World Cup qualifiers on all continents are about to resume, FIFA officially announced the group draw rules for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in advance, continuing the world ranking rules for the 2018 World Cup, and the three teams in the European zone that have advanced to the play-offs will be drawn as teams in the fourth bracket. Therefore, it is possible for 8 groups to have 1 death group at that time, provided that one of the Teams of Portugal or Italy advances.
FIFA announced that the 2022 World Cup draw will take place on April 1, according to the latest edition of the World Rankings announced on March 31, when 29 teams will determine the seats, and the remaining 3 seats, including 2 intercontinental play-offs and 1 postponed European play-off, will be produced in June this year.
The rules for the 2022 World Cup draw are as follows:
First-tier team: Host Qatar Hosts + The remaining 28 teams that advance to the top 7 in the world
Second pot teams: 8-15 of the 28 qualifying teams in the world rankings
Third pot team: 16-23 of the 28 qualifying teams in the world rankings
Fourth-tier teams: 24th-28th of the 28 qualifying teams + 3 remaining play-off teams
With the exception of UEFA's teams, other continental FIFA teams do not fit into the same group, such as teams in asia that need to be avoided, UEFA has 13 seats, divided into 8 groups, 5 groups have 2 UEFA teams, 3 groups have 1 UEFA team.
Compared with the past, FIFA confirmed that the three play-off teams in the European region will be drawn as the fourth-pot team, which is also the first time, and the current play-offs are about to start, portugal and Italy are facing cruel competition, at least one team has been eliminated, and it is not ruled out that the two teams will work together.
Italy is currently ranked 6th in the world and Portugal is 8th, and if they advance to the World Cup through the play-offs, they can only fall into the fourth gear, and Ronaldo is very eager to compete for 5 consecutive years. If Portugal eventually qualifies, there is a risk that the World Cup will be a group of deaths.
At present, the world's top 7 national teams, Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain and other 6 teams are listed, if the Italian team is out of the play-off, then the above world top 7 national teams fall into the first gear.
If Portugal qualifies for the World Cup, the group of 3 opponents will have to play against strong teams such as France, Brazil and Argentina, and the teams in the second and third gears are not easy to play.
At present, the Mexico team in The North American region is only one victory away from qualifying for the World Cup, more than 95% probability can be promoted, according to the world ranking will fall into the second gear of the World Cup, in addition, the Japanese team in the Asian region, more than 90% of the probability of qualifying for the World Cup, according to the world ranking will fall into the third gear of the World Cup, a group of death will be born, of course, the probability of portugal to advance is not very high.