The teams that occupy the first seven places in the ranking and are classified for the World Cup will be considered with the host Qatar as heads of series for the groups of the contest.
In addition to Qatar, Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, France, England, Iran, the Netherlands, Serbia and Switzerland have already sealed their tickets..
The selections located between the 8th and fifteenth place will integrate pot 2, while in the third pot those who are in the positions 16 to 23 will be located.
The fourth pot will include the teams located between positions 24 and 28 in the ranking in addition to the two classified by the international playoffs.
The winners of Italy-North Macedonia and Portugal-Turkey will define the ticket for bracket C of the European Qualifiers playoffs.
In key B, meanwhile, Poland wait for the winner of Sweden-Czech Republic after the FIFA excluded Russia for Moscow’s invasion of kyiv.
Lastly, the winner of Wales-Austria will face in June the winner of the duel between Scotland and Ukraine, who requested the postponement of the match to the FIFA for the invasion of Russia.
The FIFA also indicated that teams from the same confederation may not be included in the same group with the exception of the UEFA, which has 13 representatives.
Consequently, five of the eight groups in the opening phase of Qatar 2022, which will last for 12 days, will feature two teams from Europe.
Source: Ambito
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