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CONCACAF section
●3.5 finals places available

The first round of FIFA World Cup qualification
consists of the nations ranked 6th to 35th in
the region, with the teams ranked 6th to 11th
(El Salvador, Canada, Curacao, Panama, Haiti
and Trinidad & Tobago) pre-seeded in each group.

First Round
Group A
El Salvador, Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada,
Montserrat, US Virgin Islands

Oct 7:Antigua & Barbuda v Montserrat
Oct 8:El Salvador v Grenada
Oct10:US Virgin Islands v Antigua & Barbuda
Oct11:Montserrat v El Salvador
Oct13:Grenada v US Virgin Islands
Nov11:Montserrat v US Virgin Islands
Nov13:Antigua & Barbuda v Grenada
Nov14:US Virgin Islands v El Salvador
Nov17:Grenada, Montserrat;
El Salvador v Antigua & Barbuda

Group B
Canada, Suriname, Bermuda, Cayman
Islands, Aruba

Oct 7:Suriname v Cayman Islands
Oct 8:Canada v Bermuda
Oct10:Aruba v Suriname
Oct11:Cayman Islands v Canada
Oct13:Bermuda v Aruba
Nov11:Cayman Islands v Aruba
Nov13:Suriname v Bermuda
Nov14:Aruba v Canada
Nov17:Canada v Suriname;
Bermuda v Cayman Islands

Group C
Curacao, Guatemala, St. Vincent &
Grenadines, Cuba, British Virgin Islands

Oct 7:Guatemala v Cuba
Oct 8:Curacao v St. Vincent & Grenadines
Oct10:British Virgin Islands v Guatemala
Oct11:Cuba v Curacao
Oct13:St. Vincent & Grenadines
v British Virgin Islands
Nov11:Cuba v British Virgin Islands
Nov13:Guatemala v St. Vincent & Grenadines
Nov14:British Virgin Islands v Curacao
Nov17:St. Vincent & Grenadines v Cuba;
Curacao v Guatemala

Group D
Panama, Dominican Republic, Barbados,
Dominica, Anguilla

Oct 7:Dominican Republic v Dominica
Oct 8:Panama v Barbados
Oct10:Anguilla v Dominican Republic
Oct11:Dominica v Panama
Oct13:Barbados v Anguilla
Nov11:Dominica v Anguilla
Nov13:Dominican Republic v Barbados
Nov14:Anguilla v Panama
Nov17:Panama v Dominican Republic;
Barbados v Dominica

Group E
Haiti, Nicaragua, Belize, St. Lucia,
Turks & Caicos Islands

Oct 7:Nicaragua v St. Lucia
Oct 8:Haiti v Belize
Oct10:Turks & Caicos Islands v Nicaragua
Oct11:St. Lucia v Haiti
Oct13:Belize v Turks & Caicos Islands
Nov11:St. Lucia v Turks & Caicos Islands
Nov13:Nicaragua v Belize
Nov14:Turks & Caicos Islands v Haiti
Nov17:Haiti v Nicaragua;
Belize v St. Lucia

Group F
Trinidad & Tobago, St. Kitts & Nevis,
Guyana, Puerto Rico, Bahamas

Oct 7:St. Kitts & Nevis v Puerto Rico
Oct 8:Trinidad & Tobago v Guyana
Oct10:Bahamas v St. Kitts & Nevis
Oct11:Puerto Rico v Trinidad & Tobago
Oct13:Guyana v Bahamas
Nov11:Puerto Rico v Bahamas

Nov13:St. Kitts & Nevis v Guyana

Nov14:Bahamas v Trinidad & Tobago

Nov17:Guyana v Puerto Rico;

Trinidad & Tobago v St. Kitts & Nevis

●The six group winners advance to the second

round of FIFA World Cup qualification – three

home and away play-off ties – to determine

the three final teams to join CONCACAF’s five

highest-ranked nations (Mexico, USA, Costa Rica,

Jamaica and Honduras) in the final round.

