The draw for the 2022 World Cup have been conducted on Friday.
Qatar’s controversial hosting of the tournament will stage the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world. The tournament will also be the first World Cup not to be held in May, June, or July, instead taking place in November and December, in a reduced timeframe of just 28 days.
The draw was conducted by Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Adel Ahmed MalAllah (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinović (Serbia/Mexico), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria) and Tim Cahill (Australia).
The complete draw is as follows:
GROUP A
Qatar
Ecuador
Senegal
Netherlands
GROUP B
England
Iran
USA
GROUP C
Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Poland
GROUP D
France
ICP 1
Denmark
Tunisia
GROUP E
Spain
ICP 2
Germany
Japan
GROUP F
Belgium
Canada
Morocco
Croatia
GROUP G
Brazil
Serbia
Switzerland
Cameroon
GROUP H
Portugal
Ghana
Uruguay
Korea
