2022 FIFA World Cup Qualified Teams

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualified Teams

In addition, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar qualifying teams will be the last to involve 32 teams. The FIFA Association announced that the 2022 FIFA World Cup to include 32 teams in Qatar, the first in a Muslim-majority country, and 48 teams are scheduled for the 2026 tournament in the United States.

This is the 22nd edition of the men’s World Cup tournament and is due to be held in Qatar from November 20 to 18 December. This will be FIFA’s last World Cup in which 32 teams are playing with an increase of 48 teams set for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

All 211 (expected) (from 6 confederations) remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying process. Qualification started on 6 June 2019,

All 24 teams are eligible, and Qatar automatically qualifies as a host. The merit process was honoured on 2 December 2010 with hosting rights.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification process is sometimes getting postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we are sharing the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifying Teams and an updated table of qualifier nationals.

Qualified teams for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar

Teams	Method of qualification
Qatar	Host
Germany	UEFA Group J winner
Denmark	UEFA Group F winner
Brazil	CONMEBOL Round Robin top two
France	UEFA Group D winner
Belgium	UEFA Group E winner
Croatia	UEFA Group H winner
Spain	UEFA Group B winner
Serbia	UEFA Group A winner
England	UEFA Group I winner
Switzerland	UEFA Group C winner
Netherlands	UEFA Group G winner
Argentina	CONMEBOL Round Robin top two
Iran	AFC Third Round Group A top two
South Korea	AFC Third Round Group A top two
Japan	AFC Third Round Group B top two Saudi
Saudi Arabia	AFC Third Round Group B top two
Ecuador	CONMEBOL Round Robin third or fourth place
Uruguay	CONMEBOL Round Robin third or fourth place
Canada	CONMEBOL third-round top three
Ghana	CAF third-round winners
Senegal	CAF third-round winners
Portugal	UEFA second-round winners
Poland	UEFA second-round winners
Tunisia	CAF third-round winners
Morocco	CAF third-round winners
Cameroon	CAF third-round winners
United State	CONMEBOL third round third place
Mexico	CONMEBOL third-round runners-up
Wales	UEFA play-offs Path A winner
Australia	AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners
Costa Rica	CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners

A full list of qualifiers for the 22nd FIFA World Cup can be found below

Continent	Teams
Asia	5(not including host nation)
Africa	5
UEFA (EUROPE)	13
North America, Central America, and the Caribbean	4
South America	4
Oceania	0
Host Nation	Qatar

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is European football’s administrative and controlling body. This Football Association has 55 members part of this association and all represent their respective countries.

FIFA selected 32 teams from 5 continents for the road to Russia. Africa (5 teams), Asia (5 teams), Europe (14 teams), North, Central America and the Caribbean (3 teams), and South America (5 teams).

Confederation	Available slots in finals	Teams started	Qualifying start date	Qualifying end date
AFC	4 or 5 +1	45+1	6 June 2019	March 2022
CAF	5	54	4 September 2019	16 November 2021
CONCACAF	3 or 4	34	31 August 2020	March 2022
CONMEBOL	4 or 5	10	23 March 2020	March 2022
OFC	0 or 1	7	2020	14 June 2022
UEFA	13	55	25 March 2021	5 June 2022

The FIFA World Cup is the largest and biggest playing sport in the world. A total of 64 football matches were played in the 8 or 12 (in 5 or 8 host cities) in World Cup 2022.

AFC (Asian Football Confederation)

Current stage (third round) 

(Z)  Eliminated from the World Cup

(Y) Cannot win Group, may still advance as group runner-up

Group A

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Iran	10	25
2	South Korea	10	23
3	United Arab Emirates	10	12
94	Iraq	10	9
5	Syria	10	6
6	Lebanon	10	6

Group B

Teams	Pld	Pts
Saudi Arabia	10	23
Japan	10	22
Australia	10	15
Oman	10	14
China PR	10	6
Vietnam	10	4

CAF (Confederation of African Football)

CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Teams and Schedule

Teams	Qualified Date	Prevoius Qualified
Ghana	29 March 2022	3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Senegal	29 March 2022	2 (2002, 2018)
Tunisia	29 March 2022	5 (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018)
Morocco	29 March 2022	5 (1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018)
Cameroon	29 March 2022	7 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)

CONCACAF (Central America and Caribbean Association Football)

1. First round: CONCACAF teams ranked 6 to 35 based on the FIFA ranking of July 2020.
2.  Second round: The six first-round group winners will play in a two-legged home and away series. The three winners will advance to the final round
3. Third round: The three-second round winners will join the top five CONCACAF teams.

Third round

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Canada	14	28
2	Mexico	14	28
3	United States	14	25
4	Costa Rica	14	25
5	Panama	14	21
6	Jamaica	14	11
7	EI Salvador	14	10
8	Honduras	14	4

CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol)

The CONMEBOL Council decided on 24 January 2019 to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments. From October 2020 to June 2022(previously scheduled March 2020 to November 2021).

