The Brazilian and Argentine teams will be seeded in the draw for the Qatar World Cup, on April 1 in Doha, according to the same procedure, in which the FIFA classification will be used.
FIFA unveiled the rules of the draw on Tuesday, in which there will be four pots with seven teams each. In the first of them will be the top seeds, with Qatar as host, and the first selections of the ranking FIFA that will be published on March 31.
Right now the classification is led by Belgium (1,828.45 points), followed by Brazil (1,823.42), France (1,786.15), Argentina (1,766.99), England (1,755.52) and Italy (1,740.77). , with Spain in seventh place (1,704.75) ahead of Portugal (1,066.25).
Of these, all are already classified except for Italy and Portugal, which can be found in the final play-off for one of the three places in Europe that remain to be assigned if they pass their first duels. Both teams will play at home on the 24th against North Macedonia and Turkey, respectively, and if they win they will meet on the Portuguese field on March 29.
The draw procedure approved by the Organizing Committee for Competitions establishes that the 28 teams already classified will be divided into four pots from 1 to 4, according to the FIFA classification that will be published on March 31.
Ecuador could get its direct ticket this Thursday, when it faces Paraguay, and if other combined results are favorable in the dispute of the seventeenth day of the South American qualifying round.
Qatar, as the host country, will occupy the first place of the seeds (A1) in pot 1, to which the seven highest ranked teams will be added.
The countries from 8th to 15th position will appear in pot 2; those classified in positions 16 to 23 in position 3 and those located in position 24 to 28 will be in pot 4, along with the two winners of the intercontinental qualifiers and the winner of the last UEFA qualifier.
He is awaiting the date of the meeting postponed to June between Scotland and Ukraine, whose winner will face the winner of Wales-Austria at home.
On the date of the draw at the Doha Congress and Exhibition Center (7:00 p.m. local), 29 of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup will be announced and the Qatar team will be assigned position A1 as host.
The rest of the seeds from the first pot will occupy the first position of each group, from B to H.
FIFA will guarantee to the extent possible that no group has more than one selection from the same confederation, with the exception of Europe which will have 13 representatives.
Each group will have at least one and a maximum of two European teams, so that five of the eight groups will include two UEFA teams.
The places reserved for the winners of the two intercontinental playoffs (AFC team-Conmebol team and Concacaf team-OFC team) and also for UEFA will also be governed by the general principle of geographical separation of the same classification zone.
The World Cup in Qatar will open on Monday, November 21 and the group stage will last twelve days with four games per day. The round of 16 will be played from December 3 to 6; the quarters from 8 to 10 and the semifinals on 13 and 14. The match for third place will be on Saturday 17 and the final the next day at the Lusail stadium.
FIFA indicated that the final schedule will only be known once a stadium and a schedule have been assigned to the matches of each of the days. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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