The 2022 FIFA World Cup capability measure is a progression of competitions coordinated by the six FIFA confederations to choose 31 of the 32 groups that will play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with Qatar qualifying consequently as hosts. Each of the 210 leftover FIFA part affiliations are qualified to enter the passing cycle.
Qualifiers opened in June 2019 with Mongolian player Norjmoogiin Sedentary scoring the principal objective of capability on 6 June. In contrast to past competitions, it was concurred that there will be no broad fundamental draw, with different attracts to be held independently because of various courses of events utilized by every confederation.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup capability measure has endured a few delays because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification process
All FIFA part relationship, of which there are as of now 211, are qualified to enter capability. Qatar, as hosts, qualified consequently for the competition. Be that as it may, Qatar is obliged by the AFC to take part in the Asian passing stage as the initial two adjusts likewise go about as capability for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. In the event that they finish as champs or sprinters up in their gathering, the fifth-best gathering other participants will progress all things being equal. Interestingly after the underlying two competitions of 1930 and 1934, the World Cup will be facilitated by a country whose public group has never played a finals match. The supreme World Cup champions France additionally take an interest in qualifying as typical. Holy person Lucia at first entered capability in the CONCACAF zone, yet later pulled out from the opposition.
The assignment of openings for every confederation was talked about by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich after the FIFA Congress. The board of trustees concluded that a similar assignment utilized in 2006, 2010 and 2014 would be saved for the 2018 and 2022 competitions:
• AFC (Asia): 4 or 5
• CAF (Africa): 5
• CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean): 3 or 4
• CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5
• OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1
• UEFA (Europe): 13
• Hosts: 1
Summary of qualification
On the off chance that Russia fits the bill for the last competition, its players won't utilize the nation name alone, banner or song of praise because of the country's two-year restriction from big showdowns and Olympic Games on the whole games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) researched the nation's state-authorized altering of a doping testing lab information base. WADA had at first proposed a four-year prohibition on 9 December 2019, after RUSADA was discovered rebellious for giving over controlled lab information to specialists. The WADA administering permitted competitors who were not engaged with doping or the coverup to contend, yet restricted the utilization of the Russian banner and song of devotion at significant worldwide games. The decision was engaged the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS managed on the allure on 17 December 2020, slicing the restriction from four to two years, until 16 December 2022. The CAS controlling additionally permitted the name "Russia" to be shown on garbs if the words "Impartial Athlete" or "Unbiased Team" have equivalent unmistakable quality.
Format
The formats of the qualifying competitions depended on each confederation (see below). Each round might be played in either of the following formats:
• League format, where more than two teams formed groups to play home-and-away round-robin matches, or in exceptions permitted by the FIFA Organising Committee, single round-robin matches hosted by one of the participating teams or on neutral territory.
• Knockout format, where two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches or single-legged matches.
Tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.4 and 20.6):
Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
1. Overall goal difference
2. Overall goals scored
3. Points in matches between tied teams
4. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
5. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
6. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
7. Fair play points
o first yellow card: minus 1 point
o indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
o direct red card: minus 4 points
o yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
8. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
In situations where groups completing similarly situated across various gatherings are contrasted for figuring out which groups advance with the following stage, the standards are subject to the opposition organize and require the endorsement of FIFA (guidelines Article 20.8).
In knockout arrangement, the group that has the higher total score over the two legs advances to the following round. In the occasion that total scores finish level, the away objectives rule is applied; i.e., the group that scored more objectives from home over the two legs advances. On the off chance that away objectives are additionally equivalent, thirty minutes of additional time are played, partitioned into two fifteen-minutes parts. The away objectives rule is again applied after additional time; i.e., if there are objectives scored during additional time and the total score is as yet level, the opposing group qualifies by temperance of all the more away objectives scored. On the off chance that no objectives are scored during additional time, the tie is chosen by punishment shoot-out (guidelines Article 20.10).
