2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[Bloodseekers]

Group A looks interesting. Qatar has IMO around 50% chances of qualifying to the next round. Netherlands in all probability will finish on top, but there is going to be fierce competition from Qatar, Senegal and Ecuador for the second position. I am more inclined towards Ecuador, since CONMEBOL teams are the best in football. Senegal on the other hand is famous for upsets, although their form has gone down recently. Qatar needs at least one win and a draw to progress to second round and it will be easier for them to defeat Senegal than Ecuador.

I think those who will advance to the next round in Group A are the Netherlands as group winners and Senegal as second place in Group A. because Senegal is also a team of proven quality, they have just won the African champions, what Senegally needs to know is as the first position in the FIFA ranking list for the African region.
The star from Liverpool also comes from Senegal, namely Sadio Mane. Everyone knows the quality of Mane.

[Shasha80]

Group A looks interesting. Qatar has IMO around 50% chances of qualifying to the next round. Netherlands in all probability will finish on top, but there is going to be fierce competition from Qatar, Senegal and Ecuador for the second position. I am more inclined towards Ecuador, since CONMEBOL teams are the best in football. Senegal on the other hand is famous for upsets, although their form has gone down recently. Qatar needs at least one win and a draw to progress to second round and it will be easier for them to defeat Senegal than Ecuador.

Group A really attracted my attention, not only Qatar as the host was in the group A. However, as a supporter of the Dutch national team,
I feel relieved, because the chances of the Netherlands to qualify for the next round are very large. In my opinion, among the other 3 teams,
there should be nothing that makes it difficult for the Netherlands. I believe the Netherlands will achieve  a perfect result in Group A. What is
interesting is who will accompany the Netherlands to qualify for the next round, my prediction is probably Senegal. Because Senegal managed
to beat Egypt, which was strengthened by Mohamed Salah, so Senegal's chances are quite large. Moreover, the strength of Qatar and Ecuador is
still below Senegal in my opinion. But maybe my prediction is wrong, because Qatar with the support of its citizens must be very motivated to win
at least one match. So indeed the runner-up of Group A is a little difficult to predict.

[FlamingFingers]

All the group is pretty balanced, only Portugal group and Germany group might look tedious, the real excitement of this year world Cup might start probably from quarter final matches, England has the most fair group, if they fail to qualify they need to overhaul all their players and coaches
I think Fifa needs to increase the participants from all other continents too, Europe has lots as compared to other content

Fifa has already decided that from the world cup in 2026 and after that there will be 48 participants and not 32 as they are now.

That will be better, with 48 participants, other continents should have more slots, I hope majority of the slots will not be allocated to European nations, because if they do so, it does not justify the fact that the participants has been increased, there are stronger teams in South America and their slot is low likewise Africa also

[Sebas.tian]

the draw is now complete and here are the 8 groups
the opening match will now be Qatar - Ecuador
actually all groups are balanced and there is this time no so-called death group

Exactly, all the group are well balanced for this FIFA world cup. All the 8 group are in good position to challenge each other for this tournament, but it will be difficult to identify the team that will win the champion title because all the  teams are fully prepared to play this game in a professional way. The grouping has showed us how interesting this game will look like because all the 8 group has a good record that can speak for them in this tournament. The opening match is between Qatar vs Ecuador which many fans will like to witness the two strong team and how they have prepared for this FIFA world cup 2022.

[CryptocurencyKing]

I do not think that African nations will have as much trouble as people claim they might. I mean they are not the best ones for sure, but what did you see from Americas or Asia that made you think that Africans would be the worst?

Africans are trying too when it comes to football but you cant compare them with Americans in so many ways, their football tactics are different and the Americans or England players tend to be more professional than the Africans footballer, if we are to start by listing the whites from the black the difference is much but they both has a unique role and significance they play when it comes to football.

It's going to be very difficult for some of the African countries to advance from their groups. Firstly they have experienced and professionals as mangers whose tactical nous, coupled with their deterministic and ambitious abilities, have helped them achieve a lot of things in their teams. Also most of their country players are first team players in their respective teams so i think it all add up. And again if you look at the draws you’ll notice that it’s Senegal that have an easy draw. The rest of African teams are in group of death. A group that their strengths are unmatchable and tactically below. There’s one thing I know for sure, having a names in your team and producing results is another. The only African team that stand a chance of making it through group stage is Senegal. And not because they are good but because the group is not as competitive as the other African teams in the other group.

