FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest tournaments of members of the six FIFA confederations over the world where all FIFA-associated teams qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar. In this tournament, 32 would play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The process of qualification was allowed by the FIFA executive committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich. Before the tournament, all 210 remaining FIFA member associations are eligible to enter the qualifying process. Qatar is the host nation so it will qualify automatically.
Confederation qualification process
- AFC (Asia): 4 or 5
- CAF (Africa): 5
- CONCACAF (North, Central America, and the Caribbean): 3 or 4
- CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5
- OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1
- UEFA (Europe): 13
- Hosts: 1
Format for the qualification process
First round: 12 teams (ranked 35–46)
Second round: 40 teams (ranked 1–34 and six first-round winners)
Third round: 12 teams
Fourth round: 2 third-placed teams of 3rd round
Qualifiers | Participating Teams
- Africa: 54 Teams
- Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
- Asia: 46 Teams
- Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IR Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen
- Europe: 55 Teams
- Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales
- North, Central America, and, Caribbean: 35 Teams
- Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize
Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica
Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent / Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands and USA
- Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize
- South America: 10 Teams
- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Oceania: 11 Teams –
- American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu
Schedule
Round | Matchday | Date |
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First-round | First leg | 6 June 2019 |
First leg | 6 June 2019 | |
Second-round | Matchday 1 | 5 September 2019 |
Matchday 2 | 10 September 2019 | |
Matchday 3 | 10 October 2019 | |
Matchday 4 | 15 October 2019 | |
Matchday 5 | 14 November 2019 | |
Matchday 6 | 19 November 2019 | |
Matchday 7 | 26 March 2020 | |
Matchday 8 | 31 March 2020 | |
Matchday 9 | 4 June 2020 | |
Matchday 10 | 9 June 2020 | |
Third round | Matchday 1 | 3 September 2020 |
Matchday 2 | 8 September 2020 | |
Matchday 3 | 13 October 2020 | |
Matchday 4 | 12 November 2020 | |
Matchday 5 | 17 November 2020 | |
Matchday 6 | 25 March 2021 | |
Matchday 7 | 30 March 2021 | |
Matchday 8 | 8 June 2021 | |
Matchday 9 | 7 September 2021 | |
Matchday 10 | 12 October 2021 | |
First-round | First leg | 11 November 2021 |
First leg | 16 November 2021 |
Teams: 32 (from 5 or 6 confederations)
Venue(s): 8 (in 5 host cities)
Dates: 21 November – 18 December
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