How many teams qualify from Concacaf for the World Cup?

A new World Cup is approaching and the national teams are preparing to get one of the long-awaited tickets that will allow them to participate in the international competition. In CONCACAF, the qualification format has changed, but the desire to reach Qatar 2022 is still alive.

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The previous format had 6 participants and was called Hexagonal, now there are 8 teams and it is called Octagonal, with each nation playing each other over two legs, with a total of 14 matches during the qualification.

Five national teams confirmed their presence by FIFA Ranking and three after winning in the second round. Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Jamaica were the teams that qualified by FIFA ranking for the Qatar qualifiers.

Panama, Canada, and El Salvador advanced to the Final Round after finishing first in their group in the First Round of the qualifiers, before winning their respective two-game Second Round series.

How many teams qualify from Concacaf?

The top three teams in the qualifiers at the conclusion of the Final Round will advance directly to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, while the fourth-place team will play a two-game playoff in June 2022.

After 10 games, Canada ranks first with 22 points, leading the Octagonal. The United States are in second place and Mexico in third, both with 18 points, but the Stars and Stripes are one place ahead due to a better goal difference. These three teams, momentarily, are getting the automatic ticket to Qatar.

On the other hand, Panama are in fourth place with 17 points and are getting half a ticket to Qatar, as they would face a playoff against another nation from another continent in a round-robin match to earn a place in the World Cup.

Costa Rica remains in the fight in fifth place with 13 points, looking for the playoffs while El Salvador with 10 points in sixth place, Jamaica in seventh place with 7 points, and Honduras in last place with 3 points, are practically eliminated.

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