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The 2022 World Cup takes place this fall and the qualifying process is heating up around the globe. Qatar will host this year’s World Cup and gets an automatic berth as the host nation. 31 other countries are earning berths in the World Cup through a qualifying process in their various confederations.
National teams have already begun securing berths. We’ll update this article with each team as the field of 32 is filled out.
Qatar: Serving as host country, which guarantees a berth in the field of 32. They are the first host country who has never advanced to the knockout stage,
Germany: UEFA Group J winners — October 11, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Denmark: UEFA Group F winners — October 12, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Brazil: CONMEBOL round robin top two — November 11, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
France: UEFA Group D winners — November 13, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Belgium: UEFA Group E winners — November 13, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Croatia: UEFA Group H winners — November 14, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Spain: UEFA Group B winners — November 14, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Serbia: UEFA Group A winners — November 14, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
England: UEFA Group I winners — November 15, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Switzerland: UEFA Group C winners — November 15, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Netherlands: UEFA Group G winners — November 16, 2021 — last appearance was in 2014
Argentina: CONMEBOL round robin top three — November 16, 2021 — last appearance was in 2018
Iran: AFC third round Group A winners — January 27, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
South Korea: AFC third round Group A runners-up — February 1, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Japan: AFC third round Group B runners-up — March 24, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Saudi Arabia: AFC third round Group B winners — March 24, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Ecuador: CONMEBOL round robin fourth place — March 24, 2022 — last appearance was in 2014
Uruguay: CONMEBOL round robin third place — March 24, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Canada: CONCACAF third round winner — March 27, 2022 — last appearance was in 1986
Ghana: CAF third round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2014
Senegal: CAF third round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Portugal: UEFA second round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Poland: UEFA second round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Tunisia: CAF third round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Morocco: CAF third round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018
Cameroon: CAF third round winners — March 29, 2022 — last appearance was in 2014
United States: CONCACAF third round third place — March 30, 2022 — last appearance was in 2014
Mexico: CONCACAF third round runners-up — March 30, 2022 — last appearance was in 2018