Costa Rica Completes The 32 Teams That Will Participate In The World Cup 2022

                                                                                      

Costa Rica managed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after beating New Zealand in the Intercontinental World Cup qualifier on 15 June 2022. The team ranked 31st in the FIFA world rankings beat New Zealand with a score of 1-0.

 Playing at the Al-Rayyan stadium in Qatar, Costa Rica played very aggressively early in the game where Joel Campbell scored in the 3rd minute. In the 69th minute New Zealand played with 10 men after Barbarouses got a red card and left the field. This result lasted until the end of the match and made Costa Rica participate in the 5th world cup.

With this result, Costa Rica will join Group E with Germany, Japan and Spain, who have already qualified for the 2022 world cup. This central american nation has the best finish at the world cup by reaching the quarter-finals of the world cup Brazil 2018. while for new zealand this defeat made them unable to participate in the world cup for the third time after the last time participating in the 2010 world cup in South Africa