Confederation qualification
AFC
The opening two rounds of qualifying also serve as qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Therefore, Qatar, the 2022 FIFA World Cup host, only participates in these first two rounds of qualifying.
The qualification structure is as follows:
• First round: 12 teams (ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
• Second round: 40 teams (ranked 1–34, including Qatar as the host, and the 6 winners from the first round) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advance to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification and also qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. If Qatar finish as winners in their group or as one of the four best runners-up, the fifth-best runners-up will go to the third round in their stead.
• Third round: The 12 teams that advance from the second round will be divided into two groups of 6 teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the World Cup, and the third-placed teams will play against each other in a single match. The winner will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing a team from a confederation to be determined.
Current stage (second round)
CAF
CAF announced on 10 July 2019 a reversion to the format used for its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification competition.
• First round: 28 teams (ranked 27–54) played home-and-away over two legs. The 14 winners advanced to the second round.
• Second round: 40 teams (teams ranked 1–26 and 14 first round winners) will be divided into 10 groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The 10 group winners will advance to the third round.
• Third round: The 10 teams that advance from the second round will play home-and-away over two legs. The five winners will qualify for the World Cup.
Current stage (second round)
CONCACAF
CONCACAF initially announced on 10 July 2019 a restructured format for the qualifiers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.However, on 25 June 2020, following FIFA's decision to postpone the September international window due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CONCACAF noted that "the challenges presented by postponements to the football calendar, and the incomplete FIFA rankings cycle in our confederation, means our current World Cup qualifying process has been compromised and will be changed."On 27 July 2020, CONCACAF announced a new qualifying format for the World Cup.
• First round: CONCACAF teams ranked 6 to 35 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 were drawn into six groups of five and will play single round-robin matches (two home and two away), with group winners qualifying for the second round.
• 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.
• Third round: The three second round winners will join the top five CONCACAF teams (Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras) also based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 and play home-and-away round-robin matches in one single group. The top three teams qualify for the World Cup, and the fourth-placed team advances to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Current stage (first round)
CONMEBOL
The CONMEBOL Council settled on 24 January 2019 to keep up a similar capability structure utilized for the past six competitions. From October 2020 to June 2022 (recently planned March 2020 to November 2021, yet later deferred because of the COVID-19 pandemic), all of ten CONMEBOL groups will play in a class of home-and-away cooperative matches. The main four groups meet all requirements for the World Cup, and the fifth-put group advances to the between confederation end of the season games.
Current stage
OFC
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.
On 5 November 2020 the OFC postponed the qualifying process, which would originally have started in March 2021, until June, but by early 2021 that schedule had become unachievable and the qualifiers were postponed further, potentially until January 2022.
While the most recent notification from the OFC did not confirm the structure, the most recently suggested format was:
• First round: The 11 OFC teams would be split into two groups based on their FIFA Ranking, and play round-robin matches at centralized locations. The top two teams of each group would advance to the second round.
• Second round: The four teams would play knockout two-legged home-and-away matches. The eventual winner would advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Current stage (first round)
UEFA
The draw for the first round (group stage) was held in Zürich, Switzerland on 7 December 2020, 18:00 CET (UTC+1). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draw was held as a virtual event without any representatives of member associations present. It was originally planned to be held on 29 November On 18 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee approved the draw regulations for the qualifying group stage. The 55 teams were seeded into six pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of November 2020, after the league phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.
The qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019. The qualification will depend, in part, on results from the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, although to a lesser degree than UEFA Euro 2020. The structure maintained UEFA's usual 'group stage/playoff stage' structure, with only the specific format of the play-offs amended.
• First round (group stage): 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams with group winners qualifying for the World Cup finals. The 4 teams in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals (France, Belgium, Italy and Spain) will be put into the smaller groups.
• Second round (play-off stage): The 10 group runners-up would be joined by the best 2 Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths, playing two rounds of single-match play-offs (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), with the 3 path winners qualifying for the World Cup.
Current stage (first round)
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