Canada has qualified for the football World Cup for the first time in 36 years, after thoroughly beating Jamaica 4-0 in Toronto.
For the first time in 36 years, the Canadian men's national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup on Sunday, defeating Jamaica 4-0 at a sold out BMO Field in Toronto to officially punch their ticket to Qatar 2022.
Canada are back at the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 36 years, and on Friday learned who they'll face at Qatar 2022 after being drawn into Group F with Belgium, Croatia and Morocco.
The historic win came 37 years after Canada qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico with a 1-0 victory over Honduras on Sept. 14, 1985, in St. John's, N.L.
To qualify for Qatar 2022 on March 27, Canada needs:
Any one of the above results need to happen on March 27 for Canada to officially book its place in Qatar on that day. If none of the scenarios materialize, Canada will still have the final matchday (March 30) to clinch a spot.
The US men's national team have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup following a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica in the final match of Concacaf qualifying Wednesday evening at Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica.
TORONTO, March 27 (Reuters) - Canada qualified for the World Cup finals for just the second time on Sunday, beating Jamaica 4-0 to book their ticket to Qatar and end 36 years of failure and heartache.
Mexico has qualified for the 2022 World Cup Qatar. El Tri defeated El Salvador 2-0 on the final match day of CONCACAF's final round of qualification, ending a tumultuous qualifying cycle on a high note.
Croatia has also been drawn to play in FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Group F. Croatia surprised many people by reaching the final of the 2018 World Cup, where they lost to France, but they didn't fare quite so well at Euro 2020, as they were eliminated at the Round of 16 stage.
I haven't done a careful study, but if you ask for my gut feeling, I would say Canada has about a 30 per cent chance of advancing to the knockout stage. The last time the Canadian men played in a World Cup, in 1986, they lost all three of their group stage games and didn't score a single goal.
Portugal, Poland, Ghana and Senegal among the latest countries to qualify for Qatar 2022...
Italy (UEFA)
European champion Italy will not play in the 2022 World Cup after being beaten by North Macedonia in its play-off in Palermo. Italy has now failed to qualify for a second consecutive World Cup. Federico Chiesa, Marco Verratti and Giorgio Chiellini will not take the big stage in Qatar.
Eight nations from the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) are competing for three automatic berths to the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the final "octagonal" qualifying round.
Jamaica. Watch as Cyle Larin delivers a perfect finish to give Canada a 1-0 lead over Jamaica in World Cup Qualifying play.
The two goals scored by Theodore Whitmore during Jamaica's only World Cup win, their 2–1 over Japan, make him Jamaica's record scorer at World Cup tournaments.
USMNT qualifies for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after failing to reach in 2018. The U.S. men's national team has qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
World Cup 2022 draw - United States to face England; Mexico to play Lionel Messi's Argentina.
Mexico's men's national team has officially qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, continuing a stretch that dates back to the 1994 tournament.
They have failed to qualify for the finals on three occasions, 1974 (West Germany), 1978 (Argentina) and 1994 (United States), and have failed to advance from the group stages on three occasions; at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.