1, Asia:. ***40 teams will participate in the Top 40 Competition, and the top 12 will be decided by round robin at home and away. The third place in the two groups played in the final, and the winning team entered the play-offs.
2. Europe: Thirteen places participated. Complete the preliminaries and play-offs of this group. The preliminaries are divided into ten groups, with each group 1 qualifying directly. The second group entered the play-offs, and the 12 team competed for the remaining three qualifying places.
3. Africa Division: Five teams can enter the race, and the five teams with the best results in the qualifiers will directly enter the World Cup race according to the points system.
4. South America: There are four and a half places to participate. Four teams from the top four will enter the World Cup, the fifth will participate in the intercontinental play-offs, and the winner will enter the competition.
5. Caribbean and Central and North America: There are three and a half places to participate in the finals.
6. Oceania: Only half of the places are available, and the first team in Oceania is eligible to participate in the intercontinental play-offs. Play two games with teams from all continents participating in the play-offs, and the winner will enter the competition. The World Cup consists of 365,438+0 qualifying teams and the host country, and then 32 teams are determined as 8 seed teams according to the international ranking.
Then they are divided into 8 groups according to the lottery, with 4 teams in each group. In the form of points system, the first two groups will be eliminated after entering the World Cup 16. The elimination stage adopts a single elimination system. Those who didn't win in the game time went into overtime. In the end, the winner must be decided until the penalty is taken. After the winner advances to the quarter-finals, he will enter 8, 4 and 2, and then decide the final champion.
2022 World Cup
2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is the 22nd FIFA World Cup, which was held in eight stadiums in five cities in Qatar on 20221October 20th165438+February 8th. This is the first time that the World Cup has been held in the Arab region, and it is also the second time that the World Cup has been held in Asian countries after the World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Due to the hot summer, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be held in winter, which is the first world cup held in the northern hemisphere in winter in history and the last world cup with 32 teams participating. The 2026 World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams. In 2022, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 held the opening match on June 20, 2022, and Qatar played against Ecuador as the host.