2022 FIFA World Cup Draw Highlights: Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal to play Ghana in first match

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The teams participating in FIFA 2022 World Cup will know their fate and respective groups on Friday (April 1). The World Cup will be held between November to December 2022, all the teams will know who they face in the group stages of the tournament.

A total of 32 teams will compete, out of which 29 are confirmed and three spots still remain empty. The spots will be taken after the intercontinental playoff round ends in June 2022.

The countries occupying positions from 8 to 15 in the ranking of the qualified teams will be allocated in Pot 2, while the 16th-23rd best-ranked qualifiers will be placed in Pot 3. Finally, Pot 4 will include the qualified teams in positions 24 to 28, plus three placeholders representing the two winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the remaining UEFA play-off winner.

01 April 2022

22:41 IST

The following is the draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in November and December.

Group A

Qatar (hosts)
Ecuador
Senegal
Netherlands

Group B

England
Iran
United States
Wales/Scotland/Ukraine

Group C

Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Poland

Group D

France
United Arab Emirates/Australia/Peru
Denmark
Tunisia

Group E

Spain
Costa Rica/New Zealand
Germany
Japan

Group F

Belgium
Canada
Morocco
Croatia

Group G

Brazil
Serbia
Switzerland
Cameroon

Group H

Portugal
Ghana
Uruguay
South Korea

22:37 IST

Pot 3 draw

Iran in Group B, position B2

Senegal in Group A, they are at A3

Poland in Group C, they are at C4

Serbia in Group G, they are at G2

Tunisia in Group D, they are at D4

Japan in Group E, at E4

Morocco in Group F, at F3

Korea Republic in Group H, at H4

Brazil to play Serbia in first match

Uruguay to play S Korea in first match