Last update 31 October, 2022 by Alberto Llopis
Who are the favorites to win the World Cup in Qatar 2022? It is not easy to make forecasts for a tournament as peculiar as the World Cup, and more in this edition where many conditions change: dates, current season, climate…
Even so, it is possible to make a podium of selections that, a priori, They start as the main favorites in all the pools and polls to win the most prestigious football trophy on the planet.
Next, We list those that are 3 candidates to fight for the most absolute glory in Qatar 2022.
The favorites to win the World Cup in Qatar 2022
Brazil
Just his name says it all. It is the most successful team in the history of the World Cups with five championships conquered. The most recent in 2002. Therefore, talk about Brazil is to refer to a selection that must always be taken into account in this type of appointment.
Besides, the 'Canarinha' faces this Qatar World Cup hungrier than ever. ‘Tite’ has at its disposal a cast of footballers that make this team a more than powerful team in all its lines: Alisson Becker, Military, Casemiro, Vinícius, Neymar…
Solidity and gunpowder at the service of a single objective: get the sixth World Cup.
France
Current champion and the one, by names, is the most powerful selection of Europa. It is because of that France also part of many predictions as a candidate to defend the title won in Russia 2018.
It is true that the French team has not been very reliable in several of its last official commitments. Without going further, in the previous Euro Cup was the big disappointment with an early elimination.
But Deschamps and theirs come in Qatar 2022 a brilliant opportunity to try to return to the top and achieve a feat that would take them back to the absolute history. Weapons for it they have, especially on the attack front. Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe form a trident that scares.
Argentina
Finally, This triplet of favorites is closed by another illustrious selection such as Argentina. The albiceleste, from the hand of Staircases, He has managed to rebuild himself and achieve an identity and maturity in his game that was more than longed for.
Champions of the last edition of the America Cup, Argentines now come to Qatar with the firm intention of going one step further and once again conquering a World.
This is the main dream of your leader on the pitch, Leo Messi. The '10' is aware that this title, the most important of all, is the only one missing from his enviable and stratospheric track record. Besides, given his age, most likely it will be your last chance to try to get it and make up for what happened in Brazil 2014. For this reason, he is preparing conscientiously surrounded by many colleagues of enormous talent: Rodrigo DePaul, Lautaro Martínez, Angel Di Maria, etc.