World Cup 2018 teams: The lowdown on who has qualified for Russia

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wc-russia-2018.pngRussia: The hosts qualified when they won the chance to host the competition back in Dec 2010.
Brazil: CONMEBOL round-robin winners, qualified way back on March 28, 2017
Iran: AFC third round group A winners
Japan: AFC third round group B winners
South Korea: Runners-up to Iran in Group A
Saudi Arabia: Runners-up in Group B
Mexico: North and Central America and Caribbean round 5 winners
Belgium: Uefa group H winners (first European team) who qualified on Sept 3
Germany: Sealed their place as Group C winners after beating Northern Ireland 3-1 in Belfast
England: Gareth Southgate's side beat Slovenia at Wembley to secure their spot in Russia as winners of Group F
Poland: Poland became to fourth European team to qualify having dropped points in just two games in Group E
Costa Rica: Reached their fourth World Cup finals with a game remaining from their CONCACAF qualification group
Nigeria: Became the first side from Africa to reach Russia and have now missed just one tournament – Germany 2006 – since first qualifying 1994
Egypt: Mohamed Salah scored twice to send the north Africans into their first finals since 1990
Iceland: Have qualified for their first ever World Cup, pipping Croatia to a guaranteed place in Russia
Serbia: Winners of Group D
Spain: The 2010 champions qualified as Group G winners finishing five points ahead of Italy
France: Qualified as winners of Group A
Portugal: Beat Switzerland in their final qualification game to reach next summer's finals
Panama: Reached their first World Cup after beating Costa Rica in the final group game of their qualification campaign
Argentina: Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in his side's final qualification game to secure their place in the finals
Uruguay: Finished second to Brazil in their group to secure their place in the finals
Colombia: Took the fourth and final automatic qualification spot in the South American group
Senegal: CAF Group D winners
Morocco: CAF Group C winners
Tunisia: CAF Group A winners
Switzerland: Won two-leg play-off with Northern Ireland
Croatia: Won two-leg play-off with Greece
Sweden: Won two-leg play-off with Italy
Denmark - Won two-leg play-off with Republic of Ireland
Australia - Defeated Honduras in a two-leg play-off
Peru - Secured last place with victory over New Zealand in two-leg play-off
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