2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar^[1]
City	Al Rayyan
Dates	13–14 June 2022
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	1 (0.5 per match)
Attendance	54,313 (27,157 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joel Campbell (1 goal)
← 2018 2026 →

International football competition

For the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Matches were played on 13–14 June 2022 in Qatar.^[2]^[1]

Format

The draw for the inter-confederation play-offs was held on 26 November 2021, 17:00 CET, in Zürich, Switzerland.^[2]

Four teams from four confederations (AFC, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC) were drawn into two ties.

Originally, the two teams in each tie were to play a two-legged home-and-away series. However, the ties were single-leg knockout matches in Qatar.^[2]^[1]

These play-offs were the last ties to decide the two remaining World Cup slots for a 32-team tournament. The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been expanded to 48 teams, and included as part of the qualifiers a play-off tournament involving six teams to decide the last two berths.^[3]

Qualified teams

Confederation	Placement	Team
AFC	Fourth round (play-off) winner	Australia
CONCACAF	Third round fourth place	Costa Rica
CONMEBOL	Fifth place	Peru
OFC	Qualification tournament winner	New Zealand

Matches

For the first time, FIFA decided to hold single-game matches in the World Cup host country, Qatar. They were scheduled for 13–14 June 2022 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.^[4] They were originally scheduled for March that year, but were moved due to the changes in the FIFA International Match Calendar caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[5]

AFC v CONMEBOL

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Peru

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)

21:00 UTC+3

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Peru
	Report
Penalties
Boyle Mooy Goodwin Hrustic Maclaren Mabil	5–4	Lapadula Callens Advíncula Tapia Flores Valera

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar

Attendance: 43,510^[6]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

CONCACAF v OFC

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Costa Rica	1–0	New Zealand

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

21:00 UTC+3

Costa Rica	1–0	New Zealand
Campbell 3'	Report

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar

Attendance: 10,803

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Goalscorers

There was 1 goal scored in 2 matches, for an average of 0.5 goals per match.

1 goal

Joel Campbell

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Allen, William (26 November 2021). "2022 World Cup inter-confederation play-off draw: fixtures and format". as.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Draw date set for new-look FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 intercontinental play-offs". FIFA. 19 November 2021.
^ "Bureau of the Council recommends slot allocation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017.
^ "Last two FIFA World Cup 2022 berths to be decided at Qatar's Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium". FIFA. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Australia - Peru 1:0".