As the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualification series entered the final stages,10 European teams have been confirmed to feature in the competition.
They secured the tickets after emerging as group winners in the World Cup Qualifiers competition after sealing their fate as group winners in the World Cup Qualifiers competition.
The European teams that have qualified so far are; Germany, Denmark, Belgium, France, Croatia, England, Spain, Netherlands, Serbia, and Switzerland.
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What next for those yet to qualify?
The World Cup has 13 slots for European teams of which 10 teams have already taken. This leaves 3 more slots for those yet to qualify.
These 3 slots will be determined by a playoff competition among the 2nd place teams in each of the 10 groups. The teams that will slug it out include Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Wales, Poland, Scotland, Russia, Turkey, North Macedonia, and Ukraine.
Austria and the Czech Republic qualified for the playoffs as the best group winners in the just concluded UEFA Nations League.
How does the playoffs work?
The 12 teams will be divided into three play-off pathways. There will be one-off semi-finals and a final during a play-off draw on November 26th, 2021. The three path winners will qualify for the tournament in Qatar.
The six best runners-up will be seeded. The two UEFA Nations League teams will be unseeded, based on qualifying-round points.
The playoffs will take place between March 24 and March 29, 2022.
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Auwal Yusif (@ayarone23)
20/11/2021 at 5:46 amI wish Italy and Portugal to qualify for the world cup
@haneefson20
20/11/2021 at 7:20 amPortugal need to qualify for this one. C’mon CR7
Charles Bebez
20/11/2021 at 8:59 amI don’t want both Portugal and Italy to meet each in the playoffs,I want both to go to world cup next year
Idris yayah
20/11/2021 at 3:04 pmthe most important team to us has qualified … Super EAGLES ! NO SUPER EAGLES NO WORLD CUP FOR Nigerians .but the truth is Italian football is boring . coashed can only learn defensive style from them . they re good when it comes to packing the bus … but its a typical old style of play
Anyara John
21/11/2021 at 6:01 amThe 10 countries that qualified are top rated and so they deserve it. For other countries it seems like struggling to make it.
Godswill Ibenye
22/11/2021 at 6:58 amImage a world cup without CR7, 🙆🙆, Portugal better qualify or the competition might be boring
@muhdayar
22/11/2021 at 10:22 amPortugal and Italy deserve to go to the world cup by any means