North Macedonia, the team most probably wanted in the semi-final, get the team everyone wanted to avoid, Italy.
Sweden v Czech Republic
Sweden against Czech Republic is semi-final number four.The winner faces Russia or Poland.
Russia v Poland
A tasty match-up in semi-final three, with Russia at home to Poland.
Wales v Austria
Wales are at home to Austria in semi-final number two.The winner will face Scotland or Ukraine.Who will be at home for that final will be decided by another draw shortly.
Scotland v Ukraine
Scotland will be at home to Ukraine in the semi-final.
Where are we so far?
So the headlines so far.Scotland and Wales are both in path A and are on course to meet each other in the play-off final.Russia and Sweden are in path B.Italy and Portugal are in path C.Next, we will find our everyone's semi-final opponents.
Italy & Portugal
The Euro 2020 winners are in path C.
And of course that means if they and Portugal win their semi-finals - and they were the two big teams everyone wanted to avoid - they will face each other in an epic final to reach the World Cup.
Sweden
Sweden join Russia in path B, with both those seeded sides at home for their semi-finals.
Russia
Russia are the third team drawn, and they go into path B.
Wales
And would you believe it, Wales are second out of the hat. They are at home for the semi-final also, as with all the seeded teams.What that means is, if both Scotland and Wales win their semi-finals, they will meet in the final.
Scotland
Scotland are the first team out of the hat.As we already know, they will be at home in the semi-final.
The draw is close
We're getting close.How are everyone's nerves?
Post update
Nice to hear 1998 World Cup winner with France - and ex-Middlesbrough midfielder, no less - Christian Karembeu talking up Wales' chances.
The joys of a Fifa draw.
What about the final?
Now this is where it gets properly daunting.
Euro 2020 champions Italy and 2016 winners Portugal will be the favourites to claim two of the three available places in Qatar, even if the former missed out last time. Russia and Sweden will fancy their chances too.
The key, surely, for the home nations will be to be given another home tie. They might also hope that an unseeded team can shock one of the big boys in the semis.
After that, it's down to a one-off 90 minutes - or maybe 120 plus penalties - to decide if their lengthy World Cup droughts will be over.
Right, how does the draw work?
There will be 12 countries in Friday's draw, with the six seeded teams hosting the six unseeded sides in the semi-finals. So far, so simple.
But the draw will be split into three paths, each containing two semis. The winners of those ties will meet to decide who will claim one of the three places in Qatar. Got it?
So by the time the draw is done on Friday each nation will know their semi-final opponents and which two teams would then stand between them and a place at the World Cup.
Oh, and the seedings are forgotten for the three finals, with order of the draw determining which sides are at home.
It will likely be announced before the draw commences that Ukraine and Russia can not be drawn against each other.
The semi-finals and finals will take place over the course of five days from March 24 to 29.
A history lesson
First, a brief history lesson. Wales, remarkably, have only played at one World Cup.
That came in 1958, when group-stage draws with Hungary, Mexico and Sweden, then a play-off win over Hungary, earned a quarter-final meeting with eventual winners Brazil.
The scorer of the only goal in that tie? A 17-year-old called Pele.
Scotland's history with the tournament is far richer - even if those memories have faded a little - with eight appearances at the big show between 1954 and 1998.
None have been particularly successful, with assorted calamities befalling a succession of talented squads, the most recent the 1998 jamboree in France.
Stream underway
You can follow the draw on our live feed at the top of the page.
As with all these cup draws, we're expecting it to be done and dusted within five minutes.
Yeh....you wish.
Poland
Robert Lewandowski is their striker, need we say more? Gunning for a Balon d'Or, another Bundesliga title and Champions League glory too, he is arguably the best player on the planet right now.
Scotland have faced his side before, and Lewandowski's two goals — one of which was in injury time — gave Poland a draw in their last trip to Hampden.
Both sides have been overhauled since then but the Bayern Munich man remains a menace against any defence in world football.
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Austria
A familiar foe from Scotland's qualifying group, Austria would perhaps be one of the more confidence-inducing draws for Scotland fans.
Having taken four points off them in the group — including a 1-0 win in Austria in September — it is fair to say that Scotland would have little to fear going into this one.
Scotland finished the group two places and seven points better off than the Austrians.
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Ukraine
It has been a while since Scotland have faced Ukraine and they would pose a threat to Steve Clarke's side no doubt about it.
Finishing runners-up to France in their group and drawing twice against the current World Champions with both games finishing 1-1 will not be easy reading for the Tartan Army if this is the draw they are handed.
The likes of West Ham's Andriy Yarmolenko and Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko are amongst their best players.
