2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acts as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).[1] A total of 13 slots in the final tournament are available for UEFA teams.[2]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Tournament details
Dates24 March 2021 – 29 March 2022
Teams55 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored237 (3.16 per match)
Attendance58,100 (775 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović
(5 goals)
← 2018
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 31 March 2021.

EntrantsEdit

All 55 FIFA-affiliated national teams from UEFA entered qualification.

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency initially handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after RUSADA was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated lab data to investigators.[3] However, the Russia national team could still enter qualification, as the ban only applies to the final tournament to decide the world champions. The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in doping or the coverup to compete, but prohibited the use of the Russian flag and anthem at major international sporting events.[4] An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was filed,[5] but WADA's decision was upheld and reduced to a two-year ban.[6] The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" have equal prominence.[7] If Russia qualifies for the tournament, its players will not be able to use their country's name alone, flag or anthem at the World Cup, as a result of the nation's two-year ban from world championships and Olympic Games in all sports.[7]

FormatEdit

The qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019.[8][9] The qualification will depend, in part, on results from the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, although to a lesser degree than the 2018–19 UNL had on qualification to UEFA Euro 2020. The structure will maintain UEFA's usual 'group stage/playoff stage' structure, with only the specific format of the play-offs amended.[10][11][12]

  • Group stage: 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams (with the 4 teams that make the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals put into the smaller groups) with group winners qualifying for the World Cup finals.
  • Play-off stage: The 10 group runners-up would be joined by the best 2 Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths, playing two rounds of single-match play-offs (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), with the 3 path winners qualifying for the World Cup.

On 4 December 2019, the UEFA Executive Committee initially approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the qualifiers.[10] However, VAR was ultimately not implemented due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operational and logistical capabilities.[13]

ScheduleEdit

Below is the schedule of the European qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[9]

In March 2020, UEFA announced that the two matchdays planned to take place in June 2021 would be moved following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] To allow for the completion of the qualifying group stage in November 2021 as scheduled, UEFA announced on 24 September 2020 that the March and September 2021 windows in the FIFA International Match Calendar were expanded from two to three matchdays.[15][16] The changes to the International Match Calendar for March and September 2021, which extended each window by one day, were approved by the FIFA Council on 4 December 2020.[17]

Round Matchday Dates
First round
(group stage) 		Matchday 1 24–25 March 2021
Matchday 2 27–28 March 2021
Matchday 3 30–31 March 2021
Matchday 4 1–2 September 2021
Matchday 5 4–5 September 2021
Matchday 6 7–8 September 2021
Matchday 7 8–9 October 2021
Matchday 8 11–12 October 2021
Matchday 9 11–13 November 2021
Matchday 10 14–16 November 2021
Second round
(play-offs) 		Semi-finals 24–25 March 2022
Finals 28–29 March 2022

The original schedule of the qualifying group stage, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.[9]

Original group stage schedule
Matchday Dates
Matchday 1 25–27 March 2021
Matchday 2 28–30 March 2021
Matchday 3 4–5 June 2021
Matchday 4 7–8 June 2021
Matchday 5 2–4 September 2021
Matchday 6 5–7 September 2021
Matchday 7 7–9 October 2021
Matchday 8 10–12 October 2021
Matchday 9 11–13 November 2021
Matchday 10 14–16 November 2021

First roundEdit

SeedingEdit

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held in Zürich, Switzerland on 7 December 2020, 18:00 CET (UTC+1).[18][19][20][21][22][23] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draw was held as a virtual event without any representatives of member associations present. It was originally planned to be held on 29 November 2020.[24] On 18 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee approved the draw regulations for the qualifying group stage.[25] The draw was presented by Spanish journalist Cristina Gullón and conducted by FIFA's acting director of competitions, Jaime Yarza.[26] He was assisted by former footballers Daniele De Rossi and Rafael van der Vaart, who drew the balls from the pots.[27]

The 55 teams were seeded into six pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of November 2020, after the conclusion of the league phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. Pots 1 to 5 contained ten teams, while Pot 6 contained five teams. The teams were drawn into ten groups: five groups of five teams (Groups A–E) and five groups of six teams (Groups F–J). The draw started with Pot 1 and completed with Pot 6, from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group in alphabetical order. Therefore, each six-team group contains one team from each of the six pots, while each five-team group contains one team from each of the first five pots.[28]

The following restrictions were applied with computer assistance:[16][29][30]

