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‘3 Port’ Assignment Who will fight the Bentuho… Tonight’s Qatar World Cup Destiny Group Draw

▲ On the 29th (local time) at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifier Group A match between Korea and the United Arab Emirates ended with a 0-1 victory. After the match, Korean players including Son Heung-min greet the cheering squad in the stands. Yonhap News

The draw ceremony to determine the success or failure of Korean football at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to be held in November will be held at the Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, at 1:00 am (local time, 7:00 pm local time) on the 2nd. .

In the World Cup Final, where 32 countries participate and are divided into 8 groups of 4 countries, the first and second place teams in each group compete for the championship in the round of 16 tournament.

In this group draw, 29 countries including the host country Qatar have confirmed their advance to the finals, and the remaining 3 countries will be selected in the Intercontinental Playoff (PO) and European PO to be held in June.

The intercontinental PO, where two tickets will go to the owner, was collected in a confrontation between the winners of New Zealand-Costa Rica and Asian PO (United Arab Emirates-Australia) and Peru.

The other one will be taken by the winner of the European PO Group A, which was postponed due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Wales, who advanced to the final by beating Austria first, will face the winner of the Scotland-Ukraine match.

As in the 2018 Russian tournament, all participating countries except the host country were seeded in order of FIFA rankings. It was based on the men’s soccer world rankings announced on March 31.

Among the 29 countries that have been confirmed to participate, Port 1 is Qatar (51st) and the top 7 teams in the FIFA rankings. Brazil (1st), Belgium (2nd), France (3rd), Argentina (4th), England (5th), Spain (7th), Portugal (8th), etc.

Port 2 includes Mexico (9th), Netherlands (10th), Denmark (11th), Germany (12th), Uruguay (13th), Switzerland (14th), USA (15th), Croatia (16th) ) belongs to.

Korea ranked 29th in the FIFA rankings and belonged to the 3rd pot. Senegal (20th), Iran (21st), Japan (23rd), Morocco (24th), Serbia (25th), Poland (26th), and Tunisia (35th) were tied to port 3 together.

Port 4 includes Cameroon (37th), Canada (38th), Ecuador (46th), Saudi Arabia (49th), and Ghana (60th). FIFA has decided that all three teams to be screened in PO in June will be tied to port 4 regardless of their ranking.