The Dutch national football team took the last, 10th place leading directly to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In other words, the Netherlands beat Norway to clinch the last qualifying spot from the European Qualifying Zone. Including them, here are all the teams who’ve advanced to Qatar on additional qualifications from Europe.
Here Are All the Teams Who’ve Advanced to Qatar on Additional Qualifications
The Netherlands reached first place in Group G 2-0 (0-0) with a victory in Rotterdam against direct competitors, of Norway.
Even before this, though, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England and Switzerland secured their World Cup places.
Apart from these countries from Europe, the hosts, Qatar, were the only one to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
Now, FIFA will conduct additional qualifications in March between the runners-up from the groups.
Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Wales, Scotland, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Northern Macedonia will compete for the remaining three places from Europe.
Also, Austria and the Czech Republic were the two best teams from the League of Nations. But they did not finish in one of the first two places in the groups.
The Results:
Group D
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine 0-2 (Zinchenko 59, Dovbik 79)
Finland – France 0-2 (Benzema 67, Mbappe 76) (football match)
Table:
- France 8 5 3 0 18-3 18
- Ukraine 8 2 6 0 11-8 12
- Finland 8 3 2 3 10-10 11
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 1 4 3 9-12 7
- Kazakhstan 8 0 3 5 5-20 3
Group E
Czech Republic – Estonia 2-0 (Brabec 59, Sykora 85)
Wales – Belgium 1-1 (Moore 32 / De Bruyne 12) (football scores)
Table:
- Belgium 8 6 2 0 25-6 22
- Wales 8 4 3 1 14-9 15
- Czech Republic 8 4 2 2 14-9 14
- Estonia 8 1 1 6 9-21 4
- Belarus 8 1 0 7 7-24 3
Group G
Gibraltar – Latvia 1-3 (Walker 7 / Gutkovskis 25, Uldrikis 55, Krollis 75)
Montenegro – Turkey 1-2 (Beqiraj 4 / Akturkoglu 22, Kokcu 60)
Netherlands – Norway 2-0 (Bergwijn 84, Depay 90 + 1) (football results)
Table:
- The Netherlands 10 7 2 1 33-8 23
- Turkey 10 6 3 1 27-16 21
- Norway 10 5 3 2 15-8 18
- Montenegro 10 3 3 4 14-15 12
- Latvia 10 2 3 5 11-14 9
- Gibraltar 10 0 0 10 4-43 0