"I would like to wish success to all teams and I implore all loyal fans to come to Russia and enjoy next summer."

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Vladimir Putin is on stage in the Kremlin. LISTEN UP.

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We're looking for better than dreadful then for England. That could be possible!

Alan Shearer
Former Newcastle striker on BBC Match of the Day

We've not had any problems getting to major tournaments. It's once we're there that's the difficulty.

It shouldn't be hard to improve on our last tournament. We've been dreadful. I'm looking forward to some improvement.

• The four pots representing the teams are labelled pots 1 to 4.
• The eight pots representing the groups are labelled groups A to H. In each pot, there are four balls with the position numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 for each respective group.
• The draw starts with pot 1 and ends with pot 4. Each pot is completely emptied before moving on to the next pot.
• A ball from a team pot will be drawn, followed by a ball from one of the group pots, thus determining the position in which the respective team will play.

• In pot 1, Russia will have a red ball. They will be pre-assigned to position A1 as hosts.
• The remaining seven teams in pot 1 will automatically be drawn into position 1 of each group (B to H).
• No group can have more than one team from the same qualification zone except Europe.
• Each group must have at least one European team. Six of the eight groups will have two European teams.

A reminder of how it's going to work - the seeds are drawn first, then pot two (England), pot three and pot four.

Simple.

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Adam: I just have a feeling England will draw Iceland, meaning Brazil/Argentina from Pot One. So a final group of Brazil, England, Iceland and Japan is my guess. Think we'd find it alright too.

BBC Two

Here we go.

Coverage of the draw is starting now on BBC Two, or you can press play at the top of this page.

Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 live at the World Cup draw in Moscow

The venue for the draw is the State Kremlin Palace. All the greats have performed here over the years, including Tina Turner, Cher and Mariah Carey. However, the building was first constructed to hold the 22nd congress of the Communist Party in 1961. I would imagine the vibe was slightly different for that event.

Here we go then, it's about to get up and running in Moscow.

Best of luck to all involved.

BBC Two

Here's how you can listen and watch the live draw, which is due at 15:22 GMT.

You can watch it live on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website, with coverage starting from 15:00 GMT. Pundits include ex-England striker Alan Shearer, Portugal defender Jose Fonte & football journalist Tim Vickery.

You can also listen on BBC Radio 5 live, where ex-England midfielder Chris Waddle will be offering his expert analysis.

France
Winners in 1998

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Pedigree: France won the World Cup when they hosted the tournament in 1998 and also reached the final eight years later, losing on penalties to Italy. They reached the quarter-finals in Brazil in 2014 and were runners-up as hosts at Euro 2016.

Key player: Antoine Griezmann. The Atletico Madrid striker was the top scorer with six goals as France reached the Euro 2016 final and scored the second as France beat Belarus 2-1 to secure their qualification on 10 October.

Poland
Third place 1974, 1982

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Pedigree: Poland are ranked sixth in the world. They have never won the World Cup but many believe this is one of the country's strongest squads. Their highest previous finish is third, which they achieved in 1974 and 1982.

Key player: Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has scored 16 goals in nine qualifying matches for Poland and is their all-time record goal-scorer. The skipper has scored 51 international goals in 91 games.

Brazil
Five-time World Cup winners

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Pedigree: Winners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, Brazil were beaten 7-1 at the semi-final stage by Germany in the World Cup they hosted four years ago.

Key player: Neymar. The £200m forward is averaging a goal and an assist per game since his world-record move to Paris St-Germain. Brazil legend Pele says the 25-year-old is the country's best player and has backed him to win the Ballon d'Or.

Rene Higuita! That's as good a spot as you'll get. Oh no, there's Paulo Wanchope, someone dressed as a cowboy.

What a red carpet that was. It's still lightly snowing in Moscow as the arena fills up.

Germany
World Cup holders

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Pedigree: The defending champions, four-time winners and number one team in the world. Decent.

Key player: Toni Kroos. Apart from Thomas Muller and Mesut Ozil, the Real Madrid midfielder is the most experienced player in the squad and keeps things ticking over. Since helping Germany win the 2014 World Cup, he has won two Champions League titles, one La Liga title and two Fifa Club World Cup titles.

Portugal
Euro 2016 winners

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Pedigree: Portugal are the reigning European champions, having beaten hosts France 1-0 in the final of Euro 2016. Their best performance at a World Cup came when they finished third in 1966 and they also reached the semi-finals in 2006 yet failed to make it out of the group phase in Brazil in 2014.

Key player: Who else? Cristiano Ronaldo. He has been voted the best player in the world four times, he is the country's most capped player and also their record goalscorer. The Real Madrid forward, a four-time Champions League winner, scored 15 goals for Portugal during their World Cup qualification campaign.