[izsara]

actually all groups are balanced and there is this time no so-called death group

Group E and D look some how the groups of death from the look of things because those teams are certainly not going to be push overs and every one of them will be made to work for their golden ticket to the next stage, but I fancy Belgium, Netherlands, Senegal to have an easy route to progression...unless otherwise.

For Group E maybe it will be a bit difficult but it is clear that there are Spain and Germany who stand at the top there. as for Japan and New Zeland/Costa Rica I think this would just be a dark horse but it would be great if they came up with something interesting.
For Group D, France and Denmark are still the seeds, especially with Denmark who managed to be heroic at Euro 2020 then

[Stevcummings]

Group A looks interesting. Qatar has IMO around 50% chances of qualifying to the next round. Netherlands in all probability will finish on top, but there is going to be fierce competition from Qatar, Senegal and Ecuador for the second position. I am more inclined towards Ecuador, since CONMEBOL teams are the best in football. Senegal on the other hand is famous for upsets, although their form has gone down recently. Qatar needs at least one win and a draw to progress to second round and it will be easier for them to defeat Senegal than Ecuador.

I think those who will advance to the next round in Group A are the Netherlands as group winners and Senegal as second place in Group A. because Senegal is also a team of proven quality, they have just won the African champions, what Senegally needs to know is as the first position in the FIFA ranking list for the African region.
The star from Liverpool also comes from Senegal, namely Sadio Mane. Everyone knows the quality of Mane.

Obviously Netherland must top the group. The second place comes between Ecuador and Senegal. I think Senegal and Cameroon appear to be in fair groups to advance in the last of 16. With Senegal, I haven't heard of Qatar so much with football despite them being the host nation. Ecuador cannot bring anything extraordinary against Senegal, except for Netherlands in group (A). But one thing is for sure, there is always one shocker in every group stage. Who you’ll expect won't come out. Doesn't matter who meets who, depends on the motives of going to Qatar. Most of the teams are going just to represent, while others are hungry for the trophy.

[swogerino]

Easy groups for the two top contenders to win the World Cup which I think are still Argentina and Brazil,we know they always start as favorites although some surprise results have happened at least to Argentina when it was being managed by the great Maradona.Overall the groups for strong teams like France,Netherlands,Germany and England look also easy for the top contenders from Europe so I am assuming we will see some intense fight since 1/16 and up.I doubt other teams in the groups will be able to cause surprise results to these teams.

[iv4n]

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Group A, Netherlands and Senegal imo.
Group B, England and Wales/Ukraine (I doubt Scotland will pass)
Group C, Argentina and Poland
Group D, France and Denmark
Group E, Spain and Germany
Group F, Belgium and Croatia or Morocco
Group G, Brazil and Switzerland but couldn't rule out the other two teams, quite hard group
Group H, Portugal and Uruguay but same, I can't rule out the other two teams passing.

The Netherlands has an easy group, we can expect them to win all the matches! There will be a fight for that second place, and I see Senegal there, although Qatar may surprise, they are hosts after all!
A similar situation in group B! England will dominate and there will be a fight for that second place! I would not write off the Americans, maybe they can do something more, other teams are not much stronger!
Group C is interesting! I agree that the Saudis are outsiders and that they will take the last place, which means that there will be a fight for first and second place.
I guess there should be no surprises in groups D and E! France, Denmark, Germany, and Spain are stronger and these are teams we can see in the finals!
In Group F I think Belgium and Croatia go further, stronger names and stronger teams! I don't see that Canada and Morocco can do anything against these two teams, but we'll see!
Group G is very interesting, at the last World Cup Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia were also in the same group (only with Costa Rica)! It was close and the Swiss celebrated against Serbia and went on, Brazil was first in the group! Whether it will be similar or Serbia may surprise this time we will see!
From Group H I see Portugal and Uruguay in the first two places, but nothing is certain here, I agree that the teams are pretty much the same as their chances of passing!

[Slow death]

Group A looks interesting. Qatar has IMO around 50% chances of qualifying to the next round. Netherlands in all probability will finish on top, but there is going to be fierce competition from Qatar, Senegal and Ecuador for the second position. I am more inclined towards Ecuador, since CONMEBOL teams are the best in football. Senegal on the other hand is famous for upsets, although their form has gone down recently. Qatar needs at least one win and a draw to progress to second round and it will be easier for them to defeat Senegal than Ecuador.

