Yet, there are some big hitters, including defending European champions Italy, who will need to progress through the playoff stage in order to qualify. EuropeĮurope is the closest to finishing their qualifying campaign with 10 teams securing their place in the aforementioned draw.
There are still 19 places yet to be finalised, although qualifying for those spots will run into June 2022.
The draw for the tournament groups will take place on April 1, 2022, in Doha, and there will be 32 countries divided into their respective groups. It will be Qatar's first appearance ever at a World Cup, although their nearest neighbours, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, have both participated before. Of the nations qualified we have: Serbia, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Qatar, with the latter qualifying automatically by virtue of being hosts. In addition to that, the playoff brackets have almost been finalised, with a number of European teams finding out their fate over the course of the current international break. It is almost exactly one year until the opening kick-off in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and we are now starting to see the tournament take shape with 13 teams having officially qualified.
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