The four pots have been determined. Now, the anticipation is rising before the 32 nations learn their fate at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The draw will take place in the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday, December 1st.
The 32 teams were divided into four pools based on their October 2017 FIFA world rankings. The seven best nations, alongside hosts Russia, were placed in pot one. The draw will start from pool one and finish with pool four. Each pot will be completely drawn before the next one is started. As per past draws, the team will be picked first and then the group straight afterwards.
Hosts Russia in A1
Another guideline for the draw is Russia’s place as top team in group A. The hosts will be the only team represented by a red ball and will be picked first, in A1. The remaining seven teams in pool one will then be allocated to groups B-H. After pool one, pools two, three and four will be drawn. According to FIFA guidelines, each group will only have one team from each qualification zone with the exception of Europe. With 14 countries represented, every group will have at least one European nation and up to a maximum of two. Six of the eight groups will have two European countries.
An internal mechanism will ensure that teams are placed with FIFA’s geographical guidelines in mind. This means that some groups could be skipped after the nation has been drawn. Peru, Colombia and Uruguay in pool two couldn’t, for example, be placed in the same group as Brazil or Argentina, who are in pool one. This guideline applies to the representatives of all confederations with the exception of UEFA.
The four pots have been determined. Now, the anticipation is rising before the 32 nations learn their fate at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The draw will take place in the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday, December 1st.
The 32 teams were divided into four pools based on their October 2017 FIFA world rankings. The seven best nations, alongside hosts Russia, were placed in pot one. The draw will start from pool one and finish with pool four. Each pot will be completely drawn before the next one is started. As per past draws, the team will be picked first and then the group straight afterwards.
Hosts Russia in A1
Another guideline for the draw is Russia’s place as top team in group A. The hosts will be the only team represented by a red ball and will be picked first, in A1. The remaining seven teams in pool one will then be allocated to groups B-H. After pool one, pools two, three and four will be drawn. According to FIFA guidelines, each group will only have one team from each qualification zone with the exception of Europe. With 14 countries represented, every group will have at least one European nation and up to a maximum of two. Six of the eight groups will have two European countries.
An internal mechanism will ensure that teams are placed with FIFA’s geographical guidelines in mind. This means that some groups could be skipped after the nation has been drawn. Peru, Colombia and Uruguay in pool two couldn’t, for example, be placed in the same group as Brazil or Argentina, who are in pool one. This guideline applies to the representatives of all confederations with the exception of UEFA.
