HOST

QAT

UEFA

GROUP PHASE SRB POR IRL LUX AZE ESP SWE GRE GEO KVX SUI ITA NIR BUL LTU FRA UKR FIN BIH KAZ BEL WAL CZE EST BLR DEN SCO ISR AUT FRO MDA NED TUR NOR MNE LVA GIB CRO RUS SVK SVN CYP MLT ENG POL ALB HUN AND SMR GER MKD ROU ARM ISL LIE				BEL CRO DEN ENG FRA GER NED SRB ESP SUI
		PLAYOFFS WAL AUT WAL UKR SCO UKR POL RUS POL SWE SWE CZE POR TUR POR MKD ITA MKD		POL POR WAL

CAF

PRELIMINARY ROUND ETH LES SOM ZIM ERI NAM BDI TAN DJI SWZ BOT MWI GAM ANG LBR SLE MRI MOZ STP GNB SSD EQG COM TOG CHA SDN SEY RWA

GROUP PHASE ALG BFA NIG DJI TUN EQG ZAM MTN NGA CPV LBR CTA CMR CIV MOZ MWI MLI UGA KEN RWA EGY GAB LBY ANG GHA RSA ETH ZIM SEN TOG NAM CGO MAR GNB GUI SDN COD BEN TAN MAD

PLAYOFFS EGY SEN CMR ALG GHA NGA COD MAR MLI TUN

CMR GHA MAR SEN TUN

AFC

PRELIMINARY ROUND MGL BRU SRI MAC LAO BAN MAS TLS CAM PAK BHU GUM		FIRST GROUP PHASE SYR CHN PHI MDV GUM AUS KUW JOR NEP TPE IRN IRQ BHR HKG CAM KSA UZB PLE SIN YEM QAT OMA IND AFG BAN JPN TJK KGZ MGL MYA UAE VIE MAS THA IDN KOR LIB TKM SRI PRK		FINAL ROUND IRN KOR UAE IRQ SYR LIB KSA JPN AUS OMA CHN VIE		IRN JPN KOR KSA
				AFC PLAYOFF UAE AUS
CONMEBOL				AFC/​CONMEBOL PLAYOFF AUS PER		AUS
GROUP PHASE BRA ARG URU ECU PER COL CHI PAR BOL VEN						ARG BRA ECU URU

CONCACAF

FIRST ROUND SLV MSR ATG GRN VIR CAN SUR BER ARU CAY CUW GUA CUB VIN VGB PAN DOM BRB DMA AIA HAI NCA BLZ TCA LCA SKN TRI PUR GUY BAH		SECOND ROUND SKN SLV HAI CAN PAN CUW		FINAL ROUND CAN MEX USA CRC PAN JAM SLV HON		CAN MEX USA
OFC
TOURNAMENT PRELIMINARY MATCH COK TGA GROUP PHASE SOL TAH COK VAN NZL PNG FIJ NCL ELIMINATION PHASE SOL PNG SOL NZL NZL TAH				CONCACAF/​OFC PLAYOFF CRC NZL		CRC

KEY DATES

• 2019:
  • WED 17 APR 2019: Draw for AFC preliminary round [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • THU 06-TUE 11 JUN 2019: AFC preliminary round
  • WED 17 JUL 2019: Draw for AFC first group phase [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • MON 29 JUL 2019: Draw for CAF preliminary round
  • THU 05 SEP 2019: AFC first group phase begins
  • WED 04-TUE 10 SEP 2019: CAF preliminary round
  • TUE 17 DEC 2019: Draw for CONMEBOL group phase [Luque, PAR]
• 2020:
  • TUE 21 JAN 2020: Draw for CAF group phase [Cairo, EGY]
  • FRI 13 MAR 2020: Qualifying suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • WED 19 AUG 2020: Draw for CONCACAF first round and CONCACAF final round [Zürich, SUI]
  • THU 08 OCT 2020: CONMEBOL group phase begins
  • MON 07 DEC 2020: Draw for UEFA group phase [Zürich, SUI]
• 2021:
  • WED 24 MAR 2021: UEFA group phase begins, CONCACAF first round begins
  • TUE 08 JUN 2021: CONCACAF first round ends
  • TUE 15 JUN 2021: AFC first group phase ends
  • SAT 12-TUE 15 JUN 2021: CONCACAF second round
  • THU 01 JUL 2021: Draw for AFC final round [Kuala Lumpur, MAS]
  • WED 01 SEP 2021: CAF group phase begins
  • THU 02 SEP 2021: AFC final round begins, CONCACAF final round begins
  • TUE 16 NOV 2021: UEFA group phase ends, CAF group phase ends
  • FRI 26 NOV 2021: Draw for UEFA playoffs and interconfederation playoffs [Zürich, SUI]
  • MON 29 NOV 2021: Draw for OFC tournament [Zürich, SUI]
• 2022:
  • SAT 22 JAN 2022: Draw for CAF playoffs [Douala, CMR]
  • TUE 29 MAR 2022: AFC final round ends, CONMEBOL group phase ends
  • FRI 25-TUE 29 MAR 2022: CAF playoffs
  • THU 24 MAR 2022: UEFA playoffs begin
  • WED 30 MAR 2022: CONCACAF final round ends
  • THU 17-WED 30 MAR 2022: OFC tournament [Doha, QAT]
  • FRI 01 APR 2022: Draw for final tournament [Doha, QAT]
  • SUN 05 JUN 2022: UEFA playoffs end
  • TUE 07 JUN 2022: AFC playoff [Al Rayyan, QAT]
  • MON 13-TUE 14 JUN 2022: Playoffs [Al Rayyan, QAT]