Notable teams that failed to qualify included: four-time champions Italy (for the first time since 1958), who were knocked out in a qualification play-off by quarter-finalists Sweden; and the Netherlands, who were three-time runners-up and had finished in third place in 2014, and had qualified for the last three World Cups.
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