World Draw 2022: the seeds were defined after a new FIFA Ranking

After the new update of the FIFA Ranking, this Thursday the seeded countries of the draw for the World Cup Qatar 2022. FIFA confirmed the teams that will be in each pot and one of the main novelties is that Mexico was placed in the second.

DRAW PROCEDURE

1. The four pots will be labeled from 1 to 4. In each one there will be eight balls from the qualified teams, including the two places reserved for the winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the place reserved for the winner of the last UEFA play-off in the event of the pot 4.

2. The eight pots that will represent the groups will be labeled with letters from A to H. In each one there will be four balls with the numbers of the positions of the selections (1, 2, 3 and 4) in the respective group.

3. The draw will begin with Pot 1 and end with Pot 4. All balls will be drawn from one pot before moving on to the next.

4. First, the ball will be drawn from the selection pot, and immediately another from one of the group pots; in this way, the positions in which the different teams will play will be assigned.

RESTRICTIONS

1. In Pot 1 Qatar will have a different colored ball and will be assigned in position A1 as the host team.

2. The rest of the seeds from the first pot will automatically occupy the position of each remaining group, from B to H.

3. No group can have more than one team from the same confederation, with the sole exception of Europe, represented in the World Cup by thirteen teams. Each group will have at least one or a maximum of two European teams. In this way, five of the eight groups will include two European teams.

4. The places reserved for the winners of the two intercontinental play-offs and the UEFA play-off will also be governed by the general principle of geographical separation of teams from the same qualification zone.

SELECTIONS CLASSIFIED TO THE QATAR WORLD CUP 2022

• qatar
• Germany
• Denmark
• Brazil
• France
• Belgium
• Croatia
• Spain
• Serbian
• England
• Switzerland
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Poland
• Argentina
• Iran
• South Korea
• Japan
• Saudi Arabia
• Ecuador
• Uruguay
• Canada
• Ghana
• Senegal
• Tunisia
• Morocco
• Cameroon

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