How and when will the play-off of the European qualifier to the Qatar World Cup 2022 be played?

The European tie came to an end after matchday 10 was played and the ten teams that obtained a direct quota for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the other ten that will have to overcome the playoffs to be in the World Cup were officially defined.

This Tuesday, Netherlands defeated Norway and finished leader of Group G, joining Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, England and Germany What the teams already qualified for the World Cup.

Thus, the UEFA confederation has already granted ten of the thirteen places it has for its teams to participate in the World Cup, defining the last three in the playoff that the other countries will have to play they finished second in the European qualifier.

These are Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Wales, Scotland, Turkey, Russia, Poland and North Macedonia. To these ten selections are added Austria and Czech Republic, the top two champions of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League overall standings who did not finish in the top two of the qualifier.

These twelve selections will be separated into two drums: the six best seconds of the group stage will be gathered in Pot 1; while the remaining six will occupy Pot 2. Once divided, UEFA will carry out the draw on November 26, to define the pairing.

Along with Italy and Portugal, the teams from Scotland, Russia, Sweden and Wales will be part of Pot 1 in the draw to be held on November 26.

For their part, the teams of Turkey, Poland, North Macedonia and Ukraine, as well as those of Austria and the Czech Republic, which achieved access to the play-offs for their performance in the League of Nations, will make up Pot 2.

During the draw, the six teams from Pot 1 will be paired with those from Pot 2, with the exception of Russia and Ukraine, which, according to UEFA, cannot meet in the same tie.

The six winning teams will face each other in a final tie, also in a single match, for which the home and away team will be drawn.

The three teams that win will join Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, Serbia and Switzerland, who achieved direct qualification, as the 13 European representatives in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

November 26 will be the draw for the European play-offs for the Qatar 2022 World Cup

The semifinals will be played on March 24 and 25, 2022 and those teams that have performed better in the group stage will play as hosts. While the finals will be played on March 29 and the location will be defined by a draw.

National teams that will play the playoffs

1. Scotland
2. Russia
3. Turkey
4. Poland
5. North macedonia
6. Portugal
7. Sweden
8. Italy
9. Finland
10. Gales
11. Czech Republic
12. Austria

Date of playoff matches

• Semifinals: March 24 and 25, 2022
• Finals: March 29, 2022 (D)