29 Confirmed. 3 Pending.
The five nations from CAF, three from CONCACAF, an additional two (each) from both the AFC, the CONMEBOL, and from UEFA joined the party.
QUALIFIED
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Croatia
Denmark
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Iran
Japan
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Tunisia
United States
Uruguay
Costa Rica or New Zealand
Australia/UAE or Peru
Scotland/Ukraine or Wales
AFC WCQ
INTERCONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS WITH CONMEBOL’S 5TH PLACE TEAM.
Australia enters the fourth-round playoffs.
March 29
The only thing of substance in Group B was the confirmation of the group winner. Saudi Arabia won Group B. Iran won Group A.
UAE’s win against South Korea advanced them to the fourth-round playoffs against Australia.
GROUP A
Iran 2-0 Lebanon
UAE 1-0 South Korea
Syria 1-1 Iraq
GROUP B
Japan 1-1 Vietnam
Oman 2-0 China
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia
THE SECOND LEG OF THE CAF WCQ
The away goal rule sends Ghana and Cameroon to the 2022 World Cup at the expense of Nigeria and Algeria.
Morocco left no doubts against Congo DR.
Tunisia’s win in Mali held for 90 minutes.
NIGERIA 1-1 GHANA
Nigeria couldn’t get the required two goals after Thomas Partey’s strike handed Ghana the lead in the 10th minute.
ALGERIA 1-2 CAMEROON {aet}
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s goal in the 22nd minute leveled the score for Cameroon.
Karl Toko Ekambi scored the deciding goal for Cameroon in the fourth minute of added time after 120 minutes had been exhausted. Ekambi’s goal came just minutes after Ahmed Touba had scored to get Algeria a 2-1 aggregate lead (118th minute).
SENEGAL 1-0 EGYPT {4-2 pen}
Senegal made up for the goal deficit to take Egypt into the penalty kickoffs.
Just like the AFCON final, Senegal found success.
Senegal beat Egypt to the Africa Cup of Nations title, and (now) to the World Cup.
First leg results. (March 25.)
Congo DR 1-1 Morocco
Cameroon 0-1 Algeria
Mali 0-1 Tunisia
Egypt 1-0 Senegal
Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
March 29th.
Nigeria 1-1 Ghana
Senegal 1-0 Egypt {4-2 pens}
Algeria 1-2 Cameroon {aet}
Morocco 4-1 Congo DR
Tunisia 0-0 Mali
CONMEBOL
March 29
Peru got the win to keep the intercontinental playoff spot (5th).
Colombia and Chile chase for qualification is over.
Brazil convincingly won the CONMEBOL qualifiers.
Peru 2-0 Paraguay
Venezuela 0-1 Colombia
Chile 0-2 Uruguay
Bolivia 0-4 Brazil
Ecuador 1-1 Argentina
STANDINGS
1| Brazil – 45 points
2| Argentina – 39 points
3| Uruguay – 28 points
4| Ecuador – 26 points
5| Peru – 24 points
6| Colombia – 23 points
7| Chile – 19 points
8| Paraguay – 16 points
9| Bolivia – 15 points
10| Venezuela – 10 points
UEFA WCQ
Portugal 2-0 North Macedonia
Goals from Bruno Fernandes carried Portugal to the 2022 World Cup
Poland 2-0 Sweden.
Robert Lewandowski’s goal from the penalty spot gave a well-rested Poland their entry to Qatar.
We will have to wait a bit to see who (between Scotland and Ukraine) will play Wales for the last qualification ticket.
CONCACAF
Costa Rica 2-0 United States
Jamaica 2-1 Honduras
Mexico 2-0 El Salvador
Panama 1-0 Canada
The home teams were the winners in the last round of the CONCACAF qualifiers.
Mexico equaled Canada in points but the Canadians finished as the winners of the group.
STANDINGS
1| Canada – 28 points
2| Mexico – 28 points
3| United States – 25 points
4| Costa Rica – 25 points
5| Panama – 21 points
6| Jamaica – 11 points
7| El Salvador – 10 points
8| Honduras – 4 points
THE INTER-CONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS
Costa Rica vs New Zealand
Australia/UAE vs Peru
Australia and UAE are scheduled to play their match in June
