2022 World Cup Qualifying

[Dback Jon]

Italy FAILED to qualify again

Italy stunned by North Macedonia, fails to qualify for 2nd straight men's World Cup

Italy lost to North Macedonia on a dramatic stoppage-time goal, and will miss the 2022 World Cup.

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[Dback Jon]

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[Stout]

Holy Ish, man! Holy ISH!

 

[Luciano]

Italy FAILED to qualify again

Italy stunned by North Macedonia, fails to qualify for 2nd straight men's World Cup

Italy lost to North Macedonia on a dramatic stoppage-time goal, and will miss the 2022 World Cup.

sports.yahoo.com

I’m not surprised at all.
Sucks but if you can’t beat Macedonia you don’t deserve to go.

 

[Lorenzo]

wow that's hard to believe 2 World Cups without Italy. I have not watched an Italy match since their Euro final. I hope the USA team don't suffer the same fate....

 

[Adrian]

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[gmabel830]

Italy would have lost to Portugal anyway.. they weren’t going to make it, but their loss was just embarrassing.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Mane sinks Egypt again, Partey sends Ghana to World Cup

Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted a shoot-out penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt.

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[Adrian]

Portugal and Poland grab World Cup finals spots

Portugal beat North Macedonia 2-0 and Poland saw off Sweden by the same score in play-off finals on Tuesday to book their places in the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.

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[Dback Jon]

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[Dback Jon]

Still left to qualify:

Asia vs South America Either Australia or UAE vs Peru

North America vs Oceania - Costa Rica vs New Zealand

Europe Final Spot - Wales vs either Scotland or Ukraine

 

[Stout]

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Anybody remember what the "pots" mean? Is it draw four from a pot to make a group?

 

[gmabel830]

Anybody remember what the "pots" mean? Is it draw four from a pot to make a group?

One team per pot makes a group. Though, outside of Europe (max 2), no other confederation can have more than 1 per group. So, if USA gets drawn from Pot 2 and Canada is drawn from Pot 4 for the same group, Canada can't get picked and they re-draw from Pot 4.

Pot 1 = Host + top 7 ranked countries
Pot 2 = 8-15th ranked countries
Pot 3 = 17-24th ranked countries
Pot 4 = bottom ranked teams + all inter-continental qualifiers (so I think Wales/Scotland/Ukraine would have all ended up in Pot 4 regardless if they advance).

 

[Dback Jon]

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Group D playoff is Australia or UAE vs Peru
Group E playoff is Costa Rica vs New Zealand

 

[Adrian]

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[Dback Jon]

Wow - Group A looks like a cakewalk for the Netherlands

 

[Adrian]

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[Stout]

The draw could've been a lot worse. I wouldn't mind getting Scotland.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Whoops. Mah bad.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

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