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With all the shenanigans going on with Fifa, there's the draw happening Saturday for the qualifiers if anyone is interested.
The Qualifying Draw will take place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg on Saturday the 25 July 2015 at 18.00 local Russia time and (17.00 Central European Time - 16.00 BST)
The only confederation not affected by the draw is the Asian confederation, as their respective qualifying campaigns are already underway.
Draw procedures
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html
The 52 Uefa associations are divided into six seeding pots, decided by the Fifa rankings published in June.
Pot one: Germany, Belgium, Holland, Romania, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, Croatia.
Pot two: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pot three: Poland, Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece.
Pot four: Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia.
Pot five: Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova.
Pot six: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra.
The first matches are played on 4-6 September 2016 and the last group matches on 8-10 October 2017. The play-offs are in November 2017 and the World Cup finals run from 14 June–15 July 2018.
Sky Sports News UK are showing the draw from 4pm-6pm BST and there will be "extensive" coverage on Fifa.com.
The Qualifying Draw will take place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg on Saturday the 25 July 2015 at 18.00 local Russia time and (17.00 Central European Time - 16.00 BST)
The only confederation not affected by the draw is the Asian confederation, as their respective qualifying campaigns are already underway.
Draw procedures
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html
The 52 Uefa associations are divided into six seeding pots, decided by the Fifa rankings published in June.
Pot one: Germany, Belgium, Holland, Romania, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, Croatia.
Pot two: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pot three: Poland, Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece.
Pot four: Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia.
Pot five: Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova.
Pot six: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra.
The first matches are played on 4-6 September 2016 and the last group matches on 8-10 October 2017. The play-offs are in November 2017 and the World Cup finals run from 14 June–15 July 2018.
Sky Sports News UK are showing the draw from 4pm-6pm BST and there will be "extensive" coverage on Fifa.com.
