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Published 16:30 30 Nov 2017 GMT
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Pot One: Russia (hosts), Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, France. Pot Two: Spain, Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Croatia. Pot Three: Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Iran. Pot Four: Serbia, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, South Korea, Saudi Arabia.There are four pots of eight countries, which have been divided on the basis of world ranking, and will be drawn into eight groups of four teams. Hosts Russia are in Pot One along with the seven highest-ranked teams to have qualified for the tournament. Spain have dropped into Pot Two, because of Russia's place in the top pot, along with England. Denmark's reward for hammering the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup play-off is a place in Pot Three, and Serbia are the highest ranked team in Pot Four. European teams can only play one other country from the continent in the group stage, and there can't be more than one team from the other confederations in the same group. So, for example, if England were to draw Germany, they would not play another European team in the group stages. While two Asian teams can't face each other in the group stage, two South American teams can't play each other in the group stage, two teams from Africa can't play each other in the group stages and two teams from North America and Central America can't face each other in the group stages. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/936249129952595971 Here's the best draw England can expect on Friday, based on Fifa rankings:
Here's the worst-case scenario England could face from Friday's draw, based on Fifa rankings:
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