All the participants of the play-off matches in the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup have become known the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent.
The teams from Portugal, Sweden, Wales, Czech Republic, Scotland, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Austria, North Macedonia will compete with the Russians for the tickets to the world championship. The Ukrainians also got into the joints, but they will not meet with the Russian national team by the decision of FIFA and UEFA.
12 teams will be divided into three grids with four teams in each. In the first semifinals, seeded teams will play with unseeded teams, then the winners will play three tickets to the world championship. The Russian national team was among the seeded teams, so in the first round it can meet with Wales, Poland, North Macedonia, Austria or the Czech Republic.
The play-offs will be held in March next year. The draw will take place on November 26.