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CHORZOW, Poland (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zielinski fired second-half goals as Poland booked their place in the World Cup finals in Qatar with a 2-0 win over Sweden in an electrifying playoff match on Tuesday.
World Cup qualifying has been coming thick and fast over the past few days as the final spots get confirmed ahead of Friday’s draw. Remarkably, we still won’t know every team who will be playing at Qatar 2022 by the end of this window with the inter-confederation play-offs coming on June 13-14 as well as Ukraine’s tie with Scotland getting pushed to June. Ad/> However, we are close to the final line-up, so let’s break it down (scroll to the bottom for the full list of qualified nations)...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 28, 2022 shows on March 23, 2016 Poland’s Robert Lewandowski playing the ball during the international friendly football match against Serbia in Poznan and on June 22, 2016 Sweden’s forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic plays the ball during the Euro 2016 group E football match between Sweden and Belgium at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. – Either Robert Lewandowski or Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss out on the chance to play at the 2022 World Cup when Poland and Sweden clash in March 29, 2022 play-off. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI and Valery HACHE / AFP)
Bruno Fernandes fired Portugal to the 2022 World Cup by scoring twice in a 2-0 victory over Italy's conquerors North Macedonia on Tuesday. Italy's shock exit had North Macedonia dreaming of their first ever appearance at a World Cup finals but Portugal and Fernandes proved a step too far in Porto. Fernandes eased Portuguese nerves at the Estadio do Dragao by finishing off Cristiano Ronaldo's pass in the first half and then made the win more comfortable in the second, latching onto an inch-perfect cross from the excellent Diogo Jota.
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted a shoot-out penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt. Senegal won the second leg of the African play-off 1-0 in in Diamniadio thanks to a fourth-minute goal from Boulaye Dia and the teams finished level at 1-1 on aggregate after extra time. As was the case in the Africa Cup of Nations final last month, Mane was entrusted with taking the crucial fifth Senegal kick and once again he made no mistake to give his side a 3-1 shoot-out victory.
Robert Lewandowski slotted home a second-half penalty as Poland booked their berth at the World Cup finals with a 2-0 win over Sweden in Tuesday's play-off.
Australia have lost 1-0 to Saudi Arabia as the third stage of Asian World Cup qualifying came to a disappointing end for the Socceroos and heaped more pressure on Graham Arnold.
Australia beat West Indies by 7 wickets earlier in the Women's World Cup.