2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONMEBOL teams.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | September 2020 – 16 November 2021 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) |
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Format
On 24 January 2019, the CONMEBOL Council decided to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments.[2] The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches.
The fixtures were determined by a draw which was held on 17 December 2019, 10:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the Bourbon Asunción Convention Hotel in Luque, Paraguay.[3][4][5][6][7]
Originally, Brazil and Argentina were both to be drawn into either position 4 or 5 in the draw, thus ensuring that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.[8] However, the decision was later reversed on 16 November 2019 by the CONMEBOL Council, making the draw completely open.[9]
The CONMEBOL Council approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the qualifiers.[10]
Entrants
All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.
| Draw position |
Team |
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| 1 |  |
| 2 |  |
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| 7 |  |
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| 10 |  |
Schedule
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[2][11] There will be a total of 18 matchdays: eight in 2020 and ten in 2021.[12][13]
On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that matches on matchdays 1–2 due to take place in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed.[14]
| Year | Matchday | Date | Fixtures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3 September 2020 (originally 26 March 2020) | 1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10 |
| Matchday 2 | 8 September 2020 (originally 31 March 2020) | 3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1 | |
| Matchday 3 | TBC (originally 3 September 2020) | 2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3 | |
| Matchday 4 | TBC (originally 8 September 2020) | 1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2 | |
| Matchday 5 | 8 October 2020 | 2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7 | |
| Matchday 6 | 13 October 2020 | 1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9 | |
| Matchday 7 | 12 November 2020 | 1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9 | |
| Matchday 8 | 17 November 2020 | 2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3 | |
| 2021 | Matchday 9 | 25 March 2021 | 3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7 |
| Matchday 10 | 30 March 2021 | 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6 | |
| Matchday 11 | TBC (originally 3 June 2021) | 1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6 | |
| Matchday 12 | TBC (originally 8 June 2021) | 2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5 | |
| Matchday 13 | 2 September 2021 | 1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5 | |
| Matchday 14 | 7 September 2021 | 2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10 | |
| Matchday 15 | 7 October 2021 | 2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4 | |
| Matchday 16 | 12 October 2021 | 1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2 | |
| Matchday 17 | 11 November 2021 | 1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5 | |
| Matchday 18 | 16 November 2021 | 3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8 |
The inter-confederation play-offs are scheduled to be played in June 2022.
Standings
Matches
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
Matchday 8
Matchday 9
Matchday 10
Matchday 11
Matchday 12
Matchday 13
Matchday 14
Matchday 15
Matchday 16
Matchday 17
Inter-confederation play-offs
The inter-confederation play-offs will be determined by another draw to be held at a later date. They are scheduled to be played in June 2022.
Notes
- Both FIFA and the CONMEBOL have agreed to the postponement of the first two matchdays in the South American FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers because of the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.[14]
References
- "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA.com. 30 May 2015.
- "Clasificatorio sudamericano al Mundial de Qatar arrancará en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 24 January 2019.
- "FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers: draws to take centre stage in South America and Africa". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "Se viene el sorteo oficial de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA QATAR 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2019.
- "Eliminatorias sudamericanas 2022: cuándo empiezan, fechas y partidos" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 29 November 2019.
- "RELIVE: Preliminary Draw for CONMEBOL Qatar 2022 qualifiers". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "El calendario de partidos de las Eliminatorias más emocionantes del mundo" [The calendar of matches of the most exciting qualifiers in the world] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Se sortean las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas al Mundial de la FIFA – Qatar 2022" [FIFA World Cup – Qatar 2022 South American Qualifiers to be drawn] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019.
- "El Sorteo de Eliminatorias CONMEBOL para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022 contará con bolillas indiferenciadas para todas las selecciones" [The CONMEBOL qualifying draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will feature undifferentiated balls for all teams] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Se aplicará el VAR en todos los encuentros clasificatorios para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 February 2020.
- "Men's international match calendar 2018–2024" (PDF). FIFA. 19 October 2018.
- "Clasificatorio de selecciones CONMEBOL al Mundial de Qatar arranca en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 18 May 2019.
- "Preliminary draw (CONMEBOL)" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in South America". FIFA.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.