  • Nations League finalists: The four teams participating in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals (Belgium, France, Italy and Spain) were drawn into a group with five teams (Groups A–E). Additionally, a group could contain a maximum of one Nations League finalist, but all four teams were in the same pot for the draw.
  • Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, matches between following pairs of teams were considered prohibited clashes, unable to be drawn into the same group: Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo / Serbia, Kosovo / Russia, Russia / Ukraine. (Armenia / Azerbaijan and Gibraltar / Spain were also identified as prohibited clashes, but the teams in the former pair were in the same pot for the draw, while the teams in the latter pair were restricted to different-sized groups based on draw pots and conditions.)
  • Winter venues: A maximum of two teams whose venues are identified as having high or medium risk of severe winter conditions could be placed in each group: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine.
    • The two "hard winter venues" (Faroe Islands and Iceland) generally cannot host games in March or November, and therefore could not be drawn together; the others shall play as few home matches as possible in March and November.
  • Excessive travel: A maximum of one pair of teams identified with excessive travel distance in relation to other countries could be placed in each group:
    • Azerbaijan: with Iceland, Gibraltar, Portugal.
    • Iceland: with Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel.
    • Kazakhstan: with England, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales. (Andorra and Faroe Islands were also identified with Kazakhstan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)

Teams were allocated to seeding pots as follows (November 2020 FIFA Rankings shown in second column).[31][32]

Pot 1
Team Rank
  Belgium 1
  France 2
  England 4
  Portugal 5
  Spain 6
  Italy 10
  Croatia 11
  Denmark 12
  Germany 13
  Netherlands 14
Pot 2
Team Rank
   Switzerland 16
  Wales 18
  Poland 19
  Sweden 20
  Austria 23
  Ukraine 24
  Serbia 30
  Turkey 32
  Slovakia 33
  Romania 37
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Russia 39
  Hungary 40
  Republic of Ireland 42
  Czech Republic 42
  Norway 44
  Northern Ireland 45
  Iceland 46
  Scotland 48
  Greece 53
  Finland 54
Pot 4
Team Rank
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55
  Slovenia 62
  Montenegro 63
  North Macedonia 65
  Albania 66
  Bulgaria 68
  Israel 87
  Belarus 88
  Georgia 89
  Luxembourg 98
Pot 5
Team Rank
  Armenia 99
  Cyprus 100
  Faroe Islands 107
  Azerbaijan 109
  Estonia 109
  Kosovo 117
  Kazakhstan 122
  Lithuania 129
  Latvia 136
  Andorra 151
Pot 6
Team Rank
  Malta 176
  Moldova 177
  Liechtenstein 181
  Gibraltar 195
  San Marino 210

GroupsEdit

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw.[33][34][35] Qatar are partnered with the five-team Group A, which enables the 2022 World Cup hosts to play centralised friendlies against these countries on their "spare" match dates. However, these friendlies do not count in the qualifying group standings.[36][37]

