Nine months before the World Cup in Qatar (November 21-December 18), the competition is starting to take shape. If the dams of the week made it possible to complete the cast, other intercontinental dams in particular are still expected. The hats have been known since Thursday March 31 and the update of the FIFA rankings. IThe group draw will take place on Friday 1 April.
As a reminder, a member of each hat will compose a group of four nations. Apart from Europe, it is impossible for two nations from the same continent to appear in the same group. Forget Argentina-Uruguay or Senegal-Cameroon. France could nevertheless find Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland or Denmark from the group stage.
Hat 1: Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal and Qatar.
Hat 2: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, United States, Croatia.
Hat 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia.
Hat 4: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, winner of the European play-off, winner of the intercontinental play-off 1, winner of the inter-continental play-off 2.