With the conclusion of the European qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, attention turns to the play-off matches, which are being held in a new format for the first time, where 12 teams compete for the last 3 cards to qualify for Europe for the largest football event in the world.

And the interest in the supplementary confrontations increased with the presence of ancient teams in the race, such as Italy - the European champion - and Portugal, accompanied by its captain Cristiano Ronaldo, in addition to Sweden, led by the veteran Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Here, we present the most important information about the European annex by answering 4 questions.

What format matches in the European supplement?

The European supplement for qualifying for the World Cup includes 12 teams, which are 10 teams that ranked second in the ten groups for the qualifiers that ended today, Tuesday, in addition to two teams that achieved the best position in the European League competition, and we could not win the direct qualification card or occupy the second place in the qualifiers.

The teams are distributed into 3 tracks, and two matches are held in each track in the semi-finals in the form of one confrontation in which the winner qualifies to face the winning team in the other match in the same track.

The teams that got the most points in the qualifiers have the opportunity to receive their opponent in the semi-final matches, while the team that receives its guest in the final is determined by a lottery.

When will the European supplement lottery take place?

The European play-off draw will take place on November 26 in Zurich, Switzerland.

When will the European supplement matches take place?

The semi-finals will be held on March 24 and 25 of next year, with the final qualifying matches for the World Cup to be determined between March 28 and 29 next as well.

What teams are involved in the European supplement?

Teams ranked second in the qualifiers: Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Scotland, Russia, Poland, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Wales, Turkey

The two best teams from the UEFA Nations League: Austria and the Czech Republic.