Fifa drew this Friday (26) the duels of the European play-off for the 2022 World Cup, in Qatar. The continent’s last three places at the World Cup will be defined in mini-tournaments, with emphasis on Group C, in which Portugal and Italy will compete for a single place in the competition.
In all, 12 countries will duel in semi-finals and single-game finals in March of next year. The semifinals will be played on the 24th and the finals on the 29th of the same month.
Each key will have four selections. In Group A, the semifinals will be between Scotland vs Ukraine and Wales vs Austria. In Group B they face Russia vs Poland and Sweden vs Czech Republic. And in Group C, the matches will be between Italy x Northern Macedonia and Portugal x Turkey.
The winners of each of these duels face off in the final of their respective brackets and only the winners will qualify for the World Cup. If they beat their opponents in the semi, Italy and Portugal will make the Group C decision to decide who will go to Qatar. It’s possible that neither of them will qualify for the Worlds.
“It was a very difficult draw for us, as Northern Macedonia is a good team. And if we win, we will play away from home in Portugal or Turkey,” said Italy coach Roberto Mancini, in a virtual participation in the event organized by FIFA.
In the European Qualifiers, ten teams guaranteed direct spots for the World Cup: Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Croatia, England and Germany.
Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Wales, Scotland, Turkey, Russia, Poland and Northern Macedonia qualified for the repechage as runners-up in their groups in the Qualifiers.
Austria and the Czech Republic entered the dispute with vacancies destined for the two countries with the best campaign in the League of Nations, which did not get direct spots in the World Cup and did not advance to this repechage.
In addition to Qatar, host country of the event, Brazil and Argentina are also classified for the competition.
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