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World Cup qualification is almost complete ahead of Qatar 2022 with the majority of places claimed in the tournament that takes place this winter.<\/p>\n
This will be the last traditional 32-team World Cup tournament before controversial expansion plans come into place from 2026. Host nation Qatar automatically qualify, but who will join them?<\/p>\n
At the time of writing, 19 teams have booked their place in the tournament, including the majority of European nations. England are the only home nation to progress so far.<\/p>\n
Asian qualifying concluded this week with Iran and Saudi Arabia among those to advance to the tournament.<\/p>\n
The African qualifiers have reached the play-offs for qualification. Five two-leg match-ups will go ahead across Africa before the end of March. The five winners will all qualify.<\/p>\n
Oceanic and North American qualifiers are still going ahead but all will be decided very soon with just months left until the tournament kicks off.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> has rounded up all the teams who have qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar so far \u2013 and the nations who could still join them.<\/p> The 10 qualifying group winners have officially booked their place at Qatar 2022, with three spots remaining for play-off winners.<\/p>\n Play-offs:<\/p>\n The South American qualification process is complete with four CONMEBOL teams booking their place at Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n The Asian qualification process is complete with four AFC teams set to feature in Qatar, alongside the hosts.<\/p>\n Five to qualify \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n The 10 teams left in contention are:<\/p>\n Three to qualify (plus one space in inter-confederation play-off versus OFC team) \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n The five teams left in contention are:<\/p>\n One to qualify (plus one space in inter-confederation play-off versus CONCACAF team) \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n The four teams left in contention are:<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 25 March 2022 at 12:00 am World Cup qualification is almost complete ahead of Qatar 2022 with the majority of places claimed in the tournament that takes place this winter. This will be the last traditional 32-team World Cup tournament before controversial expansion plans come into place from 2026. Host […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12863,"template":"","categories":[7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-the-world-cup-2022.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 25 March 2022 at 12:00 am World Cup qualification is almost complete ahead of Qatar 2022 with the majority of places claimed in the tournament that takes place this winter. This will be the last traditional 32-team World Cup tournament before controversial expansion plans come into place from 2026. Host…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/12862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Which teams have qualified for the World Cup 2022?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Host nation<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Europe (UEFA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
South America (CONMEBOL)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Asia (AFC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Africa (CAF)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Oceania (OFC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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