Update on the other confederations qualifiers from late this week:
UEFA
Other scores from Thursday's qualifiers:
Wales 2:1 Austria
Sweden 1:0 (aet) Czech Republic
Portugal 3:1 Turkey
So Tuesday's matches will be:
Poland vs. Sweden (Match will be played in Stadion Slaski in Chorzow, Poland; was set to be played at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw but that stadium is being used as a temporary hospital)
Portugal vs. North Macedonia (Match will be played in Porto)
CONMEBOL
Scores from Thursday/Friday:
Uruguay 1:0 Peru
Colombia 3:0 Bolivia
Brazil 4:0 Chile
Paraguay 3:1 Ecuador
Argentina 3:0 Venezuela
So as a result of these scores, Ecuador and Uruguay have qualified through to the World Cup automatically, clinching the final 2 automatic qualification spots from CONMEBOL. So it's down to Peru, Colombia, and Chile on Tuesday for the final spot which would put them in the inter-confederation playoff. Peru hosts Paraguay, Colombia is at Venezuela, and Chile hosts Uruguay.
CAF
Yesterday's scores in the first leg of the CAF qualifiers:
DR Congo 1:1 Morocco
Cameroon 0:1 Algeria
Mali 0:1 Tunisia
Egypt 1:0 Senegal
Ghana 0:0 Nigeria
Return matches are Tuesday.
AFC
Thursday's scores:
South Korea 2:0 Iran
Lebanon 0:3 Syria
Iraq 1:0 United Arab Emirates
Australia 0:2 Japan
Vietnam 0:1 Oman
China 1:1 Saudi Arabia
In Group A, the UAE sits at 9 points, Iraq is at 8 points, and Lebanon is at 6 points. On Tuesday, the UAE hosts South Korea, Iraq plays Syria, and Iran hosts Lebanon. In Group B, Japan and Saudi Arabia have clinched the two automatic qualification spots to the World Cup from the group. Australia will finish 3rd in the group and will face whoever comes out of the UAE/Iraq/Lebanon group in 3rd place in Group A in the one-game playoff on June 7.
OFC
Semifinals are set. Tomorrow it will be the Solomon Islands vs. Papua New Guinea and New Zealand vs. Tahiti. The winners will face off on Wednesday to see who goes to the inter-confederation playoff against the 4th place team from CONCACAF.