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Today, 55 European teams will know their fate for 2021. The draw for the qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup will take place at FIFA headquarters in Zurich and will start at 7:00 p.m. Here’s what you need to know about this event.
What is the classification and draw format?
13 teams from Europe will participate in the next World Cup, to be held in 2022 in Qatar. A qualifying tournament will be held to determine the teams.
There will be a group stage in the first qualifying round. 55 European teams will be divided into 10 groups: five groups of 5 teams each, another five – 6. The draw will be seeded. The highest rated teams were in the first basket, with the lowest in the sixth.
| Cart 1 | Basket 2 | Basket 3 | Basket 4 | Basket 5 | Basket 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium France England Portugal Spain Italy Croatia Denmark Germany Netherlands |
Switzerland Welsh Poland Sweden Austria Ukraine Serbia |
Russia Hungary Ireland Czech Republic Norway North. Ireland Iceland Scotland Greece Finland |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Montenegro North. Macedonia Albania Bulgaria Israel Belarus Georgia Luxembourg |
Armenia Cyprus Faroe Islands Azerbaijan Estonia Kosovo Kazakhstan Lithuania Latvia Andorra |
malt Moldova Liechtenstein Gibraltar San Marino |
The winners of each of the ten qualifying groups go directly to the World Cup. Teams that finish second are in the playoffs.
The playoffs will feature the 10 second-place teams in the groups, as well as the top two UEFA Nations League group winners that did not qualify for the World Cup and did not qualify for the playoffs. These 12 teams will be divided into three routes, each of which will host semi-finals and finals. All stages will consist of one match. The winner of each path goes to the World Cup.
Are there any draw restrictions?
Yes.
The four members of the Nations League Final Four (Belgium, Spain, Italy and France) will definitely fall into groups with five national teams.
The UEFA Executive Committee has imposed restrictions on matches between certain teams. For example, Ukrainian team He will definitely not play in the same group with Russia. Also, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Gibraltar and Spain, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Russia, Kosovo and Serbia will not meet in qualifying.
Also, Ukraine it was on the list of nine countries where severe weather conditions are possible in winter: Belarus, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, Estonia. No more than two teams from this list can be included in a group.
There are also restrictions on the distance of flights. For everyone to be on an equal footing, each group cannot have more than one of these pairs.
Azerbaijan and Gibraltar, Iceland, Portugal
Kazakhstan and England, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Wales, Faroe Islands, France, Scotland
Iceland and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Cyprus
Do you already know the dates of the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup?
Yes. The group stage will take place during 2021 and the playoffs will take place in the spring of 2022.
Tour 1: March 24-25, 2021
Tour 2: March 27-28, 2021
Tour 3: March 30-31, 2021
Tour 4: September 1-2, 2021
Tour 5: 4-5 September 2021
Tour 6: 7-8 September 2021
Tour 7: October 8 and 9, 2021
Tour 8: October 11-12, 2021
Round 9: November 11-13, 2021
Round 10: November 14-16, 2021
Play-off matches: March 24, 25, 28, 29, 2022
The final part of the World Championship will take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.
Where to see the raffle?
You can follow the progress of the batch directly in this news – it will be updated as you get balls from the baskets. Additionally, UA-Football will hold a video broadcast of the event with a commentary.
