OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for a Final Draw of a 2018 FIFA World Cup

The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, chaired by Aleksander ÄŒeferin, met during a Home of FIFA in Zurich today, 14 Sep 2017. During a meeting, a cabinet discussed a pivotal lessons learnt from a successful FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and was updated about a state of preparations for a 2018 FIFA World Cupâ„¢.

The cabinet authorized a procedures for a Final Draw of a 2018 FIFA World Cup, that will take place in Moscow on 1 Dec 2017, as follows:

Allocation: All teams will be allocated to pots 1 to 4 formed on sporting beliefs with any pot containing 8 teams. This means that a Oct 2017 book of a FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be used to allot all competent teams to a 4 pots according to their ranking in forward order, with a best 7 teams along with hosts Russia in pot 1. The element of sketch a teams into a groups will sojourn unchanged. Hence, no teams from a same confederation, with a difference of UEFA, that could have adult to dual teams in a same group, will be drawn into a same group.

Group formation: Eight groups of 4 teams will be labelled A to H: a 4 pots will be emptied totally by allocating one of their 8 teams to any of a 8 groups.

Other decisions:

o   FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: 12 to 22 Dec 2018

• The cabinet authorized a following contest dates:

o   FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018: 13 Nov to 1 Dec 2018

o   FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018: 5 to 24 Aug 2018

o   FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019: 7 Jun to 7 Jul 2019

 

Men’s contest (16 teams):

• The container allocation for a Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 was reliable as follows:

o   AFC: 4 (including a host)

o   CAF: 3

o   CONCACAF: 2

o   CONMEBOL: 2

o   OFC: 1

o   UEFA: 4

Women’s contest (12 teams):

o   AFC: 3 (including a host)

o   CAF: 1.5

o   CONCACAF: 2

o   CONMEBOL: 1.5

o   OFC: 1

o   UEFA: 3 

• The cabinet reliable a decision of a Bureau for FIFA World Cupâ„¢ Qualifiers, that had systematic a replay of a gift compare between South Africa and Senegal hold on 12 Nov 2016. This acknowledgment came after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) inspected the lifetime anathema of compare arbitrate Joseph Lamptey for compare manipulation, a statute imposed by a FIFA Disciplinary and Appeal Committees. The compare will be replayed during a Nov 2017 general window, with a accurate date to be reliable in due course.

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