2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Quality:

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) - international football competition. This event is the 638^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 825^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)" in English Wikipedia has 61.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 65 references and 18 sections.

This article has the best quality in Malay Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

The 825^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 638^th most popular in events.

Since the creation of article "2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)", its content was written by 131 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 839 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) is on the 825^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 638^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 1042 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4143 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #454 in February 2015
• Global: #220 in September 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1046 in July 2018
• Global: #634 in September 2017

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Malay (ms) Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 2018 (AFC)		76.2844
2	Spanish (es) Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018		66.3417
3	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018/Qualifikation (AFC)		61.7475
4	English (en) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)		61.2658
5	Indonesian (id) Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2018 – AFC		51.7728
6	Hungarian (hu) 2018-as labdarúgó-világbajnokság-selejtező (AFC)		50.9825
7	Thai (th) ฟุตบอลโลก 2018 รอบคัดเลือก โซนเอเชีย		49.6379
8	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018 (kwalificatie AFC)		47.9166
9	Portuguese (pt) Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2018 - Ásia		44.9727
10	Uzbek (uz) FIFA Jahon chempionati 2018 saralash bosqichi (AFC)		41.8836

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)		4 520 460
2	Japanese (ja) 2018 FIFAワールドカップ・アジア予選		1 482 052
3	Spanish (es) Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018		1 125 995
4	Chinese (zh) 2018年國際足協世界盃外圍賽 (亞洲區)		510 669
5	Arabic (ar) تصفيات كأس العالم 2018 (آسيا)		469 580
6	Persian (fa) مرحله مقدماتی جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۱۸ (آسیا)		388 703
7	Thai (th) ฟุตบอลโลก 2018 รอบคัดเลือก โซนเอเชีย		372 208
8	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 (отборочный турнир, АФК)		320 408
9	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018/Qualifikation (AFC)		304 369
10	Italian (it) Qualificazioni al campionato mondiale di calcio 2018 - AFC		289 518

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)		7 603
2	Arabic (ar) تصفيات كأس العالم 2018 (آسيا)		1 572
3	Indonesian (id) Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2018 – AFC		1 248
4	Japanese (ja) 2018 FIFAワールドカップ・アジア予選		1 217
5	Spanish (es) Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018		902
6	Chinese (zh) 2018年國際足協世界盃外圍賽 (亞洲區)		790
7	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 (отборочный турнир, АФК)		642
8	Vietnamese (vi) Vòng loại Giải vô địch bóng đá thế giới 2018 – Khu vực châu Á		376
9	Persian (fa) مرحله مقدماتی جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۱۸ (آسیا)		350
10	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018/Qualifikation (AFC)		263

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)		131
2	Spanish (es) Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018		97
3	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018/Qualifikation (AFC)		65
4	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 (отборочный турнир, АФК)		59
5	Chinese (zh) 2018年國際足協世界盃外圍賽 (亞洲區)		50
6	French (fr) Éliminatoires de la zone Asie de la Coupe du monde de football 2018		48
7	Korean (ko) 2018년 FIFA 월드컵 아시아 지역 예선		39
8	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018 (kwalificatie AFC)		38
9	Arabic (ar) تصفيات كأس العالم 2018 (آسيا)		34
10	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2018 (eliminacje strefy AFC)		33

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Éliminatoires de la zone Asie de la Coupe du monde de football 2018		1
2	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018 (отборочный турнир, АФК)		1
3	Serbian (sr) Квалификације за Светско првенство у фудбалу 2018 — АФК		1
4	Arabic (ar) تصفيات كأس العالم 2018 (آسيا)		0
5	Catalan (ca) Classificació de la Copa del Món de futbol 2018-AFC		0
6	Czech (cs) Kvalifikace na Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 2018 (AFC)		0
7	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018/Qualifikation (AFC)		0
8	Greek (el) Προκριματικά Παγκοσμίου Κυπέλλου Ποδοσφαίρου 2018 (ΑΦΚ)		0
9	English (en) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)		0
10	Spanish (es) Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2018		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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