FIFA has announced the seeding pots for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Draw in Russia.
The announcement was made in the early hours of today via the Federation’s official website, FIFA.com
According to FIFA, it was confirmed in September, by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, that all teams would be allocated to (eight-team) pots 1 to 4 based on sporting principles.
The October 2017 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be used to allocate all qualified teams to the four pots according to their ranking in descending order, after hosts Russia, who take the top seeding spot.
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With those factors in mind, here are the final pots for the Final Draw:
POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4
Russia Spain Denmark Serbia
Germany Peru Iceland Nigeria
Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Australia
Portugal England Sweden Japan
Argentina Colombia Tunisia Morocco
Belgium Mexico Egypt Panama
Poland Uruguay Senegal S. Korea
France Croatia Iran Saudi Arabia
It is worth remembering that the principle of drawing the teams into the groups will remain unchanged.
This means that no team from the same confederation, with the exception of UEFA, which could have up to two teams in the same group, will be drawn into the same group.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria were seeded in Pot 4.
The Final Draw will take place on Friday, December 1, at Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace.
