FIFA has unveiled the outlines of the draw for the next 2022 World Cup in Qatar, here is all the information you need to know.
See you on April 1 at 7 p.m. local time, 5 p.m. in France, for the draw for the next World Cup. This Tuesday, March 22, Fifa unveiled the contours and procedure of the future draw for the World Cup. In its press release, the organization indicates that
- The Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions has approved the principles of the draw and the composition of hats
- The edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking published on March 31 will serve as a reference
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 World Cup 2022 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 5 p.m. in France.
The 2022 World Cup draw will be streamed from Qatar on TMC from 5 p.m. Friday April 1.
All the teams qualified for the 2022 World Cup are not yet known. But if there are still 17 places to be allocated to go to Qatar, already 15 participating nations 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
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 feature in Hat 1, these are the predicted ones:
- France
- Qatar (host country)
- England
- Spain
- Belgium
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Italy or Portugal (depending on the result of the play-offs)