World Cup 2022 (1 Viewer)

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

It doesn’t kick off for another seven months but we nearly have all the confirmed teams and the draw takes place tomorrow, so we may as well have an official thread.

Group A - Qatar/ Ecuador/ Senegal/ Netherlands
Group B - England/ Iran/ USA/ Wales
Group C - Argentina/ Saudi Arabia/ Mexico/ Poland
Group D - France/ Australia/ Denmark/ Tunisia
Group E - Spain/ Costa Rica/ Germany/ Japan
Group F - Belgium/ Canada/ Morocco/ Croatia
Group G - Brazil/ Serbia/ Switzerland/ Cameroon
Group H - Portugal/ Ghana/ Uruguay/ Korea Republic

 

[RS]

Too many Anglosaxon teams!
(but maybe Scotland and Wales don’t count as Anglosaxon and it’s maybe unlikely that both Aus and NZ would make it?).

 

[win_the_game]

Is the no more than 2 UEFA nations in the same group rule still in place?

If so that’s a faff to work out based on the pots.

 

[Gold Funkincense & Myrrh]

Did Russia qualify and get banned or not qualify anyway? I can't remember

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

Is the no more than 2 UEFA nations in the same group rule still in place?

If so that’s a faff to work out based on the pots.

I think so yes. It’ll be fun to watch it all go wrong

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

Did Russia qualify and get banned or not qualify anyway? I can't remember

They reached the play-offs but were kicked out before they began.

 

[Gold Funkincense & Myrrh]

They reached the play-offs but were kicked out before they began.

 

[Penelope]

It doesn’t kick off for another seven months but we nearly have all the confirmed teams and the draw takes place tomorrow, so we may as well have an official thread.

FIFA have released the latest rankings this morning which means the pots for the draw look like this..
Pot A
Qatar
Brazil
Belgium
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal

Pot B
Mexico
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Uruguay
Switzerland
United States
Croatia

Pot C
Senegal
Iran
Japan
Morocco
Serbia
Poland
South Korea
Tunisia

Pot D
Cameroon
Canada
Ecuador
Saudi Arabia
Ghana
Wales/Scotland/Ukraine
Australia/Peru
Costa Rica/New Zealand

(it’s such a FAFF trying to put that into a table, I had to GIVE UP )

Australia are not yet through to the intercontinental playoff vs Peru - they still have to beat the United Arab Emirates in the AFC playoff

 

[Kratz]

Watching the draw and it remains mortifying that this tournament has been sent to Qatar.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

OBVIOUS ISSUES ASIDE I’m already obsessed with Stadium 974, made of 974 shipping containers

 

[Kratz]

Those containers are probably full of migrant workers!

 

[win_the_game]

Too many Anglosaxon teams!
(but maybe Scotland and Wales don’t count as Anglosaxon and it’s maybe unlikely that both Aus and NZ would make it?).

We don’t. We’re Celtic nations.

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

World famous Qatari hospitality. Unless you’re gay, of course.

 

[win_the_game]

What a load of shit this promotional video is. Who knew Qatar was renowned for its great love of football.

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

How the hell did Jermaine Jenas get this job?

 

[win_the_game]

He’s obviously impressed with his hosting duties on the global phenomenon The One Show.

 

[win_the_game]

How many people do they need to draw a few balls?

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

They’ve found a Qatari footballer.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

The CANNED CHEERS! It’s like Eurovision 2015 all over again

 

[win_the_game]

I quite liked the ABRUPT END to the cheers and clapping! Someone hit STOP on the clapping tape too early.

 

[win_the_game]

Interviews in arabic with no translation

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

OMG WE DON’T CARE GET ON WITH IT

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

OMG WE DON’T CARE GET ON WITH IT

No, this is important. If they fuck it up, we’ll have to go through the whole tedious process again.

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

England in Group B.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

So we won’t face an actual seeded team until the quarters..

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

Let’s draw USA next please

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

So we won’t face an actual seeded team until the quarters..

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

I love that they are still bothering with the tension music when they are drawing the red ball for the group position.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

I swear if we draw Germany

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

England get USA.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

England get USA.

It’s all going so well!

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

It’s all going so well!

Kind of. It would be France in the quarter finals if they both win their groups.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

Kind of. It would be France in the quarter finals if they both win their groups.

Champions curse

 

[win_the_game]

Well Scotland/Wales can’t get France, Spain, Germany or Belgium in the group stage.

 

[win_the_game]

Oh Jermaine not HAITCH.

 

[Baby It’s Soldi Outside]

Well Scotland/Wales can’t get France, Spain, Germany or Belgium in the group stage.

I do hope you get an easy group, it’d be nice to see Scotland make the knock-outs.

 

[win_the_game]

I’ll settle for World Cup qualification first!

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

Presumably, if an Asian team come out first in the next round, they’ll go into the England group.

 

[Home Admlawne 2: dmLawst in New York]

Iran for England.

 

[Kratz]

Incredibly kind draw for England so far (Iran opener!)