2018 FIFA WC: Pots announced for Final Draw

With Peru completing the line-up of 32 teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, we now know the seeding pots for the Final Draw on 1 December.

It was confirmed in September, by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, that all teams will be allocated to (eight-team) pots 1 to 4 based on sporting principles. The October 2017 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be used to allocate all qualified teams to the four pots according to their ranking in descending order, after hosts Russia, who take the top seeding spot.

With those factors in mind, here are the final pots for the Final Draw:

  POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4

Russia Spain Denmark Serbia

Germany Peru Iceland     Nigeria

Brazil Switzerland   Costa Rica Australia

Portugal England Sweden   Japan

Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco

Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama

Poland  Uruguay  Senegal     Korea Republic

France Croatia Iran Saudi Arabia

It is worth remembering that the principle of drawing the teams into the groups will remain unchanged. This means that no teams from the same confederation, with the exception of UEFA, which could have up to two teams in the same group, will be drawn into the same group.

The Final Draw will take place on Friday 1 December at Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace. 

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