# 2022 FIFA World Cup Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports\ **Created:** [March 25, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427 "2021-03-25T16:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/104 "2022-03-24T22:26:24Z")
The goal: > ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/105 "2022-03-25T00:58:30Z")
Not that there was a real expectation that they’d crawl back into it, but El Salvador is officially out. ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/106 "2022-03-25T12:17:03Z")
Updated **Qualified - 19** Hosts - Qatar UEFA - Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands CONMEBOL - Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay AFC - Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia **Slots Remaining - 13** **UEFA - 3** Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine winner (not played until Jun) Poland vs Sweden Portugal vs North Macedonia **CONMEBOL - 0.5** 5th place goes to playoff vs AFC 5th Peru, Chile, Columbia still alive with 1 game left **AFC - 0.5** Winner goes to playoff vs CONMEBOL 5th UAE/Iraq/Lebanon vs Australia **CAF - 5** 5 two legged matches for qualification Egypt vs Senegal Cameroon vs Algeria Ghana vs Nigeria DR Congo vs Morocco Mali vs Tunisia **CONCACAF - 3.5** Top 3 auto qualify, 4th place goes to playoff vs OFC 1st Canada assured of at least the intercontinental playoff USA, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica still alive with 2 games left **OFC - 0.5** Winner goes to playoff vs CONCACAF 4th Solomon Islands/Papua New Guinea winner vs. New Zealand/Tahiti winner ---
**Author:** ![TheArbitrary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@TheArbitrary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/TheArbitrary)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/107 "2022-03-25T13:16:32Z")
I’m not dropping Fiji like that. Ride or die! (Not that I could even find them on a map) ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/108 "2022-03-25T14:14:07Z")
Bets on 2 of the ICP spots: CONMEBOL - Peru. Yes, the only have to play Paraguay … who beat 3rd-place Ecuador. Still, it’s “win and move on” and surely Paraguay won’t pull that stunt twice, right? If not them, very likely Colombia who has last-place Venezuela. AFC - Iraq. The win over UAE yesterday pumped all the life back into its chances of moving on. The last game is vs. Syria; with UAE finishing with South Korea and Lebanon (who needs to win and get help) playing Iran, the door is wide open for them if they can just get 3 points there. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/109 "2022-03-25T14:20:55Z")
I have been to Fiji! It’s lovely ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/110 "2022-03-25T16:26:22Z")
Morocco finding out quickly that DR Congo is nothing like the teams from the group stage. ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/111 "2022-03-25T17:55:03Z")
Rough day at the office for Moussa Sissako (Mali) - more specifically, a really rough 5 minutes. OG at 36’, then a straight red at 40’. ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/112 "2022-03-27T20:20:05Z")
First 10 minutes of Canada-Jamaica, and the referee is letting them play. 12’ - A nice counterattack leads to a sweet dish in the box, and it’s Larin with, as the feed describes it, a gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal. 15’ - Another counter that doens’t develop as fast, but leads to David get a shot that goes **just** wide. ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/113 "2022-03-27T21:48:25Z")
✅ Canada qualifies for the 2022 World Cup ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/114 "2022-03-27T22:06:02Z")
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 It’s been a loooooooong time between World Cup appearances! ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ted_hoffman/32/83127_2.png) [@Ted\_Hoffman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ted_Hoffman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/115 "2022-03-27T22:22:39Z")
Costa Rica 2, El Salvador 1 (H) El Salvador should have a penalty at 59’ after the Costa Rica defender extends an arm to shove the SLV guy off the ball in the box, but nothing is called because … CONCACAF. ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/116 "2022-03-28T12:11:09Z")
Updated 7 bids (2 UEFA, 5 CAF) on the line 3/29 2 bids (CONCACAF) on the line 3/30 1 bid (UEFA) on the line TBD in June 1 intercontinental playoff spot (CONMEBOL) on the line 3/29 2 intercontinental playoff spots (CONCACAF, OFC) on the line 3/30 1 intercontinental playoff spot (AFC) 6/7 **Qualified - 20** Hosts - Qatar UEFA - Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands CONMEBOL - Brasil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay AFC - Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia CONCACAF - Canada **Slots Remaining - 12** **UEFA - 3** Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine winner (not played until Jun) Poland vs Sweden played 3/29 Portugal vs North Macedonia played 3/29 **CONMEBOL - 0.5** 5th place goes to playoff vs AFC 5th Peru, Chile, Columbia still alive with 1 game left played 3/29 **AFC - 0.5** Winner goes to playoff vs CONMEBOL 5th UAE/Iraq/Lebanon vs Australia played 6/7 **CAF - 5** 5 two legged matches for qualification, 2nd match played 3/29 Egypt 1 vs Senegal 0 Cameroon 0 vs Algeria 1 Ghana 0 vs Nigeria 0 DR Congo 1 vs Morocco 1 Mali 0 vs Tunisia 1 **CONCACAF - 2.5** 2nd/3rd place auto qualify, 4th place goes to playoff vs OFC 1st USA, Mexico, Costa Rica at least go to playoff with 1 game left 3/30 **OFC - 0.5** Winner goes to playoff vs CONCACAF 4th Solomon Islands vs. New Zealand 3/30 ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/117 "2022-03-28T15:31:52Z")
If MEX are losing, letting CRC win by 4 would be sweet revenge for MEX’s part in the conspiracy four years ago. ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/118 "2022-03-29T18:26:50Z")
2 CAF games currently on ESPN+ 3 CAF games starting at 2:30 CDT on ESPN+ Portugal/North Macedonia on ESPN2 at 1:45 CDT Poland/Sweden on ESPN+ at 1:45 CDT ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/119 "2022-03-29T18:31:14Z")
Gotta love the Senegal crowd shining 50 laser pointers on the Egypt goalie as he faces a free kick a few yards outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/120 "2022-03-29T18:34:53Z")
That seems desperate. And, I think the match should be stopped and the crowd told to leave. ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/121 "2022-03-29T18:38:04Z")
Might take a while to get 50k fans out of the stadium ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/122 "2022-03-29T18:46:19Z")
That is not a concern. ---
**Author:** ![greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/greenman/32/1904_2.png) [@greenman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/greenman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427/123 "2022-03-29T18:59:19Z")
Senegal/Egypt going to AET at 1:1 on aggregate [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-fifa-world-cup-discussion-thread/2427.md?page=7)