Last night, the group stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the European region ended and the top 10 teams were allowed to advance to this tournament, and the second 10 teams, plus the two teams that had the most points in the Europa League, but could not reach the halfway point. Finally, they went to the playoffs.
At the end of this stage, the ascent of 10 teams from Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Croatia, England and Germany was confirmed.There will be 12 teams in the play-offs, with 10 teams advancing from the group stage, and two teams from Austria and the Czech Republic from the Europa League.Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Wales, Czech Republic, Scotland, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Poland and Northern Macedonia are the other playoff teams.Accordingly, due to having higher scores (regardless of the results against the last teams in the group), they are present in the first tier of Portugal, Italy, Scotland, Russia, Sweden, Wales, and in the second tier of Turkey, Poland, Northern Macedonia, Ukraine, Austria (League of Nations quota) and the Czech Republic (League of Nations quota).Unlike previous rounds, there will be no round-trip matches for the teams, and the teams present at this stage will compete in 3 groups of 4 teams, and the leading team will go to the World Cup.
In each group, the competitions are held in a four-way elimination format with a single game. The winning teams of the semi-final singles match in the three groups will advance to the singles final, and each team that wins the final will advance to the 2022 World Cup. This is the first time that the European play-offs have been held in such a complex format.Syed One teams will host the semi-final match, but a draw will be held to determine the host of the final match.
Route A of the playoffs consists of the two semi-finals of game number one and game number two, and the winner of these games will reach the final A. Route B playoff consists of two semi-finals of game number three and game number four, which the winner of these games will advance to the final B, and playoff route R consists of two semi-finals of game number five and game number six, the winner of which Reaches Final C. The winner of each final will also advance to the World Cup.
The draw for the 2022 World Cup play-off in continental Europe will be held on November 26, 2021 at 19:30 Tehran time in Zurich, Switzerland, and the 12 selected teams will know their opponents. The semi-finals will be held on April 4 and 5, 1401 and the finals will be held on April 8 and 9.