World Cup 87 qualification

World Cup 87 qualification is an ongoing series of games to determine 30 teams that will join the two host nations at the World Cup 87 finals.

Format
192 nations registered their intention to compete in the World Cup, with hosts Ethane and Taeshan qualifying for the finals automatically. The remaining teams were divided into 19 groups of ten teams, each to be contested as a home-and-away double round-robin.

The winners of each qualifying group and the three runners-up with the best records will directly qualify for the final tournament. The sixteen remaining runners-up will be paired into eight two-legged playoff ties, with the winners of each tie qualifying for the finals. The remaining teams will be eliminated after the group stage.

Tiebreakers
In the group stage, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
 * 1) Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss);
 * 2) Points in matches between tied teams;
 * 3)  in matches between tied teams;
 * 4) Overall goal difference;
 * 5) Drawing of lots (OOC: cumulative roleplay bonus).

The same criteria will be applied to rank the group runners-up, which will determine the three directly-qualified runners-up and the seeding for the playoffs.

Seeding
Teams were seeded into one of ten pots according to the KPB ranking system, updated as of the end of the 74th Baptism of Fire; ties between teams with the same rank were broken by the order in which the tied teams registered for the tournament, with the first team(s) to register seeded highest. Teams will be drawn consecutively into Groups 1 to 19, with the positions of each team in their group (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group) determined by a computerised draw after the conclusion of the draw ceremony.