In the early morning of Beijing time today (2nd), the 2022 Qatar World Cup group drawing ceremony was officially held. The 29 teams that have already decided on a spot and three teams that will have to be determined through the next play-offs have landed in eight groups. However, the expected "super death group" does not seem to have appeared.
In the early morning of April 2, 2022 Beijing time, the world cup drawing ceremony was officially carried out. The 29 teams that have broken through have been placed separately, and the other 3 play-off places have also been determined in advance. The Qatar World Cup will be the last to be held in accordance with the current rules, with 32 teams participating in the 8 groups. The top two in each group will go straight to the round of 16 and enter different halves to compete in the knockout rounds according to the principle of neighboring teams meeting.
According to the previously published rules, the 29 teams that have confirmed their promotion and the three teams that have not yet been determined to play by the playoffs are divided into four stages, the first is the host Qatar and the remaining 28 teams in the world's top 7, the second is the 28 teams that have advanced to the world ranking 8-15, the third team is the 28 teams that have advanced to the world ranking 16-23, the 24-28 teams that have advanced and the remaining three play-off teams are in the fourth bracket. The rankings are based on the FIFA rankings announced on 31 March.
The specific binning is as follows:
First gear: Qatar (host), Brazil (1), Belgium (2), France (3), Argentina (4), England (5), Spain (7), Portugal (8)
Second gear: Mexico (9), Netherlands (10), Denmark (11), Germany (12), Uruguay (13), Switzerland (14), United States (15), Croatia (16)
Third gear: Senegal (20), Iran (21), Japan (23), Morocco (24), Serbia (25), Poland (26), South Korea (29), Tunisia (35)
Fourth bracket: Cameroon (37), Canada (38), Ecuador (46), Saudi Arabia (49), Ghana (60), European Zone Play-off Group A Winner, Intercontinental Play-off Winner 1, Intercontinental Play-off Winner 2.
According to the principle of avoidance, other teams from the same football federation except UEFA will not be drawn to the same group, and there can only be a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group.
The results of the draw are as follows:
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, Iran, USA
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D: France, UAE/Australia/Peru, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea
In addition, the intercontinental play-offs will be played on June 13/14, with a single-game tiebreaker in the middle. The matchup is UAE/Australia vs Peru, Costa Rica vs New Zealand.
The postponement of Euro Zone Play-off Group A to June has not yet been set for a specific date, with the situation against Wales vs Scotland/Ukraine.
According to the latest schedule of FIFA changes, the host Qatar will not play the opener, and the Netherlands vs Senegal will open the group stage, which will be played at 18:00 Beijing time on November 21.
Half comfortable and half dead, Asian teams will be wiped out?
In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the 2022 Qatar World Cup group draw was officially announced. The much-anticipated super death group did not appear, and Germany, one of the strongest second-gear teams, met Spain but was lucky to avoid the third and fourth gear opponents. The three european teams in the ABD group, the Netherlands, Britain and France, drew a good draw as desired, and also occupied the 1/8 finals that may be relatively favorable, while the EFGH group, which gathered Spain, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal and Uruguay, had a significantly smaller fault tolerance rate. At the same time, the Asian hosts Qatar, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia have all encountered strong opponents, and only Iran has a slightly better signing.
When Mateus pulled out his fifth second-division team with some trepidation and tried to avoid embarrassing laughter after seeing the note, the German coach Flick, who suffered from Spain, obviously could not laugh. In the Loew era, germany's unforgettable defeats were related to Spain in three games, whether it was two 0-1 in the 2008 Euro 2008 final and the 2010 World Cup semi-final, or the 0-6 UEFA Nations League that finally spawned early. Facing the Matador Legion, the Germanic chariots were always out of the way. But to Flick's relief, Malala and Milutinovic sent them the gospel. Both Japan in the third gear and the winners in Costa Rica and New Zealand in the fourth gear will find it difficult to create a threat to both teams. For germany, who finished out at the bottom of the last group stage, it was enough to be thankful for this misfortune.
The Netherlands was drawn from Group A by Mateus early, and the strength of Group E where Spain and Germany are located is relatively different, which also means that in this World Cup, the "death group" only has a group with close strength, not a group with strong teams. The first is the South American Top 3: Argentina's Group C certainly has a thousand years to send points to the boy Saudi Arabia, but Mexico and Poland are known for their overall combat, and the former is known for playing strong teams to go crazy. The biggest advantage of the Blue and White Legion is that the schedule is loose at both ends and the middle is tight, especially the first game against Saudi Arabia, trying to avoid the farce of accidentally losing points against Iceland in the last game, and the final battle against Poland has the opportunity to cover the conclusive conclusion for the controversial 2021 Golden Globe Awards. Without the "sending friends" Nigeria that have been shadowed by many World Cups, the habitually slow-hot Argentine team must play a twelve-point spirit if they want to avoid the nightmare of hitting France for the second consecutive time.
