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This video is doing the job. Just have the World Cup every summer and be done with it.
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
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England were in the last four last time out of course. The desert might be a different matter.
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Former Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaart: "In 2010 it was a pity that we lost in the final to Spain but to play in a final, the day is special.
"It is different to any other game. We were so close to the title but Spain they deserved to win."
Any other rules in the draw?published at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Image source, Getty ImagesYeah, loads.
Some countries can't be in the same group for political reasons, think Russia and Ukraine etc, and some are too far away from everywhere else or too cold to be lumped in with some other countries.
Fifa are all over this.
'Always be missed'published at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Former Italy midfielder Daniele de Rossi, looking magnificent, pays tribute to the recently departed World Cup legend Diego Maradona.
"I met him once, he was great and humble. This is the reason why the whole world woke up with a terrible feeling of loss. He will always be missed."
Media caption, Watch all of Maradona's World Cup goals
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
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For Wales best case, Denmark, NI, Luxembourg, Andorra and Gibraltar (With appropriate apologies all round). Worst case Germany/England, Russia, Bosnia/Slovenia, any, any.
Steve, Cardiff
Postpublished at 17:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Outstanding!
The best I can offer this time is Daniele de Rossi and Rafa van der Vaart.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThere are just 714 days until the World Cup in Qatar kicks off. All being well.
Who knows, to be honest.
But the first winter World Cup is approaching fast. And we need to put the 55 countries across Europe into groups to see who will be there.
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For your information, the TV show will be presented by acclaimed Spanish journalist and TV anchor Cristina Gullón.
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Cue music...and the show is live! Just hit play at the top of the page.
Pot 1published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands.
Pot 2published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania.
Pot 3published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Russia, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Finland.
Pot 4published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Belarus, Georgia, Luxembourg.
Pot 5published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Armenia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra.
Pot 6published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino.
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Shall I take you through who's in each pot? The draw show will start at the top of the page in a few minutes.
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That's it. It's a bit like loving a load of cup upsets early on but then ending up with a rubbish final.
Although I would love to see San Marino at a World Cup.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
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In the draw we need to avoid countries like Switzerland etc.. but other than that we should be ok. But I would say the suggestion that it shouldn't be seeded is ludicrous because you could have the scenario where a team like Sam Marino end up in the World Cup. It's meant to be the best teams and this ensures fairness and that the teams from Europe are the strongest possible
Will MK
Any play-offs to worry about?published at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2020
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 10 group runners-up will go through to the play-offs, along with the two best Nations League group winners who do not finish in the top two of their World Cup qualifying group.
The 12 play-off teams will be drawn into three separate play-off paths, each of which will comprise semi-finals and final, with the three winners heading to Qatar.