Today’s draw for the 2022 World Cup group stage: Eagerly waiting for the “group of death”

The great battles between the “big men” of world football can take place right in the group stage of the World Cup 2022.

Time and place of the draw ceremony

Group stage draw World Cup 2022 will be held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), located in the city of Doha (Qatar). The draw will start at 19:00 on April 1st local time (23h on April 1st Vietnam time).

Participants

Finals World Cup In 2022, there are 32 participating teams, which will be divided into 8 groups, 4 teams each. Up to now, the identities of 29 teams are known. Two of the remaining three spots will be decided in the intercontinental play-offs taking place on June 13 or 14. The last place belongs to the European region, when Wales will compete with the winner of the Scotland – Ukraine pair.

The draw will have the presence of 2,000 guests, including some former players such as Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthaus (Germany), Adel Ahmed MalAllah (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinovic (Serbia). , Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria) and Tim Cahill (Australia) will help with the drawing process.

Draw process

The 32 participating teams will be divided into 4 seed groups. The first seed group includes the host Qatar and the 7 highest ranked teams according to the rankings of the World Football Federation (FIFA) announced on March 31. Teams in this top group include Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, and Portugal.

Seed groups

The teams ranked 8 to 15 are in group 2, while those ranked 16 to 23 are in group 3. Finally, group 4 has the teams ranked 24 to 28, plus 2 places for the play-winner- intercontinental off and a spot for the winner of the European play-off.

Where to watch the draw?

The draw will be broadcast live worldwide on FIFA’s homepage and will be updated continuously on FIFA’s official social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. In addition, readers can follow the live report of the draw on 24h.com.vn.

Specific match schedule

The schedule will be announced as soon as the matches are allocated to the stadiums with the start time for each match day. World Cup Finals will take place from November 21, 2022 to December 18, 2022. The group stage will last for 12 days, with 4 matches each day.

Ronaldo can compete with Lewandowski right from the group stage

Waiting for “death table”

With the appearance of the Netherlands, Germany and 2018 World Cup runner-up Croatia in group 2, the 2018 World Cup group stage promises to see many great battles soon. Besides, with the presence of the two strongest representatives in Asia, Japan – Korea and Poland of striker Robert Lewandowski in group 3, the possibility of a “death table” is not small.

It is entirely possible that a rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo/Lionel Messi and Thomas Muller and Lewandowski in the group stage can happen. These are all old strikers and are all determined to leave their mark in the World Cup that may be the last of their careers.