Summary

  • England in Group G with Belgium, Tunisia & Panama

  • England's first game against Tunisia in Volgograd

  • Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Egypt. Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran

  • Russia v Saudi Arabia is first game of World Cup

  • Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark. Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria

  • Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia. Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea

  • Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan

  1. Don't forget your sheepskin...published at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

  2. Get involved - my dream drawpublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

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    Who do you want to see pulled out of the hat? Who are you desperate to avoid?

    Whoever you follow, let us know.

    You can get in touch by texting us at 81111 (UK Only) or tweeting us at #bbcfootball.

  3. How does the draw work?published at 13:04 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

    Teams are seeded based on the October 2017 Fifa world rankings. There are four pots - each containing eight teams. Russia will be joined in pot one by the seven highest-ranked teams, with the next eight in pot two, the following eight in pot three and the lowest ranked eight in pot four.

    No teams from the same confederation, with the exception of Uefa, will be drawn in the same group. A maximum of two European countries can be in any group.

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    Got it? We shall be going over this A LOT so don't worry too much.

  4. What time does the draw start?published at 13:02 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

    The coverage on BBC Two and within this page gets under way at 15:00 GMT, with the draw itself scheduled to start at 15:22 precisely

  5. Postpublished at 13:02 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

    Hello and welcome to our coverage of the World Cup draw in Moscow.

    In a little over two hours' time - it will fly by - we shall find out who England, and everyone else, will be facing in the finals next summer.

    There are 32 teams split into four pots of eight and it is all reasonably straightforward stuff.

    Excited?

  6. It all starts here...published at 12:55 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2017

    32 teams.

    Eight groups.

    Five federations.

    MoscowImage source, Getty Images

    $400m in prize money.

    $bns of merchandise, drinks, hotels, flights and tickets.

    90,000 hours of TV coverage.

    One billion fans watching the final.

    MoscowImage source, Getty Images

    One Kremlin.

    One Gary Lineker.

    ONE WORLD CUP.

    Let's pull some balls out of some hats, yeah?