The international addition between Costa Rica and New Zealand, which qualifies for the 2022 World Cup, will take place on June 14 in Doha, according to the New Zealand Federation. interim world champion, Spain, champion in 2010 and Japan.
The New Zealand Football Association’s Twitter account on Wednesday stated that “the date for the addition to the 2022 World Cup between New Zealand and Costa Rica has been set for June 14, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.”
New Zealand are looking for a third World Cup participation after 1982 and 2010, when they were eliminated from the first round, while Costa Rica wants a sixth participation, knowing that its best result was in 2014, when it reached the quarter-finals and lost on penalties to the Netherlands.
The identification of three of the 32 teams has yet to be determined for the final, scheduled to take place between November 21 and December 18 in Qatar, as the UAE will play Australia in a continental play-off in Doha on June 7 to determine fifth place in Asia, and the winner between they will meet with Peru, the fifth in South America, on 13 of them in the capital of Qatar.
The winner advances to Group D, which includes France, Denmark and Tunisia.
The third addition, which was delayed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pits Ukraine against host Scotland on June 1st, with the winner in between facing Wales in Cardiff on the 5th for a ticket to the sports-political group. including England, USA and Iran.