A combination lottery for the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament will be held in Qatar from 1:00 am on the 2nd of Japan time, and the opponents of Japan's first league will be decided.
We will update the progress of the lottery from time to time.
[Lottery method]
In the combination lottery, the 32 participating teams will be divided into 8 groups from A to H in the primary league.
(Three of the 32 teams will be decided based on the results of the intercontinental playoffs scheduled for June.) The
32 teams will be placed in 4 pots in advance, 8 teams each from the top of the world ranking announced on March 31. It is divided.
(Qatar, the host country, is in pot 1. The two teams that have won the intercontinental playoffs and the winner of the European qualifying playoffs is in the fourth pot.) The
lottery will start from the first pot.
After selecting the ball with the team name written on it, the combination of each group is decided by selecting the ball with the numbers from 1 to 4 from the eight group pots from A to H.
(Teams representing the same continent will not be in the same group, but in Europe with 13 teams, up to 2 teams can be in the same group)
Below, the pots are divided.
World ranking in parentheses
▼ 1st Pot
Qatar: Host country First appearance (51st)
Brazil: 22nd consecutive tournament 22nd (1st)
Belgium: 3rd consecutive 14th (2nd)
France: 7th consecutive 16th (1st )
3rd place)
Argentina: 13th consecutive tournament 18th (4th)
England: 7th consecutive tournament 16th (5th)
Spain: 12th consecutive tournament 15th (7th)
Portugal: 6th consecutive tournament 8th (8th)
▼ 2nd Pot
Mexico: 8th consecutive tournament 17th (9th)
Netherlands: 2nd consecutive tournament 11th (10th)
Denmark: 2nd consecutive tournament 6th (11th)
Germany: 18th consecutive tournament 20th (12th)
Uruguay: 4th consecutive tournament 14th (13th)
Switzerland: 5th consecutive tournament 12th (14th)
USA: 2nd tournament 11th (15th)
Croatia: 3rd consecutive 6th (16th)
▼ 3rd pot
Senegal: 2nd consecutive 3rd (20th)
Iran: 6th in a row (21st)
Japan: 7th in a row (23rd)
Morocco: 6th in a row (24th)
Serbia: 13th in a row (25th)
Poland: 2nd consecutive tournament 9th (26th)
Korea: 10th consecutive 11th (29th)
Tunisia: 2nd consecutive 6th (35th)
▼ 4th Pot
Cameroon: 8th in 2 tournaments (37th)
Canada: 2nd in 9 tournaments (38th)
Ecuador: 4th in 2 tournaments (46th)
Saudi Arabia: 6th in 2 consecutive tournaments (49th)
Ghana: 4th (60th)
intercontinental playoff for the first time in 2 tournaments * 1
Intercontinental playoff * 2
European qualifying playoff * 3
* 1 (Australia vs. UAE winner vs. Peru. Winner)
* 2 (New Zealand vs. Costa Rica winner)
* 3 (Scottish vs. Ukraine winner and Wales will play against each other. The winner) The
combination lottery will start at 1:00 am on the 2nd of Japan time and will be broadcast on NHK on general TV.