The results of the Qatar World Cup draw are finally out.
The fate of the top 32 in the World Cup has actually begun to emerge at this moment.
Which team match are you most looking forward to?
Image source: Official FIFA World Cup
Can the Asian teams that were signed by the collective draw break through?
Will the signed England team advance as they wish?
Can the French team break the "curse" of the defending champions?
As the swan song of the "Top 32 Edition" of the World Cup, this signing has many interesting points, and it can't help but make people look forward to the football feast that will be unveiled more than 200 days later.
The official ball for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Image source: Visual China
Group A
Qatar Ecuador Senegal Netherlands
Highlights: ★★
Although it is the host, the signing of the Qatar team is not ideal.
The third team in the same group, Senegal, just won the African Cup for the first time in February this year.
The team not only has high morale, but also has stars such as Mane, Mendy and Koulibaly who have played in the five major European leagues.
The veteran Dutch team is the second-tier team with outstanding strength, and it has a good momentum after the old coach Van Gaal returned to the coach.
For the hosts, the only "lucky thing" is that they will face off against Ecuador, who is relatively weak in the same group, in the opening game.
The "Uncrowned King" Holland was selected for the draw.
In view of the fact that there is no strong enemy except England in the neighboring Group B, the Netherlands will not face much challenge in the 1/8 finals if it wins the first place in this group.
Data map: After 8 years, the familiar touch of orange will reproduce the World Cup stadium
Group B
England Iran USA play-off winners (Wales/Scotland/Ukraine)
Highlights: ★★★
Like the Netherlands, England's signings are quite good. Not only do they have no strong opponents in the same group, but the competition in their half is relatively small.
Last year's European Cup runner-up made England coach Gareth Southgate and his young disciples mature a lot.
With the blessing of the signing, this England team is likely to make a difference. They have many similarities with the defending champion France team.
In the European Cup in 2021, the England team won the runner-up.
Group C
Argentina Saudi Arabia Mexico Poland
Highlights: ★★★★
Compared with the dominance of groups A and B, group C will have more to watch.
Messi will have direct dialogue with Lewandowski when Argentina plays Poland.
In the World Cup group stage, the Mexico team, which can always play a spoiler, is also quite powerful.
These three teams will stage a fierce qualifying battle.
For Saudi Arabia, the Asian team in this group, it may be a more realistic goal to strive to score points on the basis of conceding fewer goals.
Data map: Argentina won the Copa America.
Group D
France play-off winners (Australia/UAE/Peru) Denmark Tunisia
Highlights: ★★★
Defending champions France also had good luck in signings.
Group D is not too competitive for them.
It is worth mentioning that there have been three consecutive World Cups before the "curse" of the defending champions failing to qualify for the group stage.
However, the probability of the French team being out of the group is really small.
Among the other teams in this group, the strength of the Danish team should not be underestimated.
In last year's European Cup, they reached the semi-finals all the way, and they cannot rule out the possibility of continuing to play the "dark horse" in the World Cup.
In the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, the French team was eliminated by another "dark horse" Switzerland.
Data map: Can the French team break the curse of the defending champion?
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Group E
Spain play-off winners (New Zealand/Costa Rica) Germany Japan
Highlights: ★★★★★
The German team, which is also a second-tier team, did not have the same good luck as the Dutch team, and they were drawn into Spain's group.
The two teams met in the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup, and in the end Spain won the final and won the cup.
12 years later, although there are few players left in the two teams who participated in that game, it does not hinder the attention of the game.
The Spanish team has initially completed its replacement, and the German team has gradually recovered under the leadership of new coach Flick.
The direct dialogue between the two teams will be related to the battle for the top spot in the group.
Once you get the second place in this group, you will have a high probability of encountering the strong Belgian team in the neighboring group.
For the Japanese team, the group stage is very challenging.
But on the other hand, this is also an opportunity for them to show their strength to the world.
In the last World Cup, Japan lost 2:3 to Belgium in the 1/8 final.
After making a comeback four years later, can they create surprises on behalf of Asian teams?
At the World Cup in Russia, the defending champion Germany team failed to qualify for the group photo by China News Agency reporter Tian Bochuan
Group F
Belgium Canada Morocco Croatia
Highlights: ★★★★
Belgium and Croatia are both the top four teams in the World Cup in Russia, with the former winning the third place and the latter winning the runner-up.
But in the past four years, both teams are in the decline period after the "golden generation", and the phenomenon of green and yellow has appeared.
This World Cup, their signing luck is not good.
There are Spain and Germany in the adjacent group, and there is a high probability that they will be their opponents in the 1/8 finals.
In the World Cup in Russia, Belgium won the historic third place.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Group G
Brazil Serbia Switzerland Cameroon
Highlights: ★★★★
Although there is a strong Brazil team in Group G, the group promotion situation is still delicate.
Serbia and Switzerland, these two teams had a strong momentum in the previous World Preliminary European competition, and they have the strength to create some trouble for Brazil, currently ranked first in the world.
At the same time, the direct dialogue between Serbia and Switzerland for the group qualifying place is bound to be fierce and unusual.
In the 2021 Copa America final, with Di Maria's goal, Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 to win the championship.
The picture shows Brazil star Neymar crying after the game.
Group H
Portugal Ghana Uruguay South Korea
Highlights: ★★★★
In the 1/8 final of the World Cup in Russia, Portugal lost to Uruguay 1:2 and missed the top 8.
This time the two teams are divided into the same group, which is quite interesting.
Compared with four years ago, Uruguay's leading strikers Suarez and Cavani have entered the end of their careers, while Portugal has Cristiano Ronaldo, Jota, Fernandes, Cancelo and other stars.
This is a relatively ideal group for Portugal, which has struggled to get World Cup tickets through the play-offs.
However, they are in the bottom half and will face many challenges after qualifying.
Which group are you most looking forward to in this draw?