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Brazil	17	45
2	Argentina	17	39
3	Uruguay	18	28
4	Ecuador	18	26
5	Peru	18	24
6	Colombia	18	23
7	Chile	18	19
8	Paraguay	18	16
9	Bolivia	18	15
10	Venezuela	18	10

OFC (Oceania Football Confederation)

Qualifying was expected to begin in September 2020, but the FIFA international window in that month for the OFC was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 28 July 2020, the OFC announced that they had submitted a proposal to FIFA for the qualifiers in response to the pandemic.

First round: The 11 OFC teams would be split into two groups based on their FIFA Ranking and play round-robin matches at a centralized location.
Second round: The four teams would play knockout two-legged home-and-away matches. The eventual winner would advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifying Teams Current stage  (semi-final and final)

Semi-final

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Solomon Islands vs Papua New Guinea	3	2
2	New Zealand vs Tahiti	1	0

 Final

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Solomon Islands vs New Zealand	0	5

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations

The qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019. The qualification will depend on results from the 2020-21 UEFA National League.

• First round: 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams with group winners qualifying for the World Cup final.
• Second round: The 10-group runner-up would be joined by the best 2 Nations League group winners, based on the National League overall ranking.

Current round (First round)

Group A

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Serbia	8	20
2	Portugal	8	17
3	Republic of Ireland	8	9
4	Luxembourg	8	9
5	Azerbaijan	8	1

Group B

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Spain	8	19
2	Sweden	8	15
3	Greece	8	10
4	Georgia	8	7
5	Kosovo	8	5

Group C

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Switzerland	8	18
2	Italy	8	16
3	Northern Ireland	8	9
4	Bulgaria	8	8
5	Lithuania	8	3

Group D
S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	France	8	18
2	Ukraine	8	12
3	Finland	8	11
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	7
5	Kazakhstan	8	3

Group E
S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Belgium	8	20
2	Wales	8	15
3	Czech Republic	8	14
4	Estonia	8	4
5	Belarus	8	3

 Group F

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Denmark	10	27
2	Scotland	10	20
3	Israel	10	13
4	Austria	10	13
5	Faroe Island	10	4
6	Moldova	10	1

Group G

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Netherlands	10	23
2	Turkey	10	21
3	Norway	10	18
4	Montenegro	10	12
5	Latvia	10	9
6	Gibraltar	10	0

Group H

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Croatia	10	23
2	Russia	10	22
3	Slovakia	10	14
4	Slovenia	10	14
5	Cyprus	10	5
6	Malta	10	5

Group I

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	England	10	26
2	Poland	10	20
3	Albania	10	18
4	Hungary	10	17
5	Andorra	10	6
6	San Marina	10	0

Group J

S. No	Teams	Pld	Pts
1	Germany	10	27
2	North Macedonia	10	18
3	Romania	10	17
4	Armenia	10	12
5	Iceland	10	9
6	Liechtenstein	10	1

UEFA Second Round

Path A

Semi-Finals

Wales (2-1) Austria (24 March 2022)

• Bale 25′, 51 (Wales)
• Sabitzer   65′ (Austria)

Scotland (1-3) Ukraine(24 March 2022)

• McGregor   79 (Scotland)
• Yarmolenko   33′ , Yaremchuk   49′ , Dovbyk   90+5′ (Ukraine)

Finals

Wales (1-0)  Ukraine (24 March 2022)

• Yarmolenko (Own Goal)  (Ukraine)

Path B

Semi-Finals

Russia vs Poland (24 March 2022)

• Poland – Won

Sweden vs Czech Republic (24 March 2022)

• Sweden – Extra Time

Finals

Poland (2-0)  Sweden (29 March 2022)

• Lewandowski   49′ (pen.), Zieliński   72′ (Poland)

Path C

Semi-Finals

Portugal 3-1 Turkey (24 March 2022)

• Otávio   15′, Jota   42′, Nunes   90+4′ (Portugal)
• Yılmaz   65′ (Turkey )

Italy 0-1 North Macedonia(24 March 2022)

• Trajkovski   90+2′ (North Macedonia)

Finals

Portugal 2-0 North Macedonia (29 March 2022)

• Fernandes   32′, 65′ (Portugal )

2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifying Team Top Goal Scorers

There have been more than 1525 goals scored in the 515 total matches, with an average of 2.96 goal scorers in each match. Here is the list of top Goal scorers from the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar qualifying team schedule.

1. Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) – 14 goals.
2. Cyle Larin (Canada) – 13 goals
3. Wu Lei, Harry Kane, Memphis Depay – 12 goals
4. Marcelo Moreno(Bolivia), David Rugamas(El Salvador) – 8 goals.
5. Karim Ansarifard(Iran), Sardar Azmoun(Iran), Memphis Depay(Netherlands), Aleksandar Mitrovic(Serbia), Omar Al Somah(Syria), Eldor Somurodov(Uzbekistan) – 7 goals.