Qatar on Friday organised the draw for the 2022 World Cup, less than eight months before the start of the tournament.
Some of football’s biggest names were present at the draw at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), which saw qualified teams find out who they will face in the group stage of the first World Cup to be held in November and December.
32 teams were distributed into eight groups of four at the end of the draw in order to compete for qualification into the second round of competitions. Here is where the teams landed for the 21 November – 18 December tournament (see table below):
Group A
- Qatar
- Ecuador
- Senegal
- Netherlands
Group B
- England
- Iran
- USA
- Wales, Scotland or Ukraine
Group C
- Argentina
- Saudi Arabia
- Mexico
- Poland
Group D
- France
- Tunisia
- Denmark
- Peru, UAE or Australia
Group E
- Spain
- New Zealand or Costa Rica
- Germany
- Japan
Group F
- Belgium
- Canada
- Morocco
- Croatia
Group G
- Brazil
- Serbia
- Switzerland
- Cameroon
Group H
- Portugal
- Ghana
- Uruguay
- South Korea