Group AEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Portugal 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 14 Nov 12 Oct 1 Sep 1–0
2   Serbia 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7 Advance to second round 2–2 — 4 Sep 3–2 12 Oct
3   Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 1–3 9 Oct — 14 Nov 1 Sep
4   Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 11 Nov 7 Sep 0–1 — 4 Sep
5   Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 7 Sep 1–2 11 Nov 9 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group BEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 14 Nov 1–1 5 Sep 3–1
2   Sweden 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to second round 2 Sep — 12 Oct 1–0 9 Oct
3   Greece 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 11 Nov 8 Sep — 1–1 14 Nov
4   Georgia 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 1–2 11 Nov 9 Oct — 2 Sep
5   Kosovo 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 8 Sep 0–3 5 Sep 12 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group CEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 12 Nov 2–0 2 Sep 8 Sep
2    Switzerland 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to second round 5 Sep — 9 Oct 15 Nov 1–0
3   Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 15 Nov 8 Sep — 0–0 12 Nov
4   Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 0–2 1–3 12 Oct — 5 Sep
5   Lithuania 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 0–2 12 Oct 2 Sep 9 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group DEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   France 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 7 Sep 1 Sep 13 Nov
2   Ukraine 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 Advance to second round 4 Sep — 1–1 12 Oct 1–1
3   Finland 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 16 Nov 9 Oct — 2–2 4 Sep
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 0–1 16 Nov 13 Nov — 7 Sep
5   Kazakhstan 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 0–2 1 Sep 12 Oct 9 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group EEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Belgium 3 2 1 0 12 2 +10 7 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 5 Sep 3–1 8–0 13 Nov
2   Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 Advance to second round 1–1 — 8 Oct 2 Sep 16 Nov
3   Wales 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 16 Nov 1–0 — 13 Nov 8 Sep
4   Belarus 2 1 0 1 4 10 −6 3 8 Sep 11 Oct 5 Sep — 4–2
5   Estonia 2 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0 2 Sep 2–6 11 Oct 8 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group FEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1 Sep 7 Sep 12 Oct 12 Nov 8–0
2   Scotland 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5 Advance to second round 15 Nov — 9 Oct 2–2 4–0 4 Sep
3   Israel 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 0–2 1–1 — 4 Sep 15 Nov 12 Oct
4   Austria 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4 0–4 7 Sep 12 Nov — 3–1 15 Nov
5   Faroe Islands 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1 4 Sep 12 Oct 1 Sep 9 Oct — 7 Sep
6   Moldova 3 0 1 2 2 13 −11 1 9 Oct 12 Nov 1–4 1 Sep 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group GEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Turkey 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 7 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 4–2 1 Sep 8 Oct 3–3 13 Nov
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6 Advance to second round 7 Sep — 4 Sep 16 Nov 2–0 11 Oct
3   Montenegro 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 16 Nov 13 Nov — 0–1 7 Sep 4–1
4   Norway 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 0–3 1 Sep 11 Oct — 13 Nov 7 Sep
5   Latvia 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1 11 Oct 8 Oct 1–2 4 Sep — 1 Sep
6   Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0 4 Sep 0–7 8 Oct 0–3 16 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group HEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 14 Nov 11 Oct 1–0 7 Sep 3–0
2   Russia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advance to second round 1 Sep — 8 Oct 11 Nov 2–1 7 Sep
3   Slovakia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 4 Sep 2–1 — 7 Sep 11 Nov 2–2
4   Cyprus 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 8 Oct 4 Sep 0–0 — 1–0 11 Oct
5   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 1–0 11 Oct 1 Sep 14 Nov — 4 Sep
6   Malta 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1 11 Nov 1–3 14 Nov 1 Sep 8 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group IEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   England 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 12 Oct 12 Nov 2–1 5 Sep 5–0
2   Hungary 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to second round 2 Sep — 9 Oct 3–3 8 Sep 12 Nov
3   Albania 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 0–2 5 Sep — 12 Oct 15 Nov 8 Sep
4   Poland 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4 8 Sep 15 Nov 2 Sep — 3–0 9 Oct
5   Andorra 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0 9 Oct 1–4 0–1 12 Nov — 2 Sep
6   San Marino 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0 15 Nov 0–3 0–2 5 Sep 12 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Group JEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Armenia 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 11 Nov 14 Nov 3–2 2–0 8 Sep
2   North Macedonia 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 Advance to second round 2 Sep — 11 Oct 8 Sep 14 Nov 5–0
3   Germany 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 5 Sep 1–2 — 8 Oct 3–0 11 Nov
4   Romania 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 11 Oct 3–2 0–1 — 11 Nov 5 Sep
5   Iceland 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 8 Oct 5 Sep 8 Sep 2 Sep — 11 Oct
6   Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0 0–1 8 Oct 2 Sep 14 Nov 1–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

Second roundEdit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Second Round

The second round (play-offs) will be contested by the ten group runners-up and the best two Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking,[38] that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. They will be separated into three play-off paths, with each path featuring two single-leg semi-finals and one single-leg final. The semi-finals will be hosted by the six best-ranked runners-up of the qualifying group stage, while the host of the final will be determined by a draw.[39] The semi-finals will be played on 24–25 March, and the finals on 28–29 March 2022. The winners of each path will qualify for the World Cup.

Nations League group winnersEdit

UNL Rank UNL group winner Qualifying
group
A 1–4   France   D
  Belgium   E *
  Italy   C
  Spain   B
B 17   Wales   E *
18   Austria   F
19   Czech Republic   E *
20   Hungary   I
C 33   Slovenia H
34   Montenegro G
35   Albania I
36   Armenia   J
D 49   Gibraltar G
50   Faroe Islands F

Key

  •     Team currently is in top two of qualifying group
  •     Team currently is one of the best two Nations League group winners outside top two of their qualifying group, and would therefore advance to the play-offs
  •  *  At least one Nations League group winner must be outside top two in this qualifying group

Top goalscorersEdit

There have been 237 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 3.16 goals per match (as of 31 March 2021). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Below is full goalscorers lists for all groups and play-off round:

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