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Italy v North Macedonia
North Macedonia, the team most probably wanted in the semi-final, get the team everyone wanted to avoid, Italy.
Sweden v Czech Republic
Sweden against Czech Republic is semi-final number four.The winner faces Russia or Poland.
Russia v Poland
A tasty match-up in semi-final three, with Russia at home to Poland.
Wales v Austria
Wales are at home to Austria in semi-final number two.The winner will face Scotland or Ukraine.Who will be at home for that final will be decided by another draw shortly.
Scotland v Ukraine
Scotland will be at home to Ukraine in the semi-final.
Where are we so far?
So the headlines so far.Scotland and Wales are both in path A and are on course to meet each other in the play-off final.Russia and Sweden are in path B.Italy and Portugal are in path C.Next, we will find our everyone's semi-final opponents.
Italy & Portugal
The Euro 2020 winners are in path C.
And of course that means if they and Portugal win their semi-finals - and they were the two big teams everyone wanted to avoid - they will face each other in an epic final to reach the World Cup.
Sweden
Sweden join Russia in path B, with both those seeded sides at home for their semi-finals.
Russia
Russia are the third team drawn, and they go into path B.
Wales
And would you believe it, Wales are second out of the hat. They are at home for the semi-final also, as with all the seeded teams.What that means is, if both Scotland and Wales win their semi-finals, they will meet in the final.
Scotland
Scotland are the first team out of the hat.As we already know, they will be at home in the semi-final.
The draw is close
We're getting close.How are everyone's nerves?
Post update
Nice to hear 1998 World Cup winner with France - and ex-Middlesbrough midfielder, no less - Christian Karembeu talking up Wales' chances.
The joys of a Fifa draw.
What about the final?
Now this is where it gets properly daunting.
Euro 2020 champions Italy and 2016 winners Portugal will be the favourites to claim two of the three available places in Qatar, even if the former missed out last time. Russia and Sweden will fancy their chances too.
The key, surely, for the home nations will be to be given another home tie. They might also hope that an unseeded team can shock one of the big boys in the semis.
After that, it's down to a one-off 90 minutes - or maybe 120 plus penalties - to decide if their lengthy World Cup droughts will be over.
Right, how does the draw work?
There will be 12 countries in Friday's draw, with the six seeded teams hosting the six unseeded sides in the semi-finals. So far, so simple.
But the draw will be split into three paths, each containing two semis. The winners of those ties will meet to decide who will claim one of the three places in Qatar. Got it?
So by the time the draw is done on Friday each nation will know their semi-final opponents and which two teams would then stand between them and a place at the World Cup.
Oh, and the seedings are forgotten for the three finals, with order of the draw determining which sides are at home.
It will likely be announced before the draw commences that Ukraine and Russia can not be drawn against each other.
The semi-finals and finals will take place over the course of five days from March 24 to 29.
A history lesson
First, a brief history lesson. Wales, remarkably, have only played at one World Cup.
That came in 1958, when group-stage draws with Hungary, Mexico and Sweden, then a play-off win over Hungary, earned a quarter-final meeting with eventual winners Brazil.
The scorer of the only goal in that tie? A 17-year-old called Pele.
Scotland's history with the tournament is far richer - even if those memories have faded a little - with eight appearances at the big show between 1954 and 1998.
None have been particularly successful, with assorted calamities befalling a succession of talented squads, the most recent the 1998 jamboree in France.
Stream underway
You can follow the draw on our live feed at the top of the page.
As with all these cup draws, we're expecting it to be done and dusted within five minutes.
Yeh....you wish.
Poland
Robert Lewandowski is their striker, need we say more? Gunning for a Balon d'Or, another Bundesliga title and Champions League glory too, he is arguably the best player on the planet right now.
Scotland have faced his side before, and Lewandowski's two goals — one of which was in injury time — gave Poland a draw in their last trip to Hampden.
Both sides have been overhauled since then but the Bayern Munich man remains a menace against any defence in world football.
Austria
A familiar foe from Scotland's qualifying group, Austria would perhaps be one of the more confidence-inducing draws for Scotland fans.
Having taken four points off them in the group — including a 1-0 win in Austria in September — it is fair to say that Scotland would have little to fear going into this one.
Scotland finished the group two places and seven points better off than the Austrians.
Ukraine
It has been a while since Scotland have faced Ukraine and they would pose a threat to Steve Clarke's side no doubt about it.
Finishing runners-up to France in their group and drawing twice against the current World Champions with both games finishing 1-1 will not be easy reading for the Tartan Army if this is the draw they are handed.
The likes of West Ham's Andriy Yarmolenko and Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko are amongst their best players.