- Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador have made impressive starts in South America
- Syria are flying in Asia as several heavyweights struggle
- Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire are in Africa’s group of death
The qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ was hit by a number of organisational challenges in 2020. But with the action now under way in South America, and draws held by UEFA, CAF and CONCACAF, the path to the global finals has started to take shape in every confederation. FIFA.com takes a look at the state of play in each of the regions.
Africa
The year kicked off with the draw for the second round of qualifiers, which featured the 14 winners from round one and Africa’s 26 highest-placed teams on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
Those initial victors included Guinea-Bissau, who made history by finally passing the first obstacle in their home-and-away contest with Sao Tome and Principe. As for Djibouti, they sealed only their…