On the track of the Istanbul, Turkey and Holland Olympic Stadium, Two selections that were absent in the World Cup Russia 2018, they will start the battle for the 13 places awarded by FIFA at UEFA for the World Cup Qatar 2022 and that 55 European nations will be fighting for a year.
How will the 13 UEFA participants be obtained?
For this edition of the playoffs Europe, UEFA divide the 55 participants into 10 groups: five from five countries — five from six. In round-trip duels, the first places in each of the sectors will win their direct ticket to the fair that will begin on November 21, 2022.
The other three passes will be defined in a playoff round in which the 10 second best places in each group and the two teams well positioned in the UEFA League of Nations General Classification.
Three groups of four will be formed and they will all face off to have a Semifinal and a Final in each sector. The three winners will be integrated into the European representation in Qatar.
How are the groups formed?
In: Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan
B: Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo
C: Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania
D: France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
E: Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia
F: Denmark, Austria, Scotland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova
G: Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar
H: Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta
I: England, Poland, mania, Iceland, Northern Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein
The big absentees in Russia 2018 looking for revenge
In the past World Cup, Italy, four-time World Champion, and Holland, were the big absentees. The Italians were second in Group G in the Qualifiers heading to RussiaBut in the playoffs they fell to Sweden, a team that reached the quarterfinals.
As the Mechanical Orange, in one of its worst eliminatory ones, it was in the third place of the Group, below France, fact and fact Champion, and coincidentally of Sweden, that gained the ticket to him in the round of playoffs where it eliminated Italy.
The European Qualifying Days
According to information on the official UEFA website, the 10 days of the Group Stage will be held from 24 March to 16 November this year as follows:
- Day 1:24 and March 25, 2021
- Day 2: 27 and 28 March 2021
- Day 3:30 and March 31, 2021
- Day 4: 1 and 2 September 2021
- Day 5: 4 and 5 September 2021
- Day 6: 7 and 8 September 2021
- Day 7: 8 and 9 October 2021
- Day 8: 11 and 12 October 2021
- Conference 9:11 and 13 November 2021
- Day 10:14 and 16 November 2021
As the playoff round, where the last three tickets will come out, will be defined on March 24, 25, 28 and 29, 2022, eight months after the start of the first World Cup. which will be held in an Arab country.
Qatar will ‘participate’ in the UEFA qualifier
The Qatar National Team, which hosts the 2022 World Cup, will play a friendly in the UEFA qualifiers. The team will be integrated into Group A alongside Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, playing round-trip matches in preparation with each of the nations.
Obviously, and because they are friendly, the results of the European teams against Qatar will not be reflected in the points in the Group Stage.
featured matches
- Day 4 Russia-Croatia
- Day 4 Norway-Netherlands
- Day 4 Spain-Sweden
- Day 5 Switzerland-Italy
- Day 7 Poland-England
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