Matt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Congrats to Panama on qualifying for absolutely nothing. They sure seemed stoked at the news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 6 hours ago, QatarMag said: In the draw rehearsal earlier today… England Mexico Iran Ecuador That would be a decent group, the game against Mexico would be a great one I think. Would also be nice not to have any European teams in our group. Will definitely endeavour to watch the draw live tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Draw on Friday and all the pots more or less done. Teams from same confederation can't be put into the same group except for two UEFA side. Pot 1: Qatar, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain Pot 2: Mexico, USA, Uruguay, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands Pot 3: Iran, Senegal, Morocco, Serbia, Tunisia, Poland, South Korea, Japan Pot 4: Canada, Ghana, Cameroon, Saudi, Ecuador, Australia/UAE/Peru, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, New Zealand/Costa Rica Potential to be some pretty fun groups and group A could potentially be the worst one ever at a World Cup. As a top seed, do you prefer to be in Group B for a potentially easier match in the knock-out stages or Group C so you get 1A v 2B potentially in the quarter-finals? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 29/03/2022 at 20:55, Disco said: What a gyp for the Pharaoh’s. Senegal progress to the joy of everyone who doesn’t have to watch Egypt’s aaaaaful football. I'm glad Egypt's terror-ball hasn't been rewarded It's a shame Algeria faced Cameroon. In terms of strength and likelihood to succeed at a WC Africa would want: Senegal Cameroon Algeria Morocco Ghana/Nigeria Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 29/03/2022 at 22:51, toon25 said: Having Qatar at a World Cup Finals is absolutely fucking grim, mind. What's the odds on them pulling a South Korea/Italy kind of result to ensure they don't go immediately out in the group stages? Calling it now, they'll have some spectacularly dubious referee calls go in their favour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, gjohnson said: What's the odds on them pulling a South Korea/Italy kind of result to ensure they don't go immediately out in the group stages? Calling it now, they'll have some spectacularly dubious referee calls go in their favour. Quite difficult with VAR. With that being said, their team has been doing alright as of late and in an easy group they might stand a small chance of going through. Give them a group like USA/Mexico, Tunisia and Ecuador and I can see them not completely embarassing themselves tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Can you have 3 European teams in same group? Group of death would be Germany, all meh, Wales/Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, Foluwashola said: Can you have 3 European teams in same group? Group of death would be Germany, all meh, Wales/Scotland. No. Five groups will have two European teams, three groups will have one European team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Flip said: Quite difficult with VAR. With that being said, their team has been doing alright as of late and in an easy group they might stand a small chance of going through. Give them a group like USA/Mexico, Tunisia and Ecuador and I can see them not completely embarassing themselves tbf. How so, VAR has pulled/ignored some true shockers this season? 2 spectacularly bad ones for us, and no doubt every other team could quote a couple too. FIFA will want Qatar to go through to justify going there in the first place, and we all know what happens when the organisers of a tournament want a certain result. Edited March 31, 2022 by gjohnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: No. Five groups will have two European teams, three groups will have one European team. Ah whey, group should be EASY again then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hope we get a couple of toughies and one shite'un. Uruguay, Senegal and Australia for eg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Have they made up some ridiculously convoluted scheme for this draw ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 And I still want a World Cup held in a Northern European Autumn/Winter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 34 minutes ago, gjohnson said: How so, VAR has pulled/ignored some true shockers this season? 2 spectacularly bad ones for us, and no doubt every other team could quote a couple too. FIFA will want Qatar to go through to justify going there in the first place, and we all know what happens when the organisers of a tournament want a certain result. But it would require more than one or two shockers for Qatar and people would honestly question the integrity of the game if there are obvious shockers in favour of Qatar repeatedly at this WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, madras said: Have they made up some ridiculously convoluted scheme for this draw ? Wouldn't say so. Four pots determined on rankings. All of Pot A is drawn across eight groups, then all of Pot B, and so on: Pot 1 Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal. Pot 2 Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, USA, Croatia. Pot 3 Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia. Pot 4 Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine*, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Peru/UAE/Australia**. *Scotland play Ukraine, with winner playing Wales. **Australia play UAE, with winner playing Peru. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 No provisos, this team from pot a can't play this team because they were in the same qualifying group etc ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, madras said: No provisos, this team from pot a can't play this team because they were in the same qualifying group etc ? No team from same confederation except for UEFA teams where 2 UEFA sides can be in the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Flip said: Quite difficult with VAR. With that being said, their team has been doing alright as of late and in an easy group they might stand a small chance of going through. Give them a group like USA/Mexico, Tunisia and Ecuador and I can see them not completely embarassing themselves tbf. Fuck you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Qatar could sneak a few points tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tomato Deuce said: Fuck you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Ideal draw for me would be England, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia. One game to get us all hyped up with 2 very winnable games in case we mess it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) Germany Serbia Ghana Ingurland to go out in the group stages Edited March 31, 2022 by jack j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 41 minutes ago, ilikenewcastle said: Ideal draw for me would be England, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia. One game to get us all hyped up with 2 very winnable games in case we mess it up. Exactly the type of group I'm hoping for Brazil. Problem is if you mess it up and then have to play someone like France in the last 16 already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 6 hours ago, Flip said: But it would require more than one or two shockers for Qatar and people would honestly question the integrity of the game if there are obvious shockers in favour of Qatar repeatedly at this WC. It would not be surprising, and plenty of people have and still are questioning the integrity of the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, jack j said: Germany Serbia Ghana Ingurland to go out in the group stages That was looking like the group of death initially, Putingrad and the hosts would have sealed it. Edited March 31, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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