Germany, England, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, France, Iran, Qatar, Serbia, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Here are the first 15 qualifiers out of the 32 entrants who will compete in the 22nd FIFA Men’s World Cup from November 21 to December 18.
If not completely complete for The draw for the group stage is on Friday 1 April in Doha (5pm CET).The puzzle will take shape in earnest from Thursday 24 to Wednesday 30 March with the start of qualifiers in the Europe region and the end of qualifiers in other continents. 14 new countries will appear on the map.
The last three qualifiers will only be known in June, after the two intercontinental play-offs (13 and 14) and the last European playoff (day to be determined). The Scotland-Ukraine match has already been postponed due to the invasion of Russia, and is itself ineligible. The Scots or the Ukrainians will find Wales or Austria a place in the World Cup. For the rest, here’s a specific point area by area
Europe: Italy or Portugal will fall by the wayside
At least one of the last two European champions will not see Qatar. The draw for European matches has complicated the task of Seleção and Nacional, who could face each other on March 29 in Portugal in an exciting final.
Be careful, however, not to miss this appointment: In Porto, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo receives Turkey for the first time in the semi-finals, Thursday, March 24 (8:45 pm), while the Italians receive North Macedonia in Palermo (8:45 pm).).
In addition, Russia’s disqualification from Poland, who qualifies directly for the final against the winner from Sweden – Czech Republic (also Thursday, March 24, 8:45 pm).
Africa: Five shocks left
Of the 54 countries competing on the starting line, only 10 teams will compete in the home and away matches on Friday 25 and Friday 29 March for the five places to be taken: Egypt – Senegal, Cameroon – Algeria, Ghana – Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Morocco and Mali – Tunisia.
Accordingly, the Senegalese Sadio Mane and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the two stars of Liverpool, will meet in a new episode of their duels after the African Cup final, in which the first won (0-0, 4 tabs against 2), while going in Cairo.
The other poster of these African dams opposes two main participants in the World Cup, Cameroon (7 participation, the African record) and Algeria (4 participation); Go in Douala go Blida.
South America: Who is with Brazil and Argentina?
Two days remain, Thursday 24 March and Tuesday 29 March, to see who will be the live qualifiers that will accompany Brazil and Argentina, while the fifth of this unique group will play an intercontinental playoff against Asian play-off (see below).
Ecuador is in third place, three points behind Uruguay and four points ahead of Peru Before his trip to Paraguay (9 out of 10). After that there will be a reception for Argentina (second), which is already preparing for the World Cup.
Chile (6) or even Colombia (7) can still dream in the case of the full card. Uruguay-Peru matches, Thursday, and Chile-Uruguay matches, Tuesday, are very expensive. Chile faces Brazil first (first place). Colombia receives Bolivia (8) before heading to Venezuela (10).
Asia: Australia can turn the tables
Qatar has a ticket on hand as the host country. Iran certified it at the end of January, South Korea at the beginning of February. But nothing has been decided yet for the Group B qualifiers, which end on March 29 with tickets for the first two.
in the head, Saudi Arabia is only one point ahead of Japanand four in Australia, have a chance to turn the tables, as they face two direct opponents on Thursday 24 and Tuesday 29 March (as a reminder, the Australians left Oceania to give themselves more chances to go to the World Cup).
The two groups C (currently the United Arab Emirates in Group A and Australia in Group B) will face each other at the end of this qualifier in the first leg and second leg, with the winner participating in an Intercontinental playoff on June 13 against the South American representative.
CONCACAF: Canada, the United States and Mexico are in a very good position
Canada (25 points, the United States and Mexico (21 points)) takes center stage to win three tickets to the North, Central American and Caribbean region, where a fourth country will be sent to the Intercontinental Playoff against a representative from the Oceania region (see below).
Three days left to play in the final round of eight of this league, Thursday 24, Sunday 27 and Wednesday 30 March. Panama (17 points) and Costa Rica (16 points) continue to keep hope alive. The duel between Mexico and the United States on March 24 is one of the highlights of the week.
Oceania: New Zealand’s favorite in the play-off
The qualifying tournament began in Qatar on March 17 with two sets of four, but due to the Cook Islands and Vanuatu withdrawing in the first, Solomon Islands and Tahiti are sure to play the semi-finals on Sunday, March 27.
Group B is dominated by New Zealand, which also qualified for the semi-finals. The top candidates in the Oceania region, the white team will have to play an intercontinental play-off against the CONCACAF representative to They tried to win a third World Cup ticket in their history after 1982 and 2010.
