Following a approval of a pull procedures for a Final Draw for a 2018 FIFA World Cup in Sep 2017, a confirmation of a pots, and a proclamation of a conductors and assistants, a stage is set for all 32 participating member associations to learn their paths to probable excellence on 1 Dec (18:00 internal time) in Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace.
As already communicated, a Oct 2017 book of a FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking has been used to allot all competent teams to a 4 pots in forward order, with a best 7 teams along with hosts Russia in pot 1.
The pull method will start with pot 1 and finish with pot 4. Each pot will be totally emptied before relocating on to a next. As per a customary procedure, a round from a organisation pot will be drawn, followed by a round from one of a organisation pots, so last a position in that a particular organisation will play.
Further considerations
The placement of a teams into a groups according to a geographic subdivision element will be monitored by a complement designed to take all parameters into account, that means that groups might be skipped. For example, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay, that are in pot 2, will not be drawn into a same organisation with Brazil or Argentina, that are in pot one. The same element will request to a teams from a other confederations with a difference of UEFA.
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