2022 World Cup Qualifying Glance

All Times EDT
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
FINAL ROUND
Top three teams qualify
Fourth-place team advances to playoff vs. Oceania winner
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Canada 11 7 4 0 19 5 25
United States 11 6 3 2 16 7 21
Mexico 11 6 3 2 14 8 21
Panama 11 5 2 4 14 13 17
Costa Rica 11 4 4 3 8 7 16
El Salvador 11 2 3 6 6 13 9
Jamaica 11 1 4 6 9 16 7
Honduras 11 0 3 8 5 22 3
Thursday, March 24
At Kingston, Jamaica

Jamaica vs. El Salvador, 8 p.m.

At Panama City, Panama
At Mexico City

Mexico vs. United States, 10 p.m.

At San Jose, Costa Rica
Sunday, March 27
At Toronto
At San Salvador, El Salvador
At Orlando, Fla.

United States vs. Panama, 7 p.m.

At San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Wednesday, March 30
At San Jose, Costa Rica
At Kingston, Jamaica
At Mexico City
At Panama City, Panama
CONCACAF-OCEANIA PLAYOFF
Monday, June 13, or Tuesday, June 14
At Qatar site TBA

CONCACAF fourth place vs. Oceania winner

EUROPE

Qualified: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland

PLAYOFFS
Winners qualify
Path A
Thursday, March 24
At Glasgow, Scotland
At Cardiff, Wales
Tuesday, March 29
At Cardiff, Wales, or Glasgow, Scotland
Path B
Thursday, March 24
At Moscow

Russia vs. Poland, ppd.

At Stockholm
Tuesday, March 29
At Moscow or Chorzów, Poland
Path C
Thursday, March 24
At Palermo, Sicily
At Porto, Portugal
Tuesday, March 29
At Porto, Portugal, or Konya, Turkey
SOUTH AMERICA
Top four teams qualify
Fifth place advances to playoff
GP W D L GF GA Pts
q-Brazil 15 12 3 0 32 5 39
q-Argentina 15 10 5 0 23 7 35
Ecuador 16 7 4 5 25 15 25
Uruguay 16 6 4 6 19 22 22
Peru 16 6 3 7 17 21 21
Chile 16 5 4 7 19 20 19
Colombia 16 3 8 5 16 19 17
Bolivia 16 4 3 9 23 35 15
Paraguay 16 2 7 7 9 23 13
Venezuela 16 3 1 12 14 30 10

q-qualified

Thursday, March 24
At Rio de Janeiro
At Barranquilla, Colombia
At Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
At Montevideo, Uruguay
Friday, March 25
At Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tuesday, March 29
At TBA

Bolivia vs. Brazil

At Santiago, Chile
At Guayaquil, Ecuador
At Lima, Peru
At Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
SOUTH AMERICA-ASIA PLAYOFF
Monday, June 13, or Tuesday, June 14
At Qatar site TBA

South America fifth place vs. Asia fifth place

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ASIA
THIRD ROUND
Top two teams in each group qualify
Third-place teams advance
GROUP A
GP W D L GF GA Pts
q-Iran 8 7 1 0 13 2 22
q-South Korea 8 6 2 0 11 2 20
Utd Arab Emir. 8 2 3 3 6 6 9
Lebanon 8 1 3 4 5 8 6
Iraq 8 0 5 3 4 11 5
Syria 8 0 2 6 5 15 2
Thursday, March 24
At Seoul, South Korea

South Korea vs. Iran, 7 a.m.

At TBA

Iraq vs. United Arab Emirates

At TBA

Lebanon vs. Syria

Tuesday, March 29
At Dubai, United Arab Emirates
At Mashhad, Iran
At Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Syria vs. Iraq, noon

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GROUP B
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Saudi Arabia 8 6 1 1 10 5 19
Japan 8 6 0 2 9 3 18
Australia 8 4 3 1 15 6 15
Oman 8 2 2 4 8 10 8
China 8 1 2 5 8 16 5
Vietnam 8 1 0 7 7 17 3
Thursday, March 24
At Sydney
At Hanoi, Vietnam

Vietnam vs. Oman, 8 a.m.

At Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

China vs. Saudi Arabia, noon

Monday, March 28
At TBA

Japan vs. Vietnam

Tuesday, March 29
At Muscat, Oman

Oman vs. China, noon

At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia vs. Australia, 2 p.m.

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AFRICA
THIRD ROUND
Home-and-home
Winners qualify
Egypt vs. Senegal
Friday, March 25
At Cairo
Tuesday, March 29
At Diamniadio, Senegal

Senegal vs. Egypt, 1 p.m.

Cameroon vs. Algeria
Friday, March 25
At Limbe, Cameroon

Cameroon vs. Algeria, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 29
At Blida, Algeria
Ghana vs. Nigeria
Friday, March 25
At Cape Coast, Ghana
Tuesday, March 29
At Lagos, Nigeria

Nigeria vs. Ghana, 1 p.m.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Morocco
Friday, March 25
At Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Morocco, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, March 29
At Casablanca, Morocco
Mali vs. Tunisia
Friday, March 25
At Bamako, Mali

Mali vs. Tunisia, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 29
At Radès, Tunis
OCEANIA
FIRST ROUND
Top two teams in each group advance
GROUP A
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thursday, March 17
At Doha, Qatar

Cook Islands vs. Solomon Islands, 10 a.m.

Tahiti vs. Vanuatu, 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 20
At Doha, Qatar

Cook Islands vs. Tahiti, 10 a.m.

Solomon Islands vs. Vanuatu, 1 p.m.

Thursday, March 24
At Doha, Qatar

Solomon Islands vs. Tahiti, 10 a.m.

Vanuatu vs. Cook Islands, 10 a.m.

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GROUP B
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Friday, March 18
At Doha, Qatar

Papua New Guinea vs. New Zealand, 10 a.m.

New Caledonia vs. Fiji, 1 p.m.

Monday, March 21
At Doha, Qatar

Papua New Guinea vs. New Caledonia, 10 a.m.

New Zealand vs. Fiji, 1 p.m.

Thursday, March 24
At Doha, Qatar

Fiji vs. Papua New Guinea 1 p.m.

New Zealand vs. New Caledonia, 1 p.m.

SEMIFINALS
Winners advance
Sunday, March 27
At Doha, Qatar

Group A winner vs. Group B second place

Group B winner vs. Group A second place

FINAL
Winner plays CONCACAF fourth place
Wednesday, March 30
At Doha, Qatar

Semifinal winners

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