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The France team begins tonight its qualification campaign for the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar, which will take place from November 21 to December 18. The Blues are title holders after their victory in Russia 3 years ago. The draw placed France in Group D, with Ukraine the Blues receive tonight. The other three teams are Kazakhstan (Sunday), Bosnia (next Wednesday) and Finland (September 7). As usual the hen takes place in two phases (outward and return). The first of the group will be directly qualified, the second will play a jump-off. The Blues are favorites and must confirm their status tonight.
The League of Nations as a spare wheel
There is something new this year: the League of Nations offers two play-off places. France is in the final 4 of the event (semi-final scheduled against Belgium on October 7). If France or another of the four semi-finalists of the League of Nations does not qualify directly through its group, it should play the play-offs whose format will be different from the previous ones. They will take place in the form of three mini-tournaments, with semi-finals and final. It will take two games to win to pass. The three winners of these mini-tournaments will win their ticket to Qatar and join the top ten in the group.
France – Ukraine, fond memories of 2013
The Blues of Didier Deschamps have already had to go through the dams to qualify. In 2013, the Blues won their ticket for Brazil against Ukraine at the Stade de France 3-0, after losing 2-0 in the first leg. A turning point for the Blues of Deschamps. France had finished second in its group behind Spain, then the reigning world champion and two-time European champion. The Habs were ahead of Finland, which they will meet again on September 7, but also Georgia and Belarus.
In 2018, the qualification was won earlier. By finishing first in group A ahead of Sweden, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Belarus, the Blues set off for their second planetary coronation. While waiting to repeat the performance, it will also be necessary to go for the Euro this summer. It will be necessary to leave the group composed of Germany, Portugal and Hungary.
