One doesn’t need to wait until 2022 World Cup draw in order to start conjuring group of death scenarios, now that FIFA has confirmed its procedure for the April 1 event.
Although only 29 of the 32 teams participating in Qatar will be known at the time of the draw, the top seeds will all be sorted by then. FIFA confirmed Tuesday that along with host nation Qatar, the top seven teams in the men’s world rankings as of the March 31 edition will be drawn from Pot 1. The next eight nations in the rankings will be drawn into Pot 2, and so on.