World Cup Qualifiers And Playoffs Explained

WC Qualifiers- Who Has Qualified For Qatar 2022? How The European Playoffs Work, When Are The Playoffs? And More Questions Answered- Tossyardkings

Teams That Have Qualified For The World Cup

• Qatar – Host
• Germany- Europe
• Denmark- Europe
• Brazil- CONMEBOL
• France- Europe
• Belgium- Europe
• Croatia- Europe
• Spain- Europe
• Serbia- Europe
• England- Europe
• Switzerland-Europe
• Netherlands- Europe
• Argentina- CONMEBOL

European Playoffs

10 group runners-up and two other teams that qualified via the Nations League route (Austria and Czech Republic) will battle it out for places in the WC finals next year.

The playoffs will take place next March. The playoffs draw will be on November 26th, 2021. The seeded teams will be drawn against the teams not seeded. However, UEFA might not draw Ukraine and Russia together because of Political reasons.

European playoffs teams

Seeded

• Portugal
• Italy
• Scotland
• Russia
• Sweden
• Wales

Unseeded

• Turkey
• Poland
• North Macedonia
• Ukraine
• Austria
• Czech Republic

CAF Qualifiers

In the CAF WC qualifiers, Nigeria emerged group winners and have qualified for the CAF World Cup Playoffs.

Cameroon shocked Ivory Coast to also qualify for the CAF World Cup playoffs as group winners. Also, there are only 5 slots for African teams, so, the 10 teams have to slug it out for a place at next year`s showpiece.

10 Teams Qualified For CAF World Cup Playoffs

• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Nigeria
• Cameroon
• Mali
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Senegal
• Morocco
• DR Congo

Based on FIFA rankings, Nigeria Should avoid Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. However, Nigeria will definitely face one of Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, DR Congo, or Egypt.

Also, the African playoffs will also be in March as there are no more international breaks till next year

Qualifiers are still going on in Asia and the rest of the world, by July next year the World Cup would have taken shape.

The whole world is getting ready for a festival of football in Qatar next year. It is also important to note that this World Cup is different. it will not be played in the summer like the previous ones, because of the heat in Qatar. It will start on November 21 and will end on December 18th, 2022.