In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the eyes of fans all over the world were focused on Doha, the capital of Qatar. The 2022 World Cup Round of 32 Group Draw will be officially announced here!
Previously, FIFA released the latest edition of the FIFA rankings, which also officially determined the top 32 classification. It is worth mentioning that before the draw, Qatar only has 29 seats in the round of 32 of the World Cup, and the remaining 3 seats need to be decided through the play-offs.
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According to the latest edition of the World Rankings, the classification is as follows:
First gear: Qatar (host), 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 bracket: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, European Zone play-off winners (Ukraine and Scotland winners vs Wales), Asia South America play-off winners (UAE and Australia winners vs Peru), Central and North American Oceania play-off winners (Costa Rica vs New Zealand).
Interestingly, the traditional strong teams Germany and the Netherlands fell into the second gear, which means that whoever wants to draw a group with Germany and the Netherlands, then this group is probably the group of death!
Coming to the scene to participate in the lottery ceremony, there are familiar football celebrities: Mateus, Kafu, Ali Dei, Okocha, Tim Cahill, Milutinovic and others.
In the end, the result of the draw is as follows:
Looking at the grouping situation, there can be more than one group of death! The first is the hosts' Group A, who have a good chance of signing, meeting the Netherlands, which is stronger in the second gear, and the African champions Senegal.
South American duo Brazil and Argentina are also uncomfortable, with Argentina and hard-to-beat Mexico and Poland with Levan in the same group. Brazil was divided into the lower half of the zone, encountering the strongest European teams – Serbia, which overwhelmed Portugal in qualifying, and Switzerland, who eliminated France at the European Championship.
Asian teams had bad signings, with Japan being placed in the death group of Spain and Germany, while South Korea had to play against traditionally strong teams like Portugal and Uruguay. Iran fell directly into the encirclement of England and the United States; Saudi Arabia directly wanted to be in the same group as Argentina, Poland, and Mexico, and I was afraid that it would become cannon fodder.
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Defending champions France, relatively speaking, the signing luck is good, in addition to playing the hard bone of Denmark, the other opponents are relatively weak.
It is worth mentioning that if Messi C Ronaldo can lead the team all the way through the level, then they can only meet in the final of the World Cup! Imagine if you can really follow this script, the ratings of this World Cup final may be exploding.
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