Draw play-offs: Portugal or Italy certainly missing in 2022 World Cup

VideoNeither Italy nor Portugal will go to Qatar for the World Cup. The previous two European champions are in the same mini-match in the play-offs. They oppose northern Macedonia and Turkey, respectively. The tournament will take place in March 2022.


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Of course, both countries could have been left out of the World Cup. The play-offs are played in the form of three mini-matches with four nations each. In these tournaments, each country plays more than one match in the semifinals, after which the winners compete in the final and one match for a World Cup ticket.

This is the draw:

Match 1:
Wales – Austria
Scotland – Ukraine

Match 2:
Russia – Poland
Sweden – Czech Republic

Match 3:
Portugal – Turkey
Italy – Northern Macedonia

The team that wins the best match will play in the final at home

Only if Portugal beats Turkey and Italy beats northern Macedonia will one of the two qualify for the World Cup. The play-offs are March 24-25 (semi-final) and March 28-29 (final).

In the past, play-offs for the World Cup often consisted of two matches. Italy do not have good memories of replaying their participation in the World Finals. Sweden were very strong in the play-offs before the previous World Cup in Russia. As a result, Italy missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958. Portugal qualified for the play-offs after losing to Sweden at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Intercontinental Play-Offs

Africa, South America, North America and Oceania: Four federations provide a country for intercontinental playoffs. These countries will distribute the last two World Cup tickets in June 2022. Home and outdoor competition will be held.

This is the draw:
F AFC (Asia) – CONMEBOL (North America)
CONCACAF (South America) – OFC (Oceania)

As the World Cup qualifiers on the continents are not over yet, it is not yet known which teams will qualify for the inter-continental play-offs. Oceania does not have a live World Cup ticket and the best country will take part in these play-offs. In the last three World Cup qualifiers, it was New Zealand.

Serbia directly qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Portugal

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