The much-anticipated 2022 World Cup group draw ceremony will be held at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 2, and 29 teams have confirmed their participation, and FIFA has arranged the draw in advance. As the host, Qatar naturally hopes to draw a good draw to reach the round of 16 knockout round and create team history.
Of the 29 teams currently qualifying, Qatar is the only one to compete in the World Cup finals for the first time, having never participated before, and now relying on its host status to directly qualify.
According to the latest edition of the world rankings released by FIFA, the classification of the specific draw was determined in advance, and the 3 seats that had not yet been produced fell into the fourth gear.
The specific classification of the 2022 World Cup group is as follows:
First gear: Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal
Second gear: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, Usa, Croatia
Third gear: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia
Fourth gear: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana + 3 play-off winners
Except for UEFA's teams, according to the principle of avoidance of UEFA, other FOOTBALL teams will not be drawn to the same group, so Qatar will not draw teams from South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and other Asian regions.
The second team, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico, is relatively strong, and Qatar can avoid these three teams will be a good signing. The third team, Senegal is the African champion, Serbia is not bad, if you can draw Morocco, Tunisia, Poland, it is also a good signing. The fourth team, except for Saudi Arabia, the other teams are similar in strength, and they are the same in every team.
Therefore, the ideal grouping for Qatar should be the second gear (Denmark, Uruguay, Switzerland, the United States, Croatia), the third gear (Morocco, Poland, Tunisia), and the fourth gear (avoiding Saudi Arabia, the other 7 teams can do).
Qatar's first participation, no World Cup competition experience, the overall strength in the world is not strong, of course, there is a host advantage, as long as a good draw, the impact of the round of 16 knockouts is also promising. For example, in 2002, South Korea relied on the advantage of the host to reach the top four for the first time, and in 2018, Russia reached the top eight with the advantage of the host.