2022 World Cup Qualifying Glance

All Times EST
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 8 4 4 0 13 5 16
United States 8 4 3 1 12 5 15
Mexico 8 4 2 2 11 7 14
Panama 8 4 2 2 11 9 14
Costa Rica 8 2 3 3 6 7 9
Jamaica 8 1 4 3 6 10 7
El Salvador 8 1 3 4 4 10 6
Honduras 8 0 3 5 5 15 3
Thursday, Jan. 27
At Kingston, Jamaica

Jamaica vs. Mexico, 7 p.m.

At Columbus, Ohio

United States vs. El Salvador, 7 p.m.

At San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Honduras vs. Canada, 8:05 p.m.

At San Jose, Costa Rica

Costa Rica vs. Panama, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 30
At Hamilton, Ontario

Canada vs. United States, 3:05 p.m.

At Mexico City

Mexico vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m.

At Panama City, Panama

Panama vs. Jamaica, 6:05 p.m.

At San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Honduras vs. El Salvador, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 2
At Kingston, Jamaica

Jamaica vs. Costa Rica, 7 p.m.

At St. Paul, Minn.

United States vs. Honduras, 7:30 p.m.

At Mexico City

Mexico vs. Panama, 8 p.m.

At San Salvador, El Salvador

El Salvador vs. Canada, 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 24

Costa Rica vs. Canada

Panama vs. Honduras

Jamaica vs. El Salvador

Mexico vs. United States

Sunday, March 27
At Orlando, Fla.

United States vs. Panama, 7 p.m.

At TBA

Canada vs. Jamaica

At TBA

Honduras vs. Mexico

At TBA

El Salvador vs. Costa Rica

Wednesday, March 30

Panama vs. Canada

Jamaica vs. Honduras

Mexico vs. El Salvador

Costa Rica vs. United States

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

Scotland vs. Ukraine

At Cardiff, Wales

Wales vs. Austria

Tuesday, March 29

Wales-Austria winner vs. Scotland-Ukraine winner

Path B
Thursday, March 24
At TBA

Russia vs. Poland

At Stockholm

Sweden vs. Czech Republic

Tuesday, March 29

Russia-Poland winner vs. Sweden-Czech Republic winner

Path C
Thursday, March 24
At TBA

Italy vs. North Macedonia

At TBA

Portugal vs. Turkey

Tuesday, March 29

Portugal-Turkey winner vs. Italy-North Macedonia winner

SOUTH AMERICA
Top four teams qualify
Fifth place advances to playoff
GP W D L GF GA Pts
q-Brazil 14 11 3 0 28 5 36
q-Argentina 13 8 5 0 20 6 29
Ecuador 15 7 3 5 24 14 24
Uruguay 15 5 4 6 15 21 19
Colombia 14 3 8 3 16 17 17
Peru 14 5 2 7 15 20 17
Chile 14 4 4 6 15 16 16
Bolivia 14 4 3 7 20 28 15
Paraguay 15 2 7 6 9 19 13
Venezuela 14 2 1 11 9 25 7

q-qualified

Thursday, Jan. 27
At Quito, Ecuador

Ecuador 1, Brazil 1

At Asunción, Paraguay

Uruguay 1,Paraguay 0

At Santiago, Chile

Chile vs. Argentina, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 28
At Barranquilla, Colombia

Colombia vs. Peru, 4 p.m.

At Barinas, Venezuela

Venezuela vs. Bolivia, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 1
At La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia vs. Chile, 3 p.m.

At Montevideo, Uruguay

Uruguay vs. Venezuela, 6 p.m.

At Córdoba, Argentina

Argentina vs. Colombia, 6:30 p.m.

At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Brazil vs. Paraguay, 7:30 p.m.

At Lima, Peru

Peru vs. Ecuador, 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 24

Argentina vs. Venezuela

Brazil vs. Chile

Colombia vs. Bolivia

Paraguay vs. Ecuador

Uruguay vs. Peru

Tuesday, March 29

Bolivia vs. Brazil

Chile vs. Uruguay

Ecuador vs. Argentina

Peru vs. Paraguay

Venezuela vs. Colombia

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 7 6 1 0 12 2 19
South Korea 7 5 2 0 9 2 17
Utd Arab Emir. 7 2 3 2 6 5 9
Lebanon 7 1 2 4 4 7 5
Iraq 7 0 4 3 3 10 4
Syria 7 0 2 5 5 13 2
Thursday, Jan. 27
At Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon 0, South Korea 1

At Tehran, Iran

Iran 1, Iraq 0

At Dubai, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 2, Syria 0

Tuesday, Feb. 1
At Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon vs. Iraq, 7 a.m.

At Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Syria vs. South Korea, 9 a.m.

At Tehran, Iran

Iran vs. United Arab Emirates, 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, March 24

Iraq vs. United Arab Emirates

Lebanon vs. Syria

South Korea vs. Iran

Tuesday, March 29

Iran vs. Lebanon

Syria vs. Iraq

United Arab Emirates vs. South Korea

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GROUP B
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Saudi Arabia 7 6 1 0 10 3 19
Japan 7 5 0 2 7 3 15
Australia 7 4 2 1 13 4 14
Oman 7 2 1 4 6 8 7
China 7 1 2 4 7 13 5
Vietnam 7 0 0 7 4 16 0
Thursday, Jan. 27
At Melbourne, Australia

Australia 4, Vietnam 0

At Saitama, Japan

Japan 2, China 0

At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 1, Oman 0

Tuesday, Feb. 1
At Saitama, Japan

Japan vs. Saudi Arabia, 5:35 a.m.

At Hanoi, Vietnam

Vietnam vs. China, 7 a.m.

At Muscat, Oman

Oman vs. Australia, 11 a.m.

Thursday, March 24

Australia vs. Japan

China vs. Saudi Arabia

Vietnam vs. Oman

Tuesday, March 29

Japan vs. Vietnam

Oman vs. China

Saudi Arabia vs. Australia

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AFRICA
THIRD ROUND
Home-and-home
Winners qualify
Egypt vs. Senegal
March 24-26

Egypt vs. Senegal

March 2729

Senegal vs. Egypt

Cameroon vs. Algeria
March 24-26

Cameroon vs. Algeria

March 2729

Algeria vs. Cameroon

Ghana vs. Nigeria
March 24-26

Ghana vs. Nigeria

March 2729

Nigeria vs. Ghana

Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Morocco
March 24-26

Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Morocco

March 2729

Morocco vs. Democratic Republic of Congo

Mali vs. Tunisia
March 24-26

Mali vs. Tunisia

March 2729

Tunisia vs. Mali

OCEANIA
At Qatar sites TBA
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Saturday, March 12

Tonga vs. Cooks Islands

FIRST ROUND
Top two teams in each group advance
GROUP A
GP W D L GF GA Pts
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
Tonga/Cook Isls. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday, March 16

Tonga-Cook Islands winner vs. Solomon Islands

Tahiti vs. Vanuatu

Saturday, March 19

Tonga Cook Islands winner vs. Tahiti

Solomon Islands vs. Vanuatu

Wednesday, March 23

Vanuatu vs. Tonga-Cook Islands winner

Solomon Islands vs. Tahiti

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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
Thursday, March 17

Papua New Guinea vs. New Zealand

New Caledonia vs. Fiji

Sunday, March 20

New Zealand vs. Fiji

Papua New Guinea vs. New Caledonia

Wednesday, March 23

New Zealand vs. New Caledonia

Fiji vs. Papua New Guinea

SEMIFINALS
Winners advance
Sunday, March 27
At Qatar sites TBA

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 Qatar site TBA

Semifinal winners

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