The Qatar World Cup group draw ceremony ended early this morning. Spain, Germany and Japan were grouped into the same group. The specific groupings are as follows:
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands;
Group B: England, Iran, USA, European Play-offs;
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland;
Group D: France, Intercontinental Play-offs 1, Denmark, Tunisia;
Group E: Spain, Intercontinental Play-offs 2, Germany, Japan;
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia;
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon;
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea.
Intercontinental Play-off 1: Australia or UAE vs Peru
Intercontinental Play-off 2: New Zealand vs Costa Rica
European play-offs: Wales vs Scotland or Ukraine
In Group A, the world's strongest team in second gear, the Netherlands, and host Qatar are obviously big favourites for qualifying. In Group B, if Ukraine cannot qualify from the European zone, then Iran will face three English-speaking teams.
In Group C, Messi will face off against Lewandowski. For Saudi Arabia, this is not a good signing.
Group E, Spain and Germany are the favourites to qualify. The transformation of Enrique Spain was successful. The reason why the German team fell into the second gear has a lot to do with the weakness of the former head coach Loew at the end of the coaching period. After replacing Frick, the German team's performance also rebounded. Previously, Japanese coach Hoshiichi Mori had said that the goal of the Japanese team in this World Cup is to reach at least the top 8, and at present, this goal may be difficult to achieve.
Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland in Group G have been in the same group for two consecutive World Cups. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Brazil and Switzerland qualified for the group.
Looking at the grouping of Asian teams, it can only be said that if you want to qualify, it will be a bad battle.