1 port
: Canada, Mexico, United States (host countries), Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
2 port
: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran,
Republic of Korea
, Ecuador, Austria, Australia
3 ports
: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
4 ports
: Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, 4 teams passed European playoffs*, 2 teams passed intercontinental playoffs**
*European playoffs
Group 1 Italy/Northern Ireland v Wales/Bosnia
Group 2 Ukraine/Sweden vs Poland/Albania
Group 3 Turkiye/Romania vs Slovakia/Kosovo
Group 4 Denmark/North Macedonia vs Czech Republic/Ireland
**Intercontinental Playoffs
Group 1 New Caledonia/Jamaica vs Democratic Republic of Congo
Group 2Bolivia/Suriname vs Iraq
[Date and time of drawing]
The draw is in Korean time.
Scheduled to take place on December 6th at 2am
[Lottery method and regulations]
1.
Teams that advance to the European playoffs/intercontinental playoffs are assigned to 4 pots.
> 4 port Italy available
2.
The host country is assigned to pot 1, and the remaining countries are assigned to pots according to the FIFA rankings in November.
> Korea has 2 ports
3.
Each group can have only one country from the same continent.
3-1.
Europe is an exception, with a minimum of 1 European team and a maximum of 2 teams in each group.
> Since there are a total of 16 European teams, 4 groups include 2 European teams.
4.
The principle of not being organized on the same continent applies to positions that include intercontinental playoff qualifiers.
> Group 1 of the intercontinental playoffs (New Caledonia/Jamaica vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo) cannot be placed in the same group as teams from Oceania, North and Central America, or Africa.
> Group 2 of the intercontinental playoffs (Bolivia/Suriname vs Iraq) cannot be placed in the same group as teams from South America, North and Central America, or Asia.
5.
Among the host countries, Mexico was assigned the first spot in Group A, Canada was fixed in the first spot in Group B, and the United States was fixed in the first spot in Group D.
6.
The location within the group is predetermined depending on how many ports there are.
> Refer to the table below
So, if Korea is assigned to Group C, since it is ranked 2nd in Group C, will its first game be against Group C 1st (top seed)?
I think so, but I’m not sure
I will answer with .
This is because FIFA did not clearly state that the first match in Group C was Group C No. 1 vs. Group C No. 2.
7.
Teams ranked 1st and 2nd cannot meet before the finals, and teams ranked 4th or lower cannot meet before the semifinals.
(This is the most unusual rule, so I mark it in red)
> Current ranking is 1st place: Spain, 2nd place Argentina, 3rd place France, 4th place England
8. The order of group draw is as follows: 3 host countries > remaining 1 pot > 2 pots > 3 pots > 4 pots
FIFA unkindly posted only one picture, but the brackets for the round of 32 (tournament) are also included, so I’ll introduce them as well.
Match 73 (far left, 3rd from the top) is listed as 2A v 2B, which means that the 2nd place in Group A and 2nd place in Group B will play.
In the case of Match 74, it is the 1st place in Group E vs. the 3rd place in ABCDF Group, and the team that will face the 1st place in Group E is determined depending on which group the top 8 teams in the 3rd place that will advance to the round of 32 come from.
In connection with the rule (Rule 7 of the above-mentioned draw) that teams ranked within the top 4 (Spain, Argentina, France, England) cannot meet before the semifinals,
It can be assumed that these 4 teams will be divided into (Group E, F, Group I), (Group D, G, H) / (Group A, C, L), (Group B, J, K) (the strikeout line is the host country).
However, if Spain takes second place in Group C and Argentina takes first place in Group F, the two teams will meet in the round of 32.
The reason it is only a guess is because FIFA only posted the bracket and did not provide any explanation.
Source (FIFA official website)