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The draw for the European qualifiers for the final phase of the 2022 World Cup, to be played in Qatar, resulted in balanced groups, which were played today in the Swiss city of Zurich, which were played practically without the presence of representatives of the 55 teams, in light of the precautionary measures, due to the crisis of the Corona virus outbreak. Newcomer,
The European qualifying groups for the Qatar World Cup 2022 were as follows:
Group A: Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan
Group two: Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo
Group C: Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group 4: France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
Group E: Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia
Group F: Denmark, Austria, Scotland, the Zionist entity, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group G: Holland, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar
Group H: Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta
Group nine: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino
Group 10: Germany, Romania, Iceland, North Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein
European qualifying groups for the 2022 World Cup
The Italian Daniele De Rossi and the Dutch Raphael Van der Vaart participated as assistants in the draw for the European qualifying round for the Qatar World Cup 2022, and De Rossi was among the Italian team that crowned the 2006 World Cup in Germany, as well as participated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and Brazil 2014, and defended the Azzurri jersey 117 times. Van der Vaart, who defended the orange jersey 109 times, participated in the World Cup in Germany and South Africa, in which the Netherlands won the title after losing in the final to Spain. (0-1).
The 55 teams were divided into 10 groups, with 5 groups containing 6 teams, in addition to 5 groups containing 5 teams..
The leaders of the ten groups qualify directly for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, and the runners-up of the ten groups compete in a supplement that includes the best teams from the 2020-2021 Nations League group stage that have not been lucky enough to qualify through the traditional qualifiers, and this supplement results in the qualification of three additional teams, so that Thirteen European teams are participating in Qatar out of 32.
In the supplement, the 12 teams are divided into three different courts of direct elimination matches, so whoever wins in two consecutive games will qualify for the World Cup..
It should be noted that the European qualifying rounds, which qualify for the final phase of the 2022 World Cup, will begin from next March, with 3 matches, before the end, to make way for the final phase of the 2020 Eurocup, the next summer.