The Dutch National Team Can Take A Significantly Step Towards The World Cup Next Year in the United States, Canada, and Mexico Duration This International Period. There is just a small chance that orange will already qualify unofficialy.
With four games Left, Oranje is Level on Points with Poland, The Only Serious Competitor in Group G. However, The Netherlands Has A Game in Hand Compared to the Poles, Which Will Happen This International Period. Oranje Plays Away Against Malta (Thursday) and at Home Against Finland (Sunday). Poland Only plays on Sunday, Away Against Lithuania.
If the Netherlands Wins Both Games and Poland Loses in Lithuania, then Oranje is Already Unofficialy Certain of First Place on Sunday Evening and Thus A World Cup ticket. The Polish Team Can then at Most Equal Oranje in Points, While the Netherlands Already Has a Much Better Goal Difference (+11 to +4).
Unlike the Qualification for a European Championship – Where Mutual Result has More Value – Goal Difference is Decisive in the Event of An Equal Number of Points in the World Cup Qualification.
A more realistic scenario is that orange wins twice and poland is too strong for lithuania, which is 145th on the fifa ranking. Poland Must then at home Against Oranje With Large Numbers in the Last International Period in November to Rise to First Place. The poles then conclude the Qualification Against Malta and the Netherlands Ends Against Lithuania.
What if the Netherlands Finishes Second?
If Oranje Finishes Second in the Group, Then the Team of National Coach Ronald Koeman Will Play Play-Offs in March to Still Obtain A World Cup Ticket. The Netherlands then has to deal with European Countries. Both times that is about one duel.
When is the World Cup Draw?
The Draw for the Group Stage of the World Cup is on December 5 at 6:00 pm (Dutch Time) in Washington. The Field of Participants, A Record Number of 48 Countries, is not Yet Entirely Complete. A play-off winner will end up in a number or groups. It will only Become Clear in March which Countries Those are.