The draw for the Qatar World Cup groups will be this Friday, April 1 at 5:00 p.m. (local Spanish time) at the Doha Congress and Exhibition Center. The 32 teams will be divided into four pots. From there, they will be drawn into eight groups of four teams each.
For the first time in history, the World Cup will be held in winter due to the high temperatures of the summer season in the country.
The draw will feature 29 qualified teams, pending two places to be decided in the intercontinental playoffs and another place reserved for the winner of the last UEFA playoffs. On the other hand, the World Cup event will maintain a classic format of eight groups of four teams that will play three matches all against all, in one round. The first two classified in each group will advance to the round of 16 and will face each other in the following format: first group against second group with the following crosses: A vs B, C vs D, E vs F and G vs H.
Teams qualified for the 2022 World Cup
Qatar, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands, Argentina, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Canada, Ghana, Senegal, Portugal, Poland, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon
The draw
As the hosts, Qatar will be seeded and will play in Group A, alongside the other seven seeds, which will be the seven highest ranked FIFA teams.
Pot 2 will be made up of the countries in the ranking between positions 8-15 and those classified from 16 to 1 will be inscribed in Pot 3, while Pot 4 will include the teams classified in positions 24 to 28, where also will include the two winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the remaining winner of the UEFA play-offs (Wales v the winner of Scotland-Ukraine).
DRUM 1
qatar
Belgium
Brazil
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal
DRUM 2
Denmark
Netherlands
Germany
Mexico*
United States*
Switzerland
Croatia
Uruguay
*if classified directly
DRUM 3
Senegal
Iran
Japan
Morocco
Serbian
Poland
South Korea
Canada or Tunisia
The team that is ahead in the ranking on March 31, Canada or Tunisia, will be in Pot 3.
DRUM 4
Tunisia or Canada
Saudi Arabia
Ecuador
Ghana
Cameroon
Playoff Asia-Conmebol
Repechage Oceania-Concacaf
Repechage Europe
Each drum will be made up of eight balls with the name of the country they represent and will be labeled with the numbers from 1 to 4. The eight drums, on the other hand, will be labeled with letters from A to H. On the other hand, there will be four balls with the numbers of the positions of the selections in each group (from 1 to 4).
The draw will begin with 1 and end with 4. The order will be established with a ball from the selection pot and then another from one of the group pots and in this way the positions in which the selections will face each other will be established.
Calendar
Group stage: From November 21 to December 2
Round of 16: From December 3 to 6
Quarterfinals: December 9 and 10
Semifinals: December 13 and 14
Third and fourth place: December 17
Final: December 18