Quote (WNxIrvine @ 16 Nov 2017 12:07)
I'll take Russia for the banter, Iceland for the much needed revenge and the aussies so I can hurl abuse at my sister. Tyvm.
Impossible, mate. I just checked on what I suspected:
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For the draw, the teams will be allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of October 2017. Pot 1 contains the hosts Russia (which will be automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contains the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4.[39] This will be different from previous draws, where only Pot 1 was based on FIFA Rankings while the remaining pots were based on geographical considerations. Same as previous editions, teams from the same confederation will not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group can contain up to two teams.