EUROPE section

●13 finals places available

Europe’s FIFA World Cup qualification campaign

commences in March 2021. It will comprise ten

groups, with each group winner guaranteed a

berth at Qatar 2022. The ten group runners-up

will advance to the second round (along with the

best two Nations League group winners that

finished outside the top two of their World Cup

qualifying group). The second round will consist

of three separate play-off paths, with the three

winners also qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

SOUTH AMERICA section

●4.5 finals places available

South America’s FIFA World Cup qualification

campaign is rescheduled to commence from

October 2020 after being originally postponed

in March 2020. Matchdays 1-4 (of 18). The

qualification format, dates and locations

of games are all subject to approval.

Final Group

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,

Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Oct 8:

Paraguay v Peru; Uruguay v Chile;

Argentina v Ecuador; Colombia v Venezuela;

Brazil v Bolivia

Oct13:

Bolivia v Argentina; Ecuador v Uruguay;

Venezuela v Paraguay; Chile v Colombia;

Peru v Brazil

Nov12:

Colombia v Uruguay; Brazil v Venezuela;

Bolivia v Ecuador; Argentina v Paraguay;

Chile v Peru

Nov17:

Uruguay v Brazil; Peru v Argentina;

Venezuela v Chile; Paraguay v Bolivia;

Ecuador v Colombia

●The top four nations qualify for the 2022

FIFA World Cup, with the fifth-placed team

advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs.

OCEANIA section

●0.5 finals places available

Oceania’s FIFA World Cup qualification campaign

commences in March 2021. It will consist of the

first round – single round-robin matches across

two groups with the top two teams from each

group advancing to the second round. The second

round will see the four teams play two-legged

home-and-away matches – first a semi-final

and then the final, with the winners advancing

to the inter-confederation play-offs.

AFCON 2021 QUALIFIERS

Matchdays 3 and 4 that were postponed in

March 2020 have now been rescheduled to

take place between November 9-17, 2020.

The current group standings are below with

6 matches to be played by each team in total.

Group A

PWDLFAPts

Guinea 2110424

Mali 2 1 10424

Namibia 2101233

Chad 2 0 02140

Group B

PWDLFAPts

Uganda 2110204

Burkina Faso 2110214

Malawi 2101123

South Sudan 2002130

Group C

PWDLFAPts

Ghana 2200306

South Africa 2101123

Sudan 2101413

Sao Tome & Principe 2002050

Group D

PWDLFAPts

Gambia 2110534

Gabon 21 10214

DR Congo 2020222

Angola 2002250

Group E

PWDLFAPts

Morocco 2110304

Mauritania 2110204

Central African Rep 2102223

Burundi 20 02050

Group F

PWDLFAPts

Mozambique 2110424

Cameroon 2 1 1 0 1 0 4

Cape Verde 2020222

Rwanda 20 02030

Group G

PWDLFAPts

Comoros 2110104

Kenya 2020222

Egypt 2020112

Togo 2011121

Group H

PWDLFAPts

Algeria 2200606

Zimbabwe 2110214

Botswana 2011011

Zambia 2 0 02170

Group I

PWDLFAPts

Senegal 2200616

Congo 2 1 01323

Guinea-Bissau 2101333

Eswatini 2002170

GroupJ

PWDLFAPts

Tunisia 2200516

Libya 21 01353

Tanzania 2101333

Equatorial Guinea 2002130

Group K

PWDLFAPts

Madagascar 2200726

Ethiopia 2101223

Ivory Coast 2101223

Niger 2002270

Group L

PWDLFAPts

Nigeria 2200636

Benin 2101223

Lesotho 2011351

Sierra Leone 2 0 11121

●The top two teams in each group qualify for

the 2021 Africa Cup Of Nations. If hosts Cameroon

finish outside of the top two in Group F, the worst

runner-up will not qualify for the tournament.

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