2022 is a World Cup year, but we’ll have to wait until the winter before we see the biggest international soccer competition take center stage. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar in November, with the opening match set for Nov. 21 and the final scheduled for Dec. 18. This international break, most confederations will wrap up qualification and fill the majority of the spots remaining.
As it stands, 19 of the 32 spots have been filled, with Uruguay and Ecuador clinching on Thursday night. Uruguay beat Peru 1-0 to lock up their spot just months after they looked set to miss the tournament, while Ecuador lost at Paraguay but still clinched. Five spots in Africa will be cliched next week.
No teams have qualified yet out of Concacaf’s octagonal, though Canada are guaranteed at least a playoff spot. In Europe, what’s more notable, perhaps, is which nations haven’t qualified as both Italy and Portugal entered this month in the playoff round. Italy were bounced by North Macedonia, shockingly missing another World Cup. Portugal will play North Macedonia on Tuesday for a spot in Qatar.
Here are all of the teams that have officially qualified for next year’s competition, which will be the last one with 32 teams before expanding to 48 for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Teams that have qualified for FIFA World Cup 2022
- Qatar
- Germany
- Denmark
- Brazil
- France
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Spain
- Serbia
- England
- Switzerland
- Argentina
- Netherlands
- Iran
- South Korea
- Japan
- Saudi Arabia
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
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