Who will Russia play for the right to go to the FIFA World Cup :: Football :: RBC Sport
The Russian national football team on November 26 will recognize their rivals in play-offs for a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar. About the involved teams of Valery Karpin – in the material of RBC
On November 14, in the final match of the group round of qualification with Croatia (0: 1), she was unable to earn a direct ticket to Qatar. Now the team will compete for the right to participate in the world championship in the play-off round.
Three national teams will qualify for the 2022 World Cup via play-offs. The tickets will be contested by 12 teams – ten runners-up in qualifying, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic, which made it to the League of Nations play-offs.
During the draw on November 26, the teams will be divided into three mini-tournaments, which will be held in the playoff format from the semifinals. The winners of the confrontation will be determined based on the results of one match.
The Ukrainian national team will make their way to the 2022 World Cup through play-offs
In the semifinals, seeded teams will face unseeded teams. The matches will take place on 24 March at the seeded teams’ stadiums. The finals are decided on March 29th.
The top six runners-up were seeded. Among them is the Russian national team.
All teams from Europe that have received direct tickets to the 2022 World Cup have been determined.
In the semifinals, Valery Karpin’s team will definitely not play with Portugal, Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Wales, as well as Ukraine, from which they will be divorced during the draw.
Potential rivals in the semi-finals include the Czech Republic, Austria, North Macedonia, Turkey and Poland.
In case of reaching the final, Russia, with a high degree of probability, will play with one of the seeded teams. According to the FIFA rankings, Russia (33rd) is the second-to-last seeded team, ahead only of Scotland (42).