User:Rylesbourne/sandbox/2022 FIFA Rimet Cup qualification
The 2022 FIFA Rimet Cup qualification is the qualifying process which will decide the final 16 teams to qualify for Group Stage of the 2022 FIFA Rimet Cup.
31 of the 32 teams that will participate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, joining hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot.
Parallel tournaments are organised by FIFA's six confederations. Qualification started on 6 June 2019, when the first match played was between Mongolia and Brunei and the first goal was scored by Mongolian player Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal, and is set to end in June 2022. In contrast to previous editions, there was no general preliminary draw, with confederations carrying out separate draws due to their differing timelines.[1] The qualification process has suffered numerous postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AFC
editThe six teams from the Third Round of AFC qualification competed for two additional spots. The fourth place finishers in each group earned a bye to the qualification finals, and were seeded. The fifth and sixth place finishers were unseeded.
Seeded | Unseeded |
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Iraq Oman |
China Lebanon Syria Vietnam |
Bracket
editQualification semi-finals | Qualification finals | Qualified | ||||||||||||
1 | Iraq | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Vietnam | 1 | Syria | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Syria | 2 | Iraq | |||||||||||
Oman | ||||||||||||||
2 | Oman | 0 (8) | ||||||||||||
3 | Lebanon | 2 | China | 0 (7) | ||||||||||
6 | China (a.e.t.) | 3 |
Summary
editThe matches were played as a single-leg in India. Matches were played on 13 or 14 June 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Vietnam | 1–2 | Syria |
Lebanon | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | China |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Iraq | 1–0 | Syria |
Oman | 0–0 (8–7 p) | China |
Matches
editQualification semifinals
editQualification finals
editCAF
editSix teams competed for three additional group stage spots. The three lowest performing clubs from the CAF Third Round played against the three best second place finishers from the CAF Second Round. The third round teams were seeded, while the second round teams were not.
Seeded | Unseeded |
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DR Congo Mali Nigeria |
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast South Africa |
Summary
editThe matches were played as a single-leg at the home venue of the higher seed. Matches were played on 13 or 14 June 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Mali | 1–0 | Burkina Faso |
Nigeria | 1–2 | South Africa |
DR Congo | 3–3 (4–5 p) | Ivory Coast |
Matches
editDR Congo | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
CONCACAF
editTwelve teams competed for two additional group stage spots. The three lowest performing clubs from the CONCACAF Third Round, the three losing teams from the CONCACAF Second Round, the six runners-up from the First Round, and the best third place team from the First Round participated.
Eight teams participated in the first round, while four teams earned a bye to the second round.
Seeding
editThe three Octagonal finishers and the highest ranked second round loser received an automatic bye to the semi-final round. The remaining teams were seeded by FIFA World Rankings
Bye to semi-final | Seeded | Unseeded |
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Honduras El Salvador Jamaica Haiti |
Curaçao (79) Trinidad and Tobago (103) Guatemala (118) Suriname (141) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis (142) Nicaragua (144) Dominican Republic (155) Montserrat (178) |
Summary
editThe matches were played as a single-leg. Matches were held at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, United States. Matches were played on 13 or 14 June 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Curaçao | 3–0 | Montserrat |
Suriname | 1–0 | Nicaragua |
Guatemala | 2–0 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | Dominican Republic |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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El Salvador | 2–0 | Dominican Republic |
Honduras | 1–2 | Curaçao |
Haiti | 1–2 | Guatemala |
Jamaica | 3–1 | Suriname |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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El Salvador | 1–0 | Guatemala |
Curaçao | 1–0 | Jamaica |
Matches
editQuarter-finals
editGuatemala | 2–0 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Lom 51', 61' | Report |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | Dominican Republic |
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Fortune 57' | Report | Azcona 19' Mariano 31' |
Semi-finals
editHonduras | 1–2 | Curaçao |
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Quioto 90+4' | Report | L. Bacuna 34' Van den Hurk 82' |
El Salvador | 2–0 | Dominican Republic |
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Bonilla 7' Roldan 16' |
Report |
Haiti | 1–2 | Guatemala |
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Report |
Finals
editEl Salvador | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Guatemala |
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Henríquez 99' | Report |
CONMEBOL
editThree teams competed for two spots in the Rimet Cup. The bottom three teams in CONMEBOL qualification played a single round robin against each other. The top two finishers qualified for the tournament. Paraguay, as the highest placing team, hosted the matches.
Standings
editMatches
editOFC
editThree teams competed for one additional group stage spot. The losing semifinalists from OFC Final stage played against each other in a single match, where the winner playued the OFC finalist for a spot in the Rimet Cup group stage. The matches were hosted at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Bracket
editSemi-finals | Final | ||||||
Solomon Islands | |||||||
Papua New Guinea | |||||||
Tahiti |
Summary
editThe matches were played as a single-leg at the home venue of the higher seed. Matches were played on 13 or 14 June 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Papua New Guinea | 9 Jun | Tahiti |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Solomon Islands | 14 Jun | Semi-final winner |
Matches
editPapua New Guinea | 0–3 | Tahiti |
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Report | Kaspard 2' Tze Yu 66', 76' |
Solomon Islands | 2–1 | Tahiti |
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Lea'i 20', 52' | Report | Tehau 26' |
UEFA
editTwelve teams competed for six group stage spots. The worst semifinal losers of the UEFA Second Round played the third place teams from the UEFA First Round that did not already qualify for the second round. The teams that advanced to the Second Round were automatically seeded, while the rest were seeded by their March 2022 FIFA World Rankings. Hungary also participated as the top fourth place team after Russia was suspended by FIFA.
Qualified teams
editSeeded | Unseeded |
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Scotland (39) or Ukraine (27)[R2] Turkey (43)[R2] Hungary (40)[HUN] Norway (41) Slovakia (45) Republic of Ireland (47) |
Romania (48) Greece (55) Northern Ireland (54) Finland (57) Albania (66) Israel (76) |
Notes
Summary
editThe matches were played as a single-leg at the home venue of the higher seed. Matches were played on 26 or 27 September 2022.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Turkey | 0–1 | Finland |
Slovakia | 1–1 (5–6 (p)) | Israel |
Hungary | 3–0 | Romania |
Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Albania |
Norway | 2–3 | Greece |
Scotland | 4–0 | Northern Ireland |
Matches
editSlovakia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Israel |
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Rusnák 56' | Report | Koscelník 17' (o.g.) |
Penalties | ||
Boženík Herc Rusnák Lobotka Bero Kucka Gyömbér |
5–6 | Weissman Baribo Kinda Avraham Tibi Natcho Goldberg |
Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Albania |
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Robinson 4' | Report | Cikalleshi 16' (pen.) Broja 55' |
Norway | 2–3 | Greece |
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Larsen 42' Sørloth 56' |
Report | Bakasetas 57' Fountas 68' Mantalos 73' |
Scotland | 4–0 | Northern Ireland |
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Adams 25', 35' McGinn 73', 86' |
Report |