[In the early morning of June 15th, Beijing time, as Costa Rica defeated New Zealand 1:0 and took the last train to advance, all 32 participating teams in the 2022 Qatar World Cup were confirmed.

[In the early morning of June 15th, Beijing time, as Costa Rica defeated New Zealand 1:0 and took the last train to advance, all 32 participating teams in the 2022 Qatar World Cup were confirmed. The qualifiers for this World Cup started in June 2019. In addition to the direct advancement of the host Qatar, a total of 205 national football teams from countries and regions participated. They competed in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, Central and North America and the Caribbean. The fight between the two in the sea lasted for nearly three years, and there were many unforgettable classic scenes. 】

The European qualifiers, which started on March 25, 2021, did not come to an end until June this year when Wales broke out of the play-offs. In the group stage, in addition to Germany and Denmark, which qualified two rounds in advance, , the remaining 8 groups only decided on the final round to directly qualify, once again confirming the famous saying that "there are no underdogs in Europe". Italy, the new European Cup champion, missed the qualifying for two consecutive years, which is even more shocking.

In the last round of the group stage, Spain and the Netherlands grasped their fate and successfully defeated their rivals Sweden and Norway to advance even if they could qualify with a draw. Croatia defeated Russia in an offensive and defensive battle and overtook their opponents to win the right to qualify. Portugal was defeated by Serbia at home, and Italy failed to win Northern Ireland as a guest. Both teams were overtaken by Serbia and Switzerland behind them, and had to participate in the play-offs.

There is no undefeated qualifying team in the European region this time. The only team with undefeated wins before the final round was Denmark. However, they also lost to Scotland in an away game and missed the opportunity to challenge the world preliminaries record of undefeated wins in 10 games. However, with 9 wins With a record of 1 loss, Denmark is still tied with Germany for the highest score, and Germany, which has a superior goal difference, has become the best team in the qualifiers.

The seven teams that remained undefeated throughout the qualifiers were Serbia, Switzerland, Italy, France, Ukraine, Belgium and England. Among them, Italy and Ukraine had to play in the play-offs, which shows how fierce the competition is.

The strength of the teams in the European region is uneven, and abuse of food is common for the strong teams. The largest point difference in the entire qualifiers came from England's 10:0 away game in San Marino in the last round. Harry Kane's big four in 15 minutes also made him in the In terms of number of goals, he tied with Netherlands' Depay as the top scorer in Europe with 12 goals. However, Norway failed in the group stage and fans did not have the opportunity to see Haaland, who had just joined Manchester City, make his World Cup debut.

In the end, the 10 second-place teams in the group were Portugal, Scotland, Italy, Russia (later suspended), Sweden, Wales, Turkey, Poland, Northern Ireland, Ukraine, and the two teams that qualified from the UEFA Nations League, Austria and the Czech Republic. Participate in the European preliminaries play-offs together to compete for the only three qualifying seats. After excluding the record of the 6th-placed team in the group,

12 teams were sorted according to points, goal difference, etc., and 6 seeded teams and 6 non-seeded teams were decided to draw lots.

Because the semi-finals and finals are single-elimination knockout formats, the European qualifying play-offs can be called "the most difficult in history" because 10 of the 12 teams are participating teams in the 2021 European Cup. This additional The tournament is even known as the "Little European Cup".

Among them, it was revealed that North Macedonia eliminated Italy in an upset. As the new European Cup champion, Italy failed to qualify for two consecutive World Cups, which was shocking. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal team narrowly defeated North Macedonia to qualify for the World Cup. Poland, with Robert Lewandowski, defeated Sweden and successfully qualified. Ibrahimovic also missed his last World Cup.

In the last thrilling play-off final in the European zone, the Ukrainians took advantage and fired 27 shots, but Bale scored an own goal. The Welsh team once again entered the top 32 of the World Cup after 64 years.

upstream news reporter Tang Hao