Portugal and Poland qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup

Portugal and Poland claimed their spots at the 2022 World Cup finals with 2-0 wins over North Macedonia and Sweden.

Portugal's Bruno Fernandes scored twice as they beat stubborn visitors North Macedonia 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar after a tense European playoff tie on Tuesday.

Portugal qualified for a sixth straight World Cup finals and has not missed a major international competition in the last 20 years. Portugal have been a World Cup mainstay since 2002. North Macedonia have never been in the World Cup finals.

Qualified European teams for the World Cup in Qatar: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.