With the confirmation of Australia’s qualification at the expense of Peru, today in a playoff match that was decided on penalties, the ‘Socceroos’ became the 31st team to earn a place in the Qatar-2022 World Cup.
The last remaining quota will be discussed between Costa Rica and New Zealand, who will meet on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. Paraguayan time.
Peru, which succumbed 5-4 in the definition from 11 meters after equalizing 0-0 in 120 minutes of play (normal and extended), sought to qualify for its second consecutive World Cup after its presence in Russia-2018, with which he had cut short an absence of more than three decades.
However, this Monday he could not become the fifth South American team in the World Cup in Qatar.
Australia, for its part, will compete in its sixth World Cup final phase and will integrate, in Qatar, Group D together with France, Denmark and Tunisia.
The 31 teams that are already in the 2022 World Cup:
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands
B Group: England, Iran, United States and Wales
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland
Group D: France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan and Costa Rica or New Zealand
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Croatia and Morocco
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea
