How do the heavy group and the light group look like in the World Championship qualification? Romania is in the second ballot box of the draw

Romania draws 1-1 with Northern Ireland and reaches in the last hundred meters a goal that seemed unattainable at one point. The selection goes up to the second ballot box and has the possibility that some opponents, at least theoretically, are more accessible.

Eric Bicfalvi scored for Romania to Belfast and brought the point of redemption. On the other hand, the hosts they opened the scoreboard through Boyce, who took advantage of Creţu’s mistake, but also the referee, who could have conceded an offside position.

How do the heavy group and the light group look like in the World Championship qualification? Romania is in the second ballot box of the draw

Following the result in Belfast, corroborated with 5-0 Serbia win over Russia Romania rises to 20th place in the ranking, to the detriment of Russia, and will be in the second ballot box.

At the moment, in the FIFA rankings, Romania has 1,465.59 points and Russia 1,461.53. The draw for the preliminaries of the CM 2022 is scheduled for December 7, 2020.

What the ballot boxes look like for the preliminaries of the CM 2022:

• urn 1: Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands
• Urn 2 Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Wales, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia, Romania
• Urn 3 Russia, Ireland, Norway, Hungary, Czech Republic, Scotland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Finland, Bosnia,
• urn 4: Greece, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Israel, Georgia, Luxembourg,
• Urn 5: Cipru, Armenia, Faroe, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra,
• Urn 6: Moldova, Malta, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino

13 teams out of 55 qualify for the World Championship

What would the difficult group be like for Romania?

• France, Romania, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Malta

What would the lightweight group for Romania look like?

• Denmark, Romania, Bosnia, Georgia, San Marino

Northern Ireland – Romania. STARTING EQUIPMENT:

Northern Ireland: Peacock-Farrell – Ballard, J.Evans, Cathcart – Kennedy, McNair, Smith, McCain, Dallas – Magennis, Boyce
Rezerve: McGovern, Hazard, C. McLauglin, Lewis, Flanagan, Galbraith, McLaughlin, Washington, Whyte
Coach: Ian Baraclough

Romania: Tătărușanu – Nedelcearu, I. Cristea, Toșca – Creţu, R. Marin, Nistor, Camora – Man, Alibec, Fl. Tănase
Reserves: Bălgrădean, Lazar, Mitrea, Pușcaș, Maxim, C. Ganea, Mogoș, Albu, Țîru, Bicfalvi, C. Manea, T. Băluță
Coach: Mirel Rădoi