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WHILE THE REPUBLIC of Ireland won’t be there, the 32 nations that will compete at the 2018 World Cup are now known after Peru qualified at the expense of New Zealand early this morning.
The State Kremlin Palace in Moscow hosts the draw for the finals on Friday, 1 December, and the teams have been split into four seeding pots based on their Fifa ranking from October 2017.
World Cup 2018 