As of March 31, Beijing time, the Six Continents World Preliminary Tournament has come to an end, plus the host Qatar, 29 teams have been shortlisted for the 2022 World Cup, and the remaining 3 places will be produced in Ukraine vs Scotland winner VS Wales, UAE vs Australia winner VS Peru, Costa Rica vs New Zealand.
According to the FIFA national team ranking released on March 31, Beijing time, the classification of the top 32 of the 2022 World Cup has been determined.
First gear: Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal
Qatar is the host seeded team and is not ranked according to FIFA, while the remaining seven teams are ranked according to FIFA.
Second gear: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, Usa, Croatia
Germany, which has won the World Cup four times, and the "uncrowned king" Netherlands, appear to be "outstanding" in this file, because the two giants have had poor records in various competitions since the 2014 World Cup, the Netherlands did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup, and Germany was out of the 2018 World Cup group.
Third gear: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia
In this file, except for Poland, the rest are all continental giants, and although Polish center Levan has been super strong at Bayern in recent years, the Polish national team is not a first-class team in Europe.
Fourth gear: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, 3 play-offs
This file, in terms of its strength and record, can only rank fourth.
At 0:00 Beijing time on April 2, qatar World Cup will hold a group draw ceremony, everyone is most concerned about whether it will draw the "death group", a strong team with two or three weak teams of the group, many games will see the fans dozing off.
The European Championship is often a "death group" because it is not uncommon for strong teams to gather, especially when the army is not expanded, and it is not uncommon for three of the world's top teams to be in the same group.
The World Cup finalists are produced by continental qualifiers, with varying levels, and it is rare that three top teams are in the same group, especially after the expansion to 32 teams.
Of course, the World Cup is not without the "death group", depending on how you define it.
In the 1958 World Cup, the first time in the history of the World Cup to introduce the concept of grouping in the true sense, the D group at that time, no matter how you look at it, is the "group of death": Austria, the former Soviet Union, England, Brazil
Austrian football is not good now, but after the end of World War II, it was once second only to Hungary, which was invincible in the world, and in the 1954 World Cup, Austria was the third place.
The former Soviet Union, led by legendary goalkeeper Yassin, was also Europe's top football powerhouse at the time.
England are the originators of modern football and were "unbeaten for a hundred years" at home at Wembley before being beaten by Hungary.
Brazil, which later became the "kingdom of football", was the first pele in the history of football to be named the "king of football".
This World Cup, will there be a "death group"?
In my opinion, if France, Germany, Poland, and Senegal draw a group, it can also be regarded as a real "death group".
France is the defending champions and is still a favourite to win this year. Germany fell into a trough after the 2018 World Cup group exit, Frick took over from Loew, quickly towards revival, and its overall squad is not bad, as is a strong contender for the championship. Poland is a good number, the third gear may also be stronger in Poland, if Levan can come up with the performance of these two years at Bayern, this is also a strong team. Like the national football team, Senegal, which only participated in the World Cup for the first time in 2002, is not a traditional strong in Africa, and the background is not comparable to Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Egypt, but now the famous players are like clouds, the combat strength is not ordinary, winning the African Cup of Champions, eliminating Egypt to advance to the World Cup is proof, the second gear of the team facing Senegal, may not have the certainty of victory.