Ahead of the much talked about FIFA 2022 World Cup games, some countries have already booked their places in the tournament after establishing unassailable leads in their various groups.
Apart from the host nation, Qatar which has an automatic slot, eight other countries have also confirmed their places in the Mundial.
After Sunday’s round of qualifying games, Croatia, Serbia, and Spain all booked their spaces in the upcoming tournament by defeating Russia, Portugal, and Sweden respectively.
Other countries that have successfully qualified after playing their matches over the weekend are Germany, Denmark, Brazil, France, and Belgium.
Naija News reports that more countries will still join the listed teams as the World Cup qualifiers which began in June 2019 will end in June 2022.
The Qatar world cup which will be the first-ever to hold in an Arab country is scheduled to hold between 21st November to 18th December 2022.
Meanwhile, the 2022/2023 English Premier League season game will kick start on August 6, 2022.
The top level English football league revealed this in a statement released on its website on Thursday, November 11.
Naija News understands the new change was made to accommodate the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which will take place in the middle of the domestic calendar.
This article was originally published on Naija News