A combination lottery for the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament, which will start in November, will be held on the early morning of the 2nd of Japan time, and the opponents and match venues of Japan's first league will be decided.

The World Cup Qatar Tournament will be held for about a month from November 21st, with 32 teams participating, and the match will be held at eight venues in five cities, including the capital Doha.



The combination lottery will be held in Doha from the early morning of the 2nd of Japan time, and successive representative players such as former Brazilian national team Cafu will play the role of lottery.



In the lottery, the 32 participating teams will be divided into 8 groups, 4 teams each in the primary league, and the competition cards and venues will be decided.



In Japan, which has decided to participate in the 7th consecutive tournament, Director Hajime Moriyasu will go to the local venue to watch the lottery, and where will the opponent of the 1st league be toward the goal of entering the best 8? , Will be noticed.



The combination lottery will start at 7:00 pm local time on the 1st and 1:00 am on the 2nd of Japan time, and will be broadcast on NHK General TV.

The lottery method is

In this combination lottery, the 32 participating teams will be divided into 8 groups, and the opponents of the 1st league will be decided.



The 32 participating teams will be divided into 4 pots in advance, and will be assigned in order from the top of the world ranking announced on March 31, except for Qatar, the host country, and the participating teams to be decided.



▼ In addition to Qatar, the 1st pot will include Brazil, which is ranked 1st in the world, Belgium, which is ranked 2nd, and France, which won the previous tournament.



▼ Germany and Uruguay, who have won the championship, will be in the second pot.



▼ Japan, which is ranked 23rd in the world ranking, will be in the 3rd pot.



▼ Two winners of the intercontinental playoffs and one winner of the European qualifying playoffs will be in the fourth pot.



In the lottery, after selecting the balls with the team name written in order from the first pot, select the balls with the numbers from 1 to 4 from the eight group pots from A to H, and then select the ball with the numbers from 1 to 4 for each group. The combination is decided.



Qatar, the host country, has been assigned to Group A 1 in advance.