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09:26, 26-Jan-2019
CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers to begin in March 2020
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The South American qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will begin in March next year, the region's football governing body CONMEBOL said in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday.
A draw to determine the order of the qualifiers will be held later this year and the tournament will end in November 2021 with an intercontinental playoff to be held the following March, eight months before the World Cup is scheduled to begin in Qatar.
World football governing body FIFA has yet to decide whether the 2022 World Cup will feature 32 or 48 countries.
World Cup 2022 Qatar: Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. /VCG Photo
World Cup 2022 Qatar: Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. /VCG Photo
A 32-team competition would provide CONMEBOL with four places in football's showpiece tournament plus a playoff spot, maintaining the status quo, while an expanded event would hand CONMEBOL six automatic World Cup slots and a playoff berth.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency