European champions Italy and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal had been positioned in the identical World Cup qualifying playoff bracket on Friday, that means not less than one in all them will miss subsequent 12 months’s event in Qatar.
Italy will face North Macedonia at dwelling within the playoff semi-finals subsequent March, and the winner will play both Portugal or Turkey for a spot within the World Cup.
Italy did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup – shedding within the playoffs to Sweden – and can now should beat Ronaldo and Portugal to keep away from lacking out on the event for the second time in a row. Portugal has at all times certified throughout Ronaldo’s profession. He first performed within the 2006 World Cup.
Also in a 12-team draw, Scotland will face Ukraine at dwelling, and the winner will play both Wales or Austria within the remaining of their bracket.
2022 World Cup World Cup European Play-off Draw:
path A
Scotland vs Ukraine
Wales vs Austriapath B
Russia vs Poland
Sweden vs Czech Republicpath c
Italy v North Macedonia
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Russia will host Poland for the fitting to face both Sweden or the Czech Republic of their bracket remaining. Russia or Poland will host the ultimate.
The semi-finals of the six playoffs might be performed on March 24 as single-leg elimination video games. The three finals might be performed 5 days later.
The three winners will full the 13-nation Europe entry within the 32-team lineup in Qatar.
FIFA will draw the event on April 1 in Doha.
The playoffs featured 10 groups that completed second of their qualifying teams with two groups – Austria and Czech – having gained the Nations League group final 12 months.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
