2022 FANA World Cup qualification (NFC)

The North Sakodan and North Wulforian section of the 2022 FANA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FANA World Cup and the NFC knockout stage, for national teams that are members of Northern Football Confederation (NFC). A total of 7.5 spots were available for NFC teams in the final tournament. One country got the opportunity to qualify via an inter-confederation playoff. 12 spots in total were also available for NFC teams in the regional cup, held in Lidonia.

2022 FANA World Cup qualification (NFC)
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifications:
Various
Regional Cup:
TBA
DatesQualifications:
1 December 2021 -
2 March 2022
2022 NFC Cup:
March 2022
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played102 // 90 (Q) / 12 (RC)
2021
2023 →

First Round Edit

Seeding Edit

The seeding was based on the FANA World Rankings of October 2021. The 18 teams were seeded into 6 pots with 3 countries in each pot.

  • Pot 1 contains the teams ranked 1–3.
  • Pot 2 contains the teams ranked 4–6.
  • Pot 3 contains the teams ranked 7–9.
  • Pot 4 contains the teams ranked 10–12.
  • Pot 5 contains the teams ranked 13–15.
  • Pot 5 contains the teams ranked 16–18.

Each group contained one team from each of the six pots.

Teams were allocated to seeding pots as follows (October 2021 FANA Rankings shown in second column; the national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold; the national teams who took part in the play-offs are presented in italic).

Pot 1
Team Pos
  Fordia 2
  Lidonia 4
  Dýria 5
Pot 2
Team Pos
  Drevona 11
  Decoria 25
  Levalle 29
Pot 3
Team Pos
  Ruyjin Republic 35
  Fyor 39
  Sylvan 41
Pot 4
Team Pos
  Lanovina 43
  Shkeera 48
  Asgreeb 52
Pot 5
Team Pos
  Danskanksova 79
  Zakaslovia 107
  Atlandia 107
Pot 6
Team Pos
  Orangina 111
  Vikyirie 112
  Kingdovania 119
Group Fixtures
Group A Group B Group C
A1
  Vikyirie
B1
  Lidonia
C1
  Lanovina
A2
  Ruyjin Republic
B2
  Zakaslovia
C2
  Fordia
A3
  Drevona
B3
  Asgreeb
C3
  Fyor
A4
  Dýria
B4
  Orangina
C4
  Kingdovania
A5
  Atlandia
B5
  Levalle
C5
  Decoria
A6
  Shkeera
B6
  Sylvan
C6
  Danskanksova

Summary Edit

  Top 2 of each group and the best 3rd place qualified directly for the 2022 FANA World Cup and to the NFC Regional Cup
  The second best 3rd placed team advanced to the inter-confederation playoffs and to the UWFA Regional Cup
  The worst 3rd placed team and all 4th placed teams qualified for the KFASS Regional Cup
  Other teams were eliminated after the first round
Group A Group B Group C
 
Dýria
 
Drevona
 
Lidonia
 
Sylvan
 
Lanovina
 
Fordia
 
Shkeera
 
Levalle
 
Asgreeb
 
Decoria
 
Ruyjin Republic
 
Fyor
 
Atlandia
 
Vikyirie
 
Orangina
 
Zakaslovia
 
Danskanksova
 
Kingdovania

Groups Edit

Group A Edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Dýria 10 6 3 1 21 7 +14 21 Advance to 2022 FANA World Cup and Regional Cup. 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–0
2   Drevona 10 5 4 1 16 4 +12 19 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
3   Shkeera 10 6 1 3 11 11 0 19 Advance to the inter-confederation play-offs and the Regional Cup 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–0
4   Ruyjin Republic 10 5 2 3 12 4 +8 17 Advance to Regional Cup. 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0
5   Atlandia 10 2 0 8 8 22 −14 6 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–4 2–0
6   Vikyirie 10 0 2 8 2 22 −20 2 0–5 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–5
Source: FANA

Group B Edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Lidonia 10 7 3 0 21 4 +17 24 Advance to 2022 FANA World Cup and Regional Cup. 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–1
2   Sylvan 10 7 1 2 23 10 +13 22 0–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 0–0
3   Levalle 10 5 2 3 19 10 +9 17 Advance to Regional Cup. 2–2 1–4 6–0 2–0 0–0
4   Asgreeb 10 4 0 6 14 21 −7 12 0–3 0–3 1–2 5–0 3–0
5   Orangina 10 1 2 7 7 23 −16 5 0–0 2–4 0–3 0–3 2–3
6   Zakaslovia 10 1 2 7 4 20 −16 5 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2
Source: FANA

Group C Edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Lanovina 10 7 2 1 19 7 +12 23 Advance to 2022 FANA World Cup and Regional Cup. 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
2   Fordia 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 2–0
3   Decoria 10 6 1 3 17 10 +7 19 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–2
4   Fyor 10 5 1 4 12 12 0 16 Advance to Regional Cup. 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–0 1–0
5   Danskanksova 10 1 3 6 10 19 −9 6 2–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
6   Kingdovania 10 0 1 9 5 25 −20 1 0–3 0–3 1–6 1–3 1–1
Source: FANA

Qualified teams Edit

The following seven teams from NFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FANA World Cup1
  Dýria Group A Top 2 2 Feburary 2022 7 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  Lanovina Group C Top 2 2 Feburary 2022 6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
  Lidonia Group B Top 2 9 Feburary 2022 6 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  Drevona Group A runner-up 2 March 2022 4 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  Sylvan Group B runner-up 2 March 2022 3 (2018, 2019, 2021)
  Fordia Group C runner-up 2 March 2022 7 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  Decoria Best third place 2 March 2022 4 (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

NFC Regional Cup Edit

The 2022 NFC Regional Cup was the second edition of the NFC Cup, a regional competition between members of the Northern Football Confederation, the competition was hosted in Dyria. The competition served to determine which country would represent NFC in the upcoming 2022 FANA Confederations Cup, set to be hosted in (TBA). Fordia are the reigning champions.

For 2022, the format has been changed so that 12 countries participated in the Cup. The format included a play-off round where the teams ranked from 5th to 12th played against each other, with the winners qualifying to the quarter-finals, where they played one of the seeded team that skipped the play-off.

Qualified Countries Edit

Knock Out Round Edit

Play-off Quarter Final Semi Final Final
                           
    X March -        
X March -
   Lidonia  1
   Fordia  2 X March -
     Fordia  6  
   Levalle  1      Fordia  5
  X March -
X March -      Dyria  1  
   Dyria  2
   Decoria  1 X March -
     Decoria  1  
   Ruyjin Republic  0      Fordia  4
  X March -
X March -      Fyor  1
   Sylvan  1
   Shkeera  0 (2) X March -
     Asgreeb  0  
   Asgreeb  0 (3)      Sylvan  0 (3) Third Place
  X March -
X March -      Fyor  0 (4)   X March -
   Lanovina  0
   Drevona  0 (2)    Dyria  2
     Fyor  1  
   Fyor  0 (3)      Sylvan  1

See also Edit