(CNN Spanish) --
All the teams that will play the Qatar 2022 World Cup have been defined. In the end, Peru could not qualify, but Costa Rica triumphed in the playoffs and took the last place.
Ecuador, the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Costa Rica, Canada, Brazil and Uruguay will be the American and Spanish-speaking world teams in the World Cup.
In Group A, Ecuador has an accessible starting phase on paper.
The Netherlands, which is the country with the most weight in football, is the most serious rival, and comes with the task of vindicating itself after not qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
The United States, in Group B, faces an England (fifth in the FIFA ranking) with a very outstanding squad and a revitalized Wales after the playoffs and motivated by Gareth Bale.
Argentina, favorite and with a memorable undefeated record, will face Tata Martino's Mexico and Saudi Arabia and Poland in Group C.
The world champion, France, who arrives on a bad run (lost to Croatia and Denmark in the UEFA Nations League), will lead a group that seems simple: Australia, Denmark (arrives plugged into the Nations League) and Tunisia.
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Spain and Costa Rica will meet in Group E against Germany, which is always a favourite, and Japan, one of the strongest Asians.
It is perhaps the group of death.
Canada will compete against two teams that have dominated world soccer in recent years: Belgium (which was first in the FIFA rankings from 2018 to 2022) and Croatia, runner-up from 2018. This could be another of the most competitive groups.
Canada returns to a World Cup after its only classification in Mexico 1986.
In Group G, Brazil has a scenario without historical rivals but always challenging: their rivals are Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
Uruguay, in Group H, faces Portugal (eighth in the world ranking), commanded by a Cristiano Ronaldo who wants to close his career on a high, as well as Ghana and South Korea.
Learn more about the World Cup calendar and subsequent phases here.