Costa Rica beat New Zealand for the final place in the 2022 World Cup that will rake place in Qatar at the end of the year. We finally have a full list of nations inside their respective groups. Needless to say, there are a small amount of countries that are considered favorites to win the tournament but some of them will have a relatively harder road to reach the final stages of the tournament.
Out of all the countries that made it to this stage, there are at least five of them who are considered favorites to win the cup by the end of it. It’s been a long road towards the final stage of the World Cup, especially during pandemic times but we finally made it. By the month of November, Qatar will become the football capital of the world.
The 32 countries who qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Croatia, Denmark, Mexico, the United States, Senegal, Wales, Poland, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Switzerland, Ghana, Korea Republic, Cameroon, Serbia, Canada, Costa Rica, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ecuador. And hosts Qatar will lead the way in the opening match of the tournament.
The top favorites to win the tournament will be in the following order: Argentina, France, Brazil, Portugal, England, Spain, Germany, and Belgium. Potential “dark horses” will be Uruguay, Poland, Canada, Denmark, Croatia, Switzerland, Senegal, the Netherlands, and Wales. The rest of the countries are not given a major chance to advance far in the tournament.
In Group A, hosts Qatar will share the play Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. Group B has England, Iran, United States and Wales in an almost all-English speaking affair. Inside Group C, powerhouse Argentina lead the charge against Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. Group D has France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia.
Group E will have Spain against Costa Rica, Germany and Japan in what some will call “the Group of Death”. Sector F has Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia. Brazil leads Group G against Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. Ronaldo’s Portugal leads Group H against Uruguay, Ghana and the Republic of Korea. The opening matches kick-off on November 21 and the final will be played on December 18.
