Ronaldo, Bale, Kane: Top European goalscorers in World Cup 2022 qualifiers - in pictures

We take a look at who were the continent's hot-shots in the campaign to reach the Qatar finals

TOP EUROPEAN SCORERS IN WORLD CUP 2022 QUALIFIERS: =11) Joakim Maehle (Denmark) Five goals in nine games. EPA

=11) Ilkay Gundogan (Germany) Five goals in eight games. AFP

=11) Erling Braut Haaland (Norway) Five goals in six games. AP

=11) Adam Buksa (Poland) Five goals in six games. EPA

=11) Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) Five goals in 11 games, one assist. AFP

=11) Timo Werner (Germany) Five goals in eight games, one assist. EPA

=11) Karol Swiderski (Poland) Five goals in nine games, one assist. EPA

=11) Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) Five goals in four games, one assist. EPA

=11) Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg) Five goals in seven games, two assists. Reuters

=11) Serge Gnabry (Germany) Five goals in eight games, two assists. AFP

=11) Diogo Jota (Portugal) Five goals in seven games, two assists. AFP

=11) Marko Arnautovic (Austria) Five goals in six games, two assists. AFP

=11) Kylian Mbappe (France) Five goals in six games, two assists. EPA

=11) Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark) Five goals in 10 games, three assists. AFP

=11) Gareth Bale (Wales) Five goals in six games, three assists. Getty

=6) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Six goals in nine games, one assist. AFP

=6) Teemu Pukki (Finland) Six goals in eight games, one assist. EPA

=6) Antoine Griezmann (France) Six goals in eight games, one assist. AFP

=6) Munas Dabbur (Israel) Six goals in nine games, two assists. AFP

=6) Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) Six goals in 10 games, three assists. AFP

=4) Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) Eight goals in eight games. Reuters

=4) Eran Zahavi (Israel) Eight goals in nine games, two assists. AP

3) Robert Lewandowski (Poland) Nine goals in nine games, four assists. EPA

=1) Harry Kane (England) 12 goals in eight games, two assists. Reuters

=1) Memphis Depay (Netherlands) 12 goals in 10 games, six assists. AFP

The World Cup 2022 draw was made on Friday night with the finals in Qatar now looming on the horizon later this year.

Defending champions France are in Group D alongside Denmark, Tunisia and one of UAE, Australia or Peru.

Euro 2020 runners-up England will face USA, Iran plus one of Wales, Scotland or Ukraine in Group B, while Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal take on Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H.

European Golden Shoe holder Robert Lewandowski's Poland will be going head-to-head with Argentina and Lionel Messi, Saudi Arabia and Mexico in Group C.

Barring the winner of the play-off fight between Wales, Scotland and Ukraine, the European qualification battle is over and a number of the world's top strikers helped propel their respective nations to the first finals ever to be held in the Middle East.

In the gallery above, we take at who were Europe'a top goalscorers in the qualification campaign. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.