In the early hours of this morning, the North American and Oceania regions ended a number of World Preliminary Tournaments, Canada, the United States, Mexico, New Zealand won collectively, and Canada advanced to the World Cup in the early round, becoming the 20th team to participate. In addition, the United States and Mexico are very close to the World Cup, and the first intercontinental play-off is about to be released.
The 20th team to participate in the 2022 World Cup was born
The 33rd-ranked Canadian men's team, playing at home against jamaican men's team, ranked 62nd in the world. In the end, Canada relied on the joint goals of La lian, Buchanan and Hoylet, as well as the opponent's oolong ball, to win a big victory 4-0, accumulating 28 points to continue to rank first, while locking in the top three in the North American region in the early round and qualifying for the World Cup.
This is the second time in the history of the Canadian team to qualify for the World Cup, the first time was in 1986, and now after 36 years of waiting, it has finally come true, and it is also the 20th team to participate in the new World Cup.
The United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica won collectively
In addition to Canada's early promotion, the other two express seats will be created between the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica. In this round of the group stage, the United States defeated Panama 5-1, Mexico beat Honduras 1-0, and Costa Rica narrowly beat El Salvador 2-1, so that the United States scored 25 points, Mexico scored 25 points, and Costa Rica scored 22 points, continuing to rank second to fourth.
In the last round of the United States against Costa Rica, the United States can qualify for the World Cup as long as it does not lose 0-6, and Mexico can qualify for the World Cup with a draw, so Costa Rica is likely to lock in fourth.
The first intercontinental play-off is coming soon
According to the FIFA draw, the two intercontinental play-offs are against North America against Oceania and Asia against South America. Now the fourth team in the North American region is not surprisingly Costa Rica, the team in the Oceania region is most likely to be New Zealand, and New Zealand and the Solomon Islands compete for the Oceania regional play-off qualification.
Asian play-off teams will be produced in June this year, and South American play-off teams will be produced between Chile, Peru and Colombia.