When is the World Cup draw and when does the 2022 event begin in Qatar?
dailystar.co.ukEuro 2020 only just behind us, it is already time to turn our attention to the next major tournament: the Qatar World Cup, 2022.Normally international tournaments can feel few and far between, a real treat that only comes around every two years.But due to the Covid pandemic and the Euros being forced back from 2020 to 2021, the gap between the two tournaments feels a lot shorter.This is great news for Three Lions fans, who will be hoping that England’s excellent momentum from the campaign can be carried directly through into the ultimate tournament.The draw for the World Cup is just around the corner, on April 1.
The draw will give fans plenty to get excited about and will allow managers and their teams time to prepare for their specific upcoming opposition.The teams drawn will dictate who faces who is in the group stages, with sides hoping to get enough points to make it through to the knockout stage of the tournament afterwards.Groups will labelled A through to H, with the top-ranked seven teams and Qatar as hosts placed across the groups.In total 32 teams will be competing in the World Cup 2022.
Each of the 17 confirmed so far are listed below as well at their respective world ranking position at the time of writing.Argentina 4Belgium 1Brazil 2Croatia 15Denmark 9England 5France 3Germany 11Iran 21Japan 23Netherlands 10Qatar 52Saudi Arabia 53Serbia 25South Korea 29Spain 7Switzerland 14While there are just 17 teams in this list, 15 more sides are still in with a chance of securing a position at the coveted tournament.Another 12 spots will be claimed between March 24 and March 30 by countries from the following continents: five in Africa, three in North America, two in Europe, and two in South America.
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