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

Seeding

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

  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

Group A

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

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

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

The following eight 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

The 2022 NFC Regional Cup will be the second edition of the NFC Cup, a regional competition between members of the Northern Football Confederation, the competition will be hosted in (TBA). The competition serves 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 will be participating, the format will be including a play-off round with the teams ranked from 5th to 12th will be playing against each others, and the winners will be qualifying to the quarter-finals, where they will be playing one of the seeded team that skipped the play-off.

Qualified Countries

Knock Out Round

Play-off Quarter Final Semi Final Final
                           
    X March -        
X March -
 1st place of FCS Ranking  
 5th place of FCS Ranking   X March -
   Winner PO 1    
 9th place of FCS Ranking      Winner QF1  
  X March -
X March -    Winner QF2    
 3rd place of FCS Ranking  
 7th place of FCS Ranking   X March -
   Winner PO 2    
 11th place of FCS Ranking      Winner SF1  
  X March -
X March -    Winner SF2  
 4th place of FCS Ranking  
 8th place of FCS Ranking   X March -
   Winner PO 3    
 12th place of FCS Ranking      Winner QF3   Third Place
  X March -
X March -    Winner QF4     X March -
 2nd place of FCS Ranking  
 6th place of FCS Ranking    Loser SF1  
   Winner PO 4    
 10th place of FCS Ranking      Loser SF2  

See also