The much-anticipated 2022 Qatar World Cup divisional draw ceremony ended last night and this morning in Doha, and the death group that the media and fans are concerned about has not actually appeared.
Since the draw of the Qatar World Cup is directly linked to fifa's new world rankings, the possibility of strong teams getting together in the group has been avoided in theory. Each group has 2 qualifying places, and this so-called "death group" has died in name only, but it is just a passionate collision of traditional heroes in a group.
Coupled with the fact that the world's seventh-ranked Italian team is out of the nest, this second-tier traditional strongman has one less, and the possibility of a real death group in the Qatar World Cup group draw is only theoretically possible. Judging from the rules of the draw, as long as Germany and the Netherlands are not given to the hosts Qatar, it is possible to create argentina, Germany, Senegal and Wales (Wales get the last ticket to the European zone play-offs) and England, the Netherlands, Japan and Ghana.
Even in probabilistic terms, such a possibility is minimal. So, it's all just a matter of thinking about it.
With the Netherlands assigned to Qatar's Group A from the start, the theoretically only possibility that remains is gone. With the round of 32 in place, the qatar World Cup group draw also ended in a long and uneventful atmosphere. Here's the final signature for each group:
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.
Looking at the 8 groups, only the Spanish and German teams in Group E can be regarded as a traditional collision of giants, but they are not considered to be the group of death. Although the progress of the Japanese team is obvious to all, and it also has the strength to compete with European teams, it is difficult to shake the Spanish and German teams even if the Japanese team plays beyond the standard.
In addition, group H is a bit interesting. Portugal and South Korea at the 2022 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Uruguay and Ghana at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, will all be broken again in the group stage.
In addition to the host Qatar, the seeded teams in the other 7 groups will not have any problems qualifying, the real competition in the World Cup is from the knockout round, and because Spain and Germany are both in Group E, this will lead to the second half of the Qatar World Cup, which will most likely become the death half.
It is not difficult for England and France to win the first place in their respective groups, and it is natural to meet the 1/4 final. As long as the Belgian team qualifies, it will inevitably meet one of the Spanish and German teams, and if portugal successfully wins the first place in the group, every game in the second half of the zone will be a life-and-death battle like Mars hitting the earth.
If the Dutch team made itself the second in the group, the second half of the district would be really a mess.
In comparison, the upper half is undoubtedly a little easier. The Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil and Group E were first, and the quarter-finals were easier. Of course, the biggest charm of football is that there is uncertainty, if there are frequent accidents, such as the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Cup, there is no surprise, this will only lead to the death half will only be more tragic.
The above is just based on the speculation of "watching the hilarity is not a big deal", if there is a coincidence, it is not responsible ha! One thing is for sure, though, Asian teams will suffer a crush!