Mayra Madrigal
There are many absent teams for the 2022 World Cup; however, some of them were regarded as sure to compete, either because of their history, their key players, or simply because they had demonstrated enough quality to be included in the 32 teams that will attend the biggest FIFA party..
We won’t be able to see these excellent players on the field, as terrible luck for their teams or poor performance prevented them from appearing here.
JefeBet presents, then, the teams that will be absent in Qatar.
Absent teams for the Qatar 2022 World Cup
Italy National Team
The big absentee for this World Cup is Italy, which was crowned champion in the most recent edition of the European Championship. Everyone believed that the four-time world champion would be at the World Cup after missing the 2018 edition, but that was not the case. Italy did not perform well in the qualifying process and was forced to go to the playoffs where they lost to North Macedonia by a score of 0-1.
Chilean National Team
Chile will miss its second consecutive World Cup, having missed out on Russia 2018, and also failed to secure a ticket in the Conmebol qualifiers for Qatar 2022. The national team with stars such as Alexis Sánchez, Arturo Vidal, Claudio Bravo, Gary Medel, among others, finished in seventh place in the Conmebol ranking with 19 points, with five wins, four draws and nine defeats in 18 matches. It was the last chance for the generation with the best players Chile has ever had to have a rematch, but they will not attend and will certainly be missed.
Colombia National Team
Colombia is another of the absent teams at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. They were one point away from qualifying for the playoffs and three points away from direct qualification. Conmebol awards four direct tickets and one to the playoffs, but the Cafetero squad finished in sixth place after five wins, eight draws and five defeats. For now, their best performance in a World Cup was in Brazil 2014 where they reached the quarterfinals and lost to the hosts 2-1.
Sweden National Team
Sweden will be absent and will be a big miss at Qatar 2022. They may not be a European powerhouse, but the fact that they are not here takes away the possibility of seeing Zlatan Ibrahimovic again at the tournament, the historic striker who at 40 years of age is still pouring out talent. The player had retired from his national team and did not play in Russia 2018, but had returned with the intention of playing in Qatar. His national team lost the play-off against Poland and will not be at the FIFA party.
Norway National Team
Norway possesses one of the best attackers in the world in Erling Haaland, but that was not enough to qualify as one of the 32 teams for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Scandinavian team fell three points short of the playoff places after winning five games, drawing three and losing two. This will prevent us from watching one of the best young players in the world shine at the World Cup.
Egypt National Team
Egypt has qualified for only three World Cups in its history: Italy 1934, Italy 1990 and Russia 2018. Despite having Mohamed Salah in their attack, they failed to qualify for their second consecutive World Cup. The Liverpool striker is one of the best strikers and scores a large number of goals per season, but he became the executioner of his national team when he missed his shot in the penalty shootout for the World Cup ticket against Senegal. Egypt lost all three of their games in Russia, but Salah scored both of the team’s goals in the competition.
