The suspense is coming to an end to know the final composition of the groups for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (November 21-December 18). If 29 teams already have their invitation card, eight selections will tear off the last three sesames, at the end of the dams, the first deadline of which is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Europe: one ticket for three
All of the European participants (13 places) should have been known as of March 29, after the three finals of the zone’s play-offs. But the Russian military invasion of Ukraine has upset the calendar. If Poland and Portugal arrived on time on lanes B and C, lane A has temporarily changed to a second route, deferring the identity of the last guest.
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Originally scheduled for March 24 in Glasgow, the Scotland-Ukraine semi-final has been postponed to Wednesday. The winner will challenge Wales on Sunday in Cardiff carried by Gareth Bale, author of a double for the Dragons in the other half played against Austria (2-1)… on March 24.
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The winning team of this last match will validate its ticket for Qatar, where it will join England, Iran and the United States in group B.
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Asia-South America: final in two stages
This intercontinental dam is of particular interest to the France team because its winner will appear alongside the Blues in group D, with Denmark and Tunisia.
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The United Arab Emirates and Australia, 3rd in their respective group in qualifying for the Asian zone, will face each other next Tuesday at the Ahmed-Ben Ali stadium in Al-Rayyan (Qatar), during a pre-play-off for which the Socceroos will be without their playmaker Tom Rogic, withdrawal for personal reasons. The winner of this match will play on June 13, in this same stadium, an intercontinental play-off against Peru, 5th in the Conmebol zone.
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Oceania – Central and North America: last place to be awarded
We will know the identity of the 32nd and last qualified for the final phase on June 14, at the end of this other intercontinental barrage, the winner of which will complete group E which includes Spain, Germany and Japan.
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Author of a flawless run in qualifying for the Oceania zone (18 goals scored, only 1 conceded in five matches) where they crushed the Solomon Islands in the final (5-0), New Zealand are aiming for a third participation in the World Cup, after 1982 and 2010. To achieve this, the All Whites will have to beat Costa Rica, 4th in the CONCACAF zone, at the Ahmed-Ben Ali stadium. Led by their goalkeeper Keylor Navas, the “Ticos” are used to the final stages. Quarter-finalists in 2014 in Brazil, Costa Rica has missed only one World Cup since 2002 (in South Africa in 2010).
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