WORLD CUP DRAW. With the announcement of the latest FIFA rankings, the hats for the draw for the next World Cup, which takes place this Friday, April 1, are official.
[Mis à jour le 31 mars à 11h27] THE first major meeting of the World Cup in Qatar is scheduled for this Friday, April 1 from Doha, capital of the host country of this World Cup 2022, with the draw for the group stage of the World Cup. This Thursday, March 31, Fifa formalized the composition of all the hats for this draw with the presentation of the brand new Fifa ranking. If we find the main football nations among the seeded ones such as France, Brazil, England or even Spain, others are only in hat 2 such as Germany, the Netherlands or even the last finalist, Croatia. In hat 3, we find several great nations also like Senegal, winner of the African Cup of Nations, which could be present in the famous “group of death”.
Note that this draw will be done while we do not know all the countries qualified for the next World Cup. In Europe, due to the war between Ukraine and Russia, the play-off between the Ukrainians and Scots has been postponed to June and the winner will face Wales for the continent’s last ticket. Two last tickets will also be distributed with the intercontinental play-offs scheduled for next June with a Costa Rica – New Zealand and an Arab Emirates – Australia.
How will the World Cup draw take place?
According to the statement from the Fifa“the 28 teams already qualified will be distributed according to sporting criteria in hats numbered from 1 to 4 on the basis of the edition of the FIFA Coca-Cola World Ranking which will be published on March 31, 2022, at the end of the international window of March As hosts, Qatar will be seeded (Position A1) in Pot 1. The next eight teams in seeding order (Teams 8-15) will be seeded in Pot 2 and teams 16 to 23 will join pot 3. Finally, pot 4 will include teams 24 to 28 as well as the two teams “to be determined” corresponding to the winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the team “to be determined” corresponding to the winner of the last UEFA play-off.”
The first turning point in a sporting competition, the draw is always eagerly awaited. That of the group stages of the 2022 World Cup will take place on Friday April 1 in Doha, Qatar. The time of the ceremony was communicated on Tuesday March 22 by Fifa, it will take place from 6 p.m. in France.
The 2022 World Cup draw will be streamed from Qatar on TMC from 6 p.m. Friday April 1.
All the teams qualified for the 2022 World Cup are not yet known. But if there are still 15 places to be allocated to go to Qatar, already 17 nations participating in the next World Cup are known:
- Qatar (host country)
- France
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Argentina
- England
- Spain
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Swiss
- Croatia
- Iran
- Serbia
- South Korea
- Japan
- Saudi Arabia
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
- Canada
- Senegal
- Morocco
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Tunisia
- Poland
- Portugal
- United States
- Mexico
For the draw, the 32 qualified countries will be divided into four hats, according to the FIFA ranking. Host country of the World Cup, Qatar is also in the first hat. Hat 1 will be drawn first, followed by the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Once a ball is drawn in a hat, another ball will be drawn to determine the group of each selection (from A to H). Note that nations from the same confederation cannot be placed in the same group, with the exception of UEFA, which has 13 representatives. Five of the eight pools will feature two European nations.
Hat #1:
- Qatar
- Belgium
- Brazil
- France
- Argentina
- England
- Spain
- Portugal
Hat no. 2:
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Mexico
- United States
- Swiss
- Croatia
- Uruguay
Hat #3:
- Senegal
- Iran
- Japan
- Morocco
- Serbia
- Poland
- South Korea
- Tunisia
Hat #4:
- Saudi Arabia
- Ecuador
- Ghana
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Winner of the CONMEBOL play-off
- CONCACAF play-off winner
- Winner of the European play-off
If the draw for the 2022 World Cup is not until April 1, Les Bleus by Didier Deschamps, who appear in hat 1, already know the selections they will not face in the group stages at the Qatari World Cup. . Among them, Qatar which is the organizing country, Argentina and Brazil, but also other European nations such as Belgium, England or Spain. Regarding the other hats, it will depend on the results of the play-offs in the African and European zones in particular, but also on the FIFA ranking.
Reigning world champions, the France team will be seeded in the 2022 World Cup draw thanks to their position in the Fifa rankings. 8 nations will appear in hat 1, here are the ones according to the ranking:
- France
- Qatar (host country)
- England
- Spain
- Belgium
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Portugal