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The South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup They are the seventh edition of the continental qualifier in a free-for-all format and will be extended from October 2020 to March 2022.
The regional contest will determine the classification of four selections directly to the next world Cup. Meanwhile, the fifth place of the final standings will be registered in the intercontinental playoff for a last World Cup ticket.
The Chilean team It will seek to unbalance the balance of its participations: it classified three times (1998, 2010 and 2014) and was eliminated in another three (2002, 2006 and 2018).
But he will have a tough battle, precisely before those classified for the last World Cup in Russia: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Peru, which began with the favoritism of the specialized press.
The Chilean team will seek its tenth participation in a World Cup. Check the standings table of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. Photo: Carlos Parra / ANFP
Nor can the emergence of a surprise team be ruled out, such as Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela and even Bolivia, in case it takes advantage of its historical advantage as a local.
In total, 72 matches will be played in the competition.
Results and positions
Second date | Today: Bolivia 1, Argentina 2; Ecuador 4, Uruguay 2; Venezuela 0, Paraguay 1; Peru 0, Brazil 0 *.
| Team | Pts | Pj | DG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Argentina | 6 | two | two |
| two | Peru* | 4 | two | one |
| 3 | Paraguay | 4 | two | one |
| 4 | Brazil* | 3 | two | 4 |
| 5 | Colombia | 3 | one | 3 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 3 | two | one |
| 7 | Uruguay | 3 | two | -one |
| 8 | Chile | 0 | one | -one |
| 9 | Venezuela | 0 | two | -4 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 0 | two | -6 |
* Matches in play
The qualifiers have been delayed by half a year due to the suspension of all football competitions in the first half of 2020, as a result of the pandemic. Four dates were postponed due to the emergency.
For this reason, the definition will arrive in an unprecedented way in the same year of the next planetary contest, in one of the peculiarities that this edition will have on the way to the Qatar World Cup 2022.
In addition, the situation has forced the first dates, in October and November 2020, to be disputed under strict security and sanitary control measures, so that the delegations can travel the continent without restrictions of this nature.
For this reason, it was also arranged that the matches be played behind closed doors at the different venues, and that selections are completely isolated in “sanitary bubbles” arranged in each country.
