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UEFA preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022: Seeded teams confirmed FIFA preliminary draw

UEFA preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022: Seeded teams confirmed

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 27 Nov 2020, 09:20 pm

Dhaka, November 27: As excitement mounts ahead of the UEFA preliminary draw for the FIFA World Cup 2022 that is due to take place on 7 December at 18:00 CET as a virtual event in Zurich, Belgium, were on Friday confirmed as the top-seeded team in Pot 1 following the publication of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.

The Red Devils will be joined in Pot 1 by the other top-placed European teams in the ranking: France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Based on the ranking, the remaining 45 UEFA member associations will be allocated as follows:

Pot 2: Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia and Romania

Pot 3: Russia, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece and Finland

Pot 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Belarus, Georgia and Luxembourg

Pot 5: Armenia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia and Andorra

Pot 6: Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar and San Marino