FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers
With a year to go to the start of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, Lionel Messi's Argentina became the latest former champions to book a ticket. Argentina played out a goalless draw with bitter rivals Brazil to secure the berth from South America. Brazil, England, Germany, France and Spain are other former champions to have qualified for the 22nd World Cup. To get more news about XemBD, you can visit xembd.cc official website.
As the first qualification phase for the 2022 World Cup nears its conclusion, here's a look at the confederation-wise qualified teams and others who can make the trip to Qatar. FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled to take place between November 21 and December 18.
Possibly for the last time, 32 teams will compete in the biggest single-sport event in the world with FIFA already at work to expand the global tournament to 48 teams for the 2026 World Cup edition, which will be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada.Qualifying matches for the World Cup 2022 are played on FIFA matchdays. The latest matchday (8) was November 16, 2021. And the remaining matchdays for the qualifiers are -- January 27 (9), January 30 (10). February 2 (11), March 24 (12), March 27 (13) and March 30 (14), 2022.
UEFA will send the most number of teams (13) to World Cup. 10 group winners from the European Qualifiers get direct qualification spots, with the final three places coming through the play-offs. There are ten groups. The play-offs feature the 10 group runners-up and the two best-ranked group winners from the Nations League, who failed to get a direct spot or finish second.
Teams Qualified (10): Germany (Group J winners), Denmark (Group F winners), France (Group D winners), Belgium (Group E winners), Croatia (Group H winners), Spain (Group B winners), Serbia (Group A winners), England (Group I winners), Switzerland (Group C winners), Netherlands (Group G winners)
Teams in play-offs: Portugal (Group A), Sweden (B), Italy (C), Ukraine (D), Wales (E), Scotland (F), Turkey (G), Russia (H), Poland (I), and North Macedonia (J).
Teams still contention for qualification, via Nations League: Italy, Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, Armenia, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands.Five teams can qualify from Africa. After the first round, featuring by 28 teams, 14 teams entered the second round, where the top 26 continental teams joined them in ten groups. Which teams make the trip to Qatar will only be known in 2022, after the third and final round of African Qualifiers. The ten teams that have qualified for next year's play-offs are: Algeria (A), Tunisia (B), Nigeria (C), Cameroon (D), Mali (E), Egypt (F), Ghana (G), Senegal (H), Morocco (I) and DR Congo (J).