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After suffering a heavy defeat in Brazil, La Roja need to beat Uruguay at home and hope their two rivals for the play-off place fail to win. Uruguay and Ecuador are both through to Qatar...
Uruguay is one of the most successful teams in the world, having won nineteen FIFA official titles: two World Cups, two Olympic Games, and fifteen Copa América championships.
Sep 25, 2022 · A look at how Luis Suarez and Co sealed their spot at the finals. Gareth Cox. 25 September, 2022. The 2022 World Cup qualification campaign proved to the end of an era for Uruguay as record-breaking manager Oscar Tabarez saw his 15-year reign come to an end. READ MORE.
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Qualification. 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The qualification process began with the preliminary draw held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. Defending champions France and co-hosts South Korea and Japan qualified automatically and did not have to play any qualification matches.
- Qualification Process
- Confederation Qualification
- Inter-Confederation Play-Offs
- Top Goalscorers
- Trivia
The 32 spots available in the 2002 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: 1. Europe (UEFA): 14.5 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier France, while the other 13.5 places were contested by 50 teams. The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from AFC) 2. South ...
AFC
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmarwithdrew from the tournament after being placed in group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to three teams. Afghanistan, Bhutan and North Koreachose not to participate. Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths...
CAF
The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51 teams entered the qualification process. Burundi withdrew before the draw was made while Niger and Comoroschose not to participate. Guineawas excluded from the competition during the final round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in the final round being annulled. Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon,...
CONCACAF
A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced to the play-offs . The remaining teams were divided into zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: 1. Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals,...
There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 10 and 20 November 2001, and the second legs were played on 15 and 25 November 2001.
There were 2452 goals scored in 777 matches, for an average of 3.16 goals per match. 16 goals 15 goals 14 goals 11 goals 10 goals Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:
On their way to the 2002 World Cup, Brazil endured their worst qualifying campaign ever, losing 6 matches (the only time they have lost more than 2 games in a qualifying campaign) and finishing 3rd...After finishing second in the group, where they famously lost 1–5 to England, Germanyhad to play qualifying play-offs for the only time in their history.Australia netted 31 goals against newcomers American Samoa, setting the record of the highest-scoring match and biggest margin of victory in an international match ever. This was only two days afte...Souleymane Mamam of Togo became the youngest player ever to play in a World Cup qualifying match at the age of 13 years and 310 days in the match against Zambia, in May 2001. He subbed in for Komla...Nov 10, 2022 · How did Uruguay qualify for Qatar 2022? Uruguay finished third in Conmebol World Cup qualifying with a 8-6-4 record, the team was able to turn it around after a 3-0 loss to Bolivia ended the reign of El Maestro Tabárez. It all began under Tabárez with a promising 2-1 victory at home over Chile.
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Jul 31, 2022 · URUGUAY, two times FIFA World Cup Champions, in their path to glory in the Qualifies to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Watch every goal scored in all matches of the Uruguayan South...
