FIFA World Cup 2022 draw: Spain and Germany in identical group, holders France to satisfy Denmark

Defending champions France discovered their opponents because the draw ceremony for FIFA World Cup 2022 on the Doha exhibition heart on Friday as much-criticised Qatar gears as much as host soccer’s greatest showpiece occasion.

France, who gained the title in 2018, will face Denmark and Tunisia in Group D on the World Cup, which will get underway from November 21. Hosts Qatar, drawn in Group A, will tackle Senegal, Netherlands and Ecuador.

In what appears to be the Group of Death, former champions Germany and Spain have been pitted in opposition to one another. They even have Japan and one other qualifier in Group E. Group G was additionally one of many hardest, pitting five-times World Cup winners Brazil in opposition to Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.

Lionel Messi’s Argentina will face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland whereas Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea.

Meanwhile, the Fifteenth-ranked Americans have been drawn Friday to begin in opposition to the European playoff winner on November 21, the match’s opening day in Qatar, then meet No. 5 England on Nov. 25 and shut the group stage in opposition to No. 21 Iran.

No. 39 Scotland meet Twenty seventh-ranked Ukraine in June in a playoff delayed due to Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The winner meets No. 18 Wales for a World Cup berth, a match additionally scheduled for June.

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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

The draw got here after a forty five minute musical and video present as FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised the occasion would “simply be the best tournament ever”.

The resolution in 2010 at hand the internet hosting rights to Qatar was closely criticised and there was intense scrutiny of the human rights scenario within the nation.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thaniwelcomed the visitors who included nationwide group coaches, World Cup-winning gamers and soccer officers.

This yr’s World Cup is the primary moved from its conventional June/July interval, a shift to get away from the summer time warmth within the desert.