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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesJune 2019 – November 2021 (expected)
Teams211 (expected) (from 6 confederations)
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification process will be a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with Qatar qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations are eligible to enter the qualifying process.

The qualifying draw is scheduled to take place in July 2019.[1]

Qualified teams

Status of countries with respect to 2022 FIFA World Cup:
  Team has qualified for World Cup
  Team can qualify
  Team failed to qualify with games still to play
  Team failed to qualify with no games left to play
  Team was suspended
  Country not a FIFA member
Team Order of
qualification 		Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		Current
FIFA Ranking
 Qatar 1st Host 2 December 2010 0 (debut) N/A - 94

The Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will begin in June 2019 and finish in November 2021 if it follows the tradition of beginning in the September three years before the finals and ends on the October the year before it.

Qualification process

The qualification process for the 2022 World Cup has not yet been announced. All FIFA member associations, of which there are currently 211, are eligible to enter qualification. Qatar, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament. However, Qatar is obliged by the AFC to participate in the Asian qualifying stage as the first two rounds also act as qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. If they reach the final stage, their choice on whether to continue with World Cup qualifying is subject to FIFA approval. If the hosts choose not to compete, the next-ranked team will advance instead.[2] For the first time after the initial two tournaments of 1930 and 1934, the World Cup will be hosted by a country whose national team has never played a finals match before.[3] The reigning World Cup champions France will also go through qualifying stages as normal.[4]

The allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich after the FIFA Congress.[5] The committee decided that the same allocation as 2006 would be kept for the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 tournaments:[6]

  • CAF (Africa): 5
  • AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 (not including host nation)
  • UEFA (Europe): 13
  • CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean): 3 or 4
  • OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1
  • CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5
Confederation Available slots in finals Teams started Teams eliminated Teams qualified Qualifying start date Qualifying next start date Qualifying end date
AFC 4 or 5 +1 45+1 0 0+1
CAF 5 54 0 0
CONCACAF 3 or 4 35 0 0
CONMEBOL 4 or 5 10 0 0
OFC 0 or 1 11 0 0
UEFA 13 55 0 0
Total 31+1 210+1 0 0+1

Confederation qualification

AFC

The AFC obliged Qatar, the 2022 FIFA World Cup host, to participate in the qualifying stage as the first two rounds also act as qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[7]

Timor-Leste was barred from participating in the qualification tournament after being found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches, among other competitions.[8] However, as FIFA have not barred them from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Timor-Leste are still allowed to enter the competition, but they are ineligible to qualify for the Asian cup]] TDB:4 1/2

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Inter-confederation play-offs

There will be two inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots for the finals.

The matchups will be decided at the preliminary draw to be held in July 2019.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2018–2024" (PDF). FIFA. 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ Palmer, Dan (31 July 2017). "Hosts Qatar to compete in qualifying for 2022 World Cup". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ Harding, David (6 September 2017). "World Cup failure puts Qatar back in spotlight". Yahoo Sports. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2022 World Cup odds: France favorite to repeat in Qatar; USA behind Mexico with 16th-best odds". CBSSports.com. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ^ "2022 FIFA World Cup to be played in November/December". FIFA. 20 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA. 30 May 2015.
  7. ^ Palmer, Dan (31 July 2017). "Hosts Qatar to compete in qualifying for 2022 World Cup". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". The-AFC.com. 20 January 2017.
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