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The Asian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar for national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Apart from Qatar (who qualified automatically as hosts), a total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA 's six confederations .
The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round. World Cup hosts Qatar won Group E in the second round (which meant they advanced to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals) but were not required to qualify for the World Cup.
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round; Tournament details; Dates: 5 September 2019 – 15 June 2021: Teams: 40 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 157: Goals scored: 519 (3.31 per match) Attendance: 1,598,753 (10,183 per match) Top scorer(s) Ali Mabkhout (11 goals)
In July 2022, FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for each participating team. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] This World Cup was the most compact since the inaugural edition in 1930 , with 24 of the 32 teams being within a 10 km radius of each other, and are concentrated within the Doha Area .
Below is the schedule of the European qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [ 17 ] In March 2020, UEFA announced that the two matchdays planned to take place in June 2021 would be moved following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 23 ]
The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation . A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for ...
Below is the schedule of the second round of CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. [3] After the rescheduling of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament from June/July to January/February, the dates of Matchdays 1 and 2 of the second round were rescheduled. [4]