I think those who will advance to the next round in Group A are the Netherlands as group winners and Senegal as second place in Group A. because Senegal is also a team of proven quality, they have just won the African champions, what Senegally needs to know is as the first position in the FIFA ranking list for the African region.
The star from Liverpool also comes from Senegal, namely Sadio Mane. Everyone knows the quality of Mane.

Mane alone can't do much, what happened in the last games in senegal Is that African teams are very weak and senegal  were a little stronger, just look at the number of goals they scored in each game? it was disappointing and in this world the teams are very strong, look at the netherlands, look at Ecuador. they are two very strong teams with great quality and that score a lot of goals... senegal will be on the way, they didn't pass in this group. unfortunately as an African I feel sad to say this, but I see African games and the difference between European and American games. in the past something like 10 years ago we had very strong African teams that could face European teams today the situation is bad

[Rockstarguy]

Group A: QATAR, ECUADOR, SENEGAL, NETHERLANDS - Qatar has a good chance to compete for second place. Netherlands first.

Group B: ENGLAND, IRAN, USA, SCOTLAND/UKRAINE/WALES - USA vs IRAN - will there be a repeat of the record of journalists' interest in this match? By the way, if Scotland gets here, there will be three English-speaking teams in the group.

Group C: ARGENTINA, SAUDI ARABIA, MEXICO, POLAND - An even group for three teams, the Saudis are outsiders.

Group D: FRANCE, UAE/AUSTRALIA/PERU, DENMARK, TUNISIA - I think France 1 Denmark 2

Group E: SPAIN, NEW ZEALAND/COSTA RICA, GERMANY, JAPAN - Germany vs Spain - two outdated teams will try to remember the past.

Group F: BELGIUM, CANADA, MOROCCO, CROATIA - Belgium and...?

Group G: BRAZIL, SERBIA, SWITZERLAND, CAMEROON - same

Group H: PORTUGAL, GHANA, URUGUAY, SOUTH KOREA - a very even group, Portugal can advance to the next round after drawing all matches. They have experience  

In the group H Portugal is the strongest among all and I believe they will be the winner, Ghana and SouthKorea  are of the same level of performance. I don't think if Ghana will be able to qualify in this round when we have team like Portugal and Uruguay,  this two teams makes the groups H to be so I interesting.

[D-law]

Netherlands to win their group, Senegal to qualify in group A.
England to win their group, United States to qualify in group B.
Argentina to win their group, Mexico to qualify in group C.
France to win group D, Denmark to qualify.
Portugal to win group H and to win the World Cup.

This are my own assumptions!

[Daniel91]

Group A: QATAR, ECUADOR, SENEGAL, NETHERLANDS - Qatar has a good chance to compete for second place. Netherlands first.

Group B: ENGLAND, IRAN, USA, SCOTLAND/UKRAINE/WALES - USA vs IRAN - will there be a repeat of the record of journalists' interest in this match? By the way, if Scotland gets here, there will be three English-speaking teams in the group.

Group C: ARGENTINA, SAUDI ARABIA, MEXICO, POLAND - An even group for three teams, the Saudis are outsiders.

Group D: FRANCE, UAE/AUSTRALIA/PERU, DENMARK, TUNISIA - I think France 1 Denmark 2

Group E: SPAIN, NEW ZEALAND/COSTA RICA, GERMANY, JAPAN - Germany vs Spain - two outdated teams will try to remember the past.

Group F: BELGIUM, CANADA, MOROCCO, CROATIA - Belgium and...?

Group G: BRAZIL, SERBIA, SWITZERLAND, CAMEROON - same

Group H: PORTUGAL, GHANA, URUGUAY, SOUTH KOREA - a very even group, Portugal can advance to the next round after drawing all matches. They have experience  

Interesting groups.
The Netherlands has obviously already won the jackpot and they can be very happy.
I think that in the group A Senegal is stronger than Qatar and will win second place.
In the second group, England and any European team have the best chances.
Argentina got an easy group and Poland and Mexico will fight for second place.
In Group D, France and Denmark have an advantage over other teams.
In Group E, the obvious favorites are Spain and Germany.
In Group F, I expect Croatia and Belgium to win the first two places.
In Group G, Brazil is ahead of the others and I expect Serbia and Switzerland to fight for second place. It is interesting that we had almost the same group at the last World Cup and now Serbia has a chance to take revenge on Switzerland.
In Group H, Portugal has a small advantage, but Uruguay and Ghana also have chances.  
Of course, surprises are always possible and often happen at world championships.

[cryptofrka]

I just read that the opening game will be Netherlands vs Senegal. I thought that the hosts always play the opening game, wasn't it like that so far? Did the rule change in this WC?
Qatar is playing Ecuador at the same day but a bit later.

WC is starting on November 21st and lasts almost a month - final game is scheduled on December 18th.

[tyz]

Group A: QATAR, ECUADOR, SENEGAL, NETHERLANDS - Qatar has a good chance to compete for second place. Netherlands first.

Group B: ENGLAND, IRAN, USA, SCOTLAND/UKRAINE/WALES - USA vs IRAN - will there be a repeat of the record of journalists' interest in this match? By the way, if Scotland gets here, there will be three English-speaking teams in the group.

Group C: ARGENTINA, SAUDI ARABIA, MEXICO, POLAND - An even group for three teams, the Saudis are outsiders.

Group D: FRANCE, UAE/AUSTRALIA/PERU, DENMARK, TUNISIA - I think France 1 Denmark 2

Group E: SPAIN, NEW ZEALAND/COSTA RICA, GERMANY, JAPAN - Germany vs Spain - two outdated teams will try to remember the past.

Group F: BELGIUM, CANADA, MOROCCO, CROATIA - Belgium and...?

Group G: BRAZIL, SERBIA, SWITZERLAND, CAMEROON - same

Group H: PORTUGAL, GHANA, URUGUAY, SOUTH KOREA - a very even group, Portugal can advance to the next round after drawing all matches. They have experience  

Well, I think you can pretty much predict how the group stage will end:

Group A: Netherlands and Senegal for sure.
Group B: England and USA.
Group C: Argentina and Mexico/Poland whereas I would tend more to Mexico.
Group D: France and Denmark.
Group E: Spain and Germany.
Group F: Belgium and Croatia.
Group G: This group is the only one imho which is totally open. Brazil should be the favorite but all others can be reach the next round too.
Group H: Portugal and Uruguay.

[boltz]

We can dream on a final between Argentina and Portugal right ? Both groups allow them to meet in the final so it will be nice to see and epic on the same time if at least 1 of them can reach the final. Personally I would like Argentina to win that trophy as they are my favorites in World Cups but if they meet Portugal it will be very hard for me to cheer against Cr7 as my favorite World Cup team will meet my favorite all time player.

Also , an important question : Why is not Qatar playing the opening game ? are they afraid of something or what ?

[Polkeins]

I just read that the opening game will be Netherlands vs Senegal. I thought that the hosts always play the opening game, wasn't it like that so far? Did the rule change in this WC?
Qatar is playing Ecuador at the same day but a bit later.

WC is starting on November 21st and lasts almost a month - final game is scheduled on December 18th.

Well, in general, the hosts play in the opening, just not the first, but the third in turn. It will be an evening match, apparently there are too many matches in the evening to accommodate, that's why they gave the first game Netherlands vs Senegal. The evening game, which will be watched by most of the audience, will be held with Qatar against Ecuador.

[alegotardo]

In Group G, Brazil is ahead of the others and I expect Serbia and Switzerland to fight for second place. It is interesting that we had almost the same group at the last World Cup and now Serbia has a chance to take revenge on Switzerland.

Yeap, the two European countries were already part of the Brazil group in 2018.
Against Serbia is the difficult mission of facing Brazil in their first game, which can be a great motivator if they get at least a draw in their debut, or else be a great disheartening if they lose with a more expressive score.
In any case, Serbia is my best option for the second spot in this group.

[erep]

We can dream on a final between Argentina and Portugal right ? Both groups allow them to meet in the final so it will be nice to see and epic on the same time if at least 1 of them can reach the final. Personally I would like Argentina to win that trophy as they are my favorites in World Cups but if they meet Portugal it will be very hard for me to cheer against Cr7 as my favorite World Cup team will meet my favorite all time player.

Although Argentina and Portugal have many lists of pro players, the fact is that in the World Cup in the last 3 periods only Argentina could advance to the final with Germany in the 2014 World Cup. While Portugal is not reliable, but honestly I want to speculate about the dream match of Argentina vs Portugal in the final World Cup in Qatar 2022.

[Gozie51]

I just read that the opening game will be Netherlands vs Senegal. I thought that the hosts always play the opening game, wasn't it like that so far? Did the rule change in this WC?
Qatar is playing Ecuador at the same day but a bit later.
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I'm also curious about this information. I thought it is the tradition that the host country play the first match in tournament   after the opening ceremony is done. I try to search for information concerning that but nothing is uploading about that for now. We need to know if there is a particular reason for that or it is just by chance that host nations play in opening matches.