Summary

  • European qualifying draw for Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 complete

  • England will face Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra & San Marino

  • Wales drawn against Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus & Estonia

  • Scotland up against Denmark, Austria, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova

  • Northern Ireland will meet Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Lithuania

  • Republic of Ireland up against Portugal, Serbia, Luxembourg & Azerbaijan

  • Qualifying begins in March 2021, World Cup starts on 21 November 2022

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

  1. Group C

    Italy

    Switzerland

  2. Group B

    Spain

    Sweden

  3. Group A

    Portugal

    Serbia

  4. Pot 2

    A reminder of the teams out next.

    Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania.

  5. Last but not least - Germany are in Group J.

  6. Belgium go into Group E.

  7. England are in Group I - which means a six-team group.

  8. World Cup holders France go into Group D.

  9. Croatia, last time's runners-up, are in Group H.

  10. Italy are in Group C.

  11. The Netherlands are into Group G.

  12. Denmark go into Group F.

  13. Spain are out next. They are in Group B.

  14. First out is Portugal. And the European champs are in Group A.

  15. Here we go then!

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    EVERY draw does.

    What this draw really needs is an injection of Rod Stewart!

    Matt from Maidstone

  17. Pot 1

    Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands.

  18. A reminder that they will draw the 10 top seeds first and allocate them into groups.

    And those 10 are:

  19. Also true enough. It's not often you get a proper unknown team in the finals any more so seeing Qatar play will be interesting!

    That's a way off though. Ready for the draw?

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    Let’s not kid ourselves. The reason the draw is seeded has nothing to with fairness. It’s purely financial. Bigger teams in the World Cup = higher prices on the bidding rights & higher viewing figures.

    Tom, Brighton