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18:00 Hi! We are starting to follow all the events in Zurich, where in one hour the ceremony of the draw for the European part of the team for the 2022 World Cup will begin.
19:14 A FIFA pre-match study is currently underway. Has not yet reached the draw
19:20 All the characters are already on stage. Let’s get started in a few minutes!
19:23 The first basket was decided by the groups!
19:31 Ukraine entered group D!
19:34 Finland came from the third basket!
19:40 Ukraine was taken out of Belarus, but due to weather conditions, instead of Belarusians, they took out a ball from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
19:45 The fifth basket was brought to Ukraine by Kazakhstan.
19:47 The teams in the sixth basket got their rivals. But there are five participants in our group, so this part of the draw does not concern us.
19:50 That’s it. Thanks for your attention.
Draw Results
Sowing in the draw
What you need to know about the 2022 World Cup European qualification draw
When and where will the draw take place?
The ceremony will take place at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on Monday, December 7. The start is at 7:00 p.m. The event will be held online for the first time in a long time without inviting guests. The only exceptions are former Italian stars Daniele de Rossi and the Netherlands, Rafael van der Wart, who will participate in the draw.
What is the classification and draw format?
13 teams from Europe will participate in the next World Cup, to be held in 2022 in Qatar. A qualifying tournament will be held to determine the teams.
There will be a group stage in the first qualifying round. 55 European teams will be divided into 10 groups: five groups of 5 teams each, another five – 6. The draw will be seeded. The highest ranked teams are in Pot 1, the lowest in Pot 6, and the winners of each of the ten qualifying groups advance directly to the World Cup. Teams that finish second are in the playoffs.
The playoffs will feature the 10 second-place teams in the groups, as well as the top two UEFA Nations League group winners that did not qualify for the World Cup and did not qualify for the playoffs. These 12 teams will be divided into three routes, each of which will host semi-finals and finals. All stages will consist of one match. The winner of each path goes to the World Cup.
Are there any draw restrictions?
Yes.
The four members of the Nations League Final Four (Belgium, Spain, Italy and France) will definitely fall into groups with five national teams.
The UEFA Executive Committee has imposed restrictions on matches between certain teams. For example, Ukrainian team He will definitely not play in the same group with Russia. Also, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Gibraltar and Spain, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Russia, Kosovo and Serbia will not meet in qualifying.
Also, Ukraine it was on the list of nine countries where severe weather conditions are possible in winter: Belarus, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, Estonia. No more than two teams from this list can be included in a group.
There are also restrictions on the distance of flights. For everyone to be on an equal footing, each group cannot have more than one of these pairs.
Azerbaijan and Gibraltar, Iceland, Portugal
Kazakhstan and England, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Wales, Faroe Islands, France, Scotland
Iceland and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Cyprus
Do you already know the dates of the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup?
Yes. The group stage will take place during 2021 and the playoffs will take place in the spring of 2022.
Tour 1: March 24-25, 2021
Tour 2: March 27-28, 2021
Tour 3: March 30-31, 2021
Tour 4: September 1-2, 2021
Tour 5: 4-5 September 2021
Tour 6: 7-8 September 2021
Tour 7: October 8 and 9, 2021
Tour 8: October 11-12, 2021
Round 9: November 11-13, 2021
Round 10: November 14-16, 2021
Play-off matches: March 24, 25, 28, 29, 2022
The final part of the World Championship will take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.
Where to see the raffle?
You can follow the progress of the batch directly in this news – it will be updated as you get balls from the baskets. Additionally, UA-Football will hold a video broadcast of the event with a commentary.