Compared with the opponent's relatively unfamiliar old enemies, Brazil's same group are familiar faces: in the last group stage, the five-crowned samba was in the same group as Switzerland and Serbia, and the first match was forced into a draw by Switzerland, and this time facing the two teams is certainly not easy. The good news is that Cameroon has lost three games in both matches in cameroon's history, and Tite's side deserves to continue the tradition.
But Portugal and Uruguay in Group H obviously do not want to meet Brazil prematurely in the 1/8 final, Uruguay sent Portugal home in the 1/8 final 4 years ago, but the Sky Blues in the consolidation period, relying on a wave of consecutive wins after Diego Alonso took office to reach the World Cup, facing Portugal, which escaped through the death path of the same play-offs, must also be speechless and desolate. In addition to the unprecedented record of scoring goals in 5 consecutive World Cups, C Ronaldo also shoulders the mission of shame for the "golden generation". In the 2002 World Cup, the South Korean team finale of the group stage 11 to 9, 1-0 defeated Portugal and sent the latter out, Figo's unwilling tears, still let the then underage C Ronaldo remember vividly.
As the only new recruit in the round of 32, Qatar really has no luck as its previous hosts: not to mention the Netherlands, senegal and Ecuador, which are also strong in the third and fourth gears.
In particular, the FIFA ranking and the value of the whole team are the first in Africa," the "Tranga Lions", who only stopped the group because of the inferiority of fair play points to Japan in the last session, and Egypt, which won the African Cup of Nations first this year and eliminated Salah's leadership, has begun to show its dark horse. Ecuador seems to be the home dragon that can't play when it gets off the plateau, but the team is tenacious and tough, and it is not comparable to an asian opponent. In order to host the World Cup, the more realistic goal is to "score a goal, take a point, win a game", qualifying is not necessarily an impossible event, but the difficulty is obviously hell level.
When the Japanese team landed in the E group of Spain and Germany, Moriho's almost wooden expression was silent. It is true that the last "Blue Samurai" lost from the qualifier to the 1/8 final, creating a lot of famous scenes, but with the team's performance in the top 12 matches that is obviously inconsistent with the strength, and the collective downturn of the big-name returnees, it is still unknown how to face the European double males at that time. And the South Korean team is in the H group is "inside" to the extreme, coach Paul Bento not only has to face the old predecessor Santos and a group of compatriots, the same is known for tough Uruguay, and excellent athletic ability of Ghana, but also doomed to "Taiji Tiger" will be thrilled step by step, if like 4 years ago until the final battle did not come to the state, out is also a high probability event.
Since this century, Saudi Arabia, which has won the group stage without a tragedy, although the top 12 matches have gradually recovered, Argentina, Mexico and Poland are like wolves, and if they are "brushed" by Messi and Levan, it is also expected. The winners between Australia and the United Arab Emirates, even if they can cross peru in the intercontinental play-offs and face defending champions France and Denmark, the final four of the European Championship, are still fierce.
And Iran's B group, except for England, which is significantly higher, the rest of the teams do not seem to be much stronger than themselves. But to break through the siege between the United States and Ukraine, Scotland or Wales, which have yet to lock up a quota, the Persian Legion needs more than "a little" luck. Asian teams in the group stage? This ending is clearly not alarmist.
In the group stage, at least two seeded teams entered the "lie win" mode, and the easiest was England. Admittedly, the strongest opponent in the group stage, the United States, has remained unbeaten against the Three Lions in the World Cup so far (1 win and 1 draw), and even has no shortage of famous scenes for Robert Green to "lay eggs", but Uncle Sam, who cannot get the top spot in Central and North America, can create little threat to the European runner-up. Given the doom of the last two European Championships, England may also lose points in the potential British derby, and Iran has a track record of dragging Europe's strong teams into the mire. But then again, with Southgate's stable "abusive" style in the last group stage, the biggest attraction of this group is still the dispute over the second place.
After experiencing the tempering of the death group of the European Championship, France, which was crowned at the World Cup in Russia in 2018, seems to see a path to defending the title. Group D not only has the old man Denmark who knows the roots, but also the Australian or Peruvian team that also sent 3 points in the last year, may also be in this group, plus Tunisia, which has several main players working in the French league, even if the Gaul rooster is still slow and hot, the top place in the group is still difficult to lose. From the return of the Hercules Cup to the smiling Deschamps who witnessed the draw, it may be more important to study the potential opponents of Group C. Although Van Gaal bluntly stated after the draw that he had not met any opponents and could not simply assert his luck," as a regular visitor to various death groups, the Orange Army avoided the previous redemption this time, which was an unprecedented victory.
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