FIFA ranking: August 2021 final preview

FIFA will publish the August ranking on Thursday August 12th. This final preview contains 350 matches, out of 369 matches played since May 24th. 

Only the Gold Cup final between USA and Mexico to be played yet for this ranking.

Points for both teams will be:

	USA			MEX
win USA	1647,76	(10th)		1658,29	(9th)
PSO-win USA	1637,76	(11th)		1658,29	(9th)
PSO-win MEX	1627,76	(13th)		1667,07	(8th)
win MEX	1626,54	(13th)		1677,07	(8th)

Elo predicts a PSO-win for the US of A tomorrow.

AFC qualification World Cup 2022 (July 2021)

The draw for the Asian third qualification round for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar has been made some weeks ago. This is the final group stage with two groups of 6 teams. The ten group matches will be played between September and March next year.

Numbers one and two from each group qualify for Qatar. The two numbers three play a single-legged play-off in June  2022 to determine the Asian number five which will play an interconfederational play-off (also in June 2022) against an opponent from a yet unknown confederation (the CONCACAF 4th, the CONMEBOL 5th or the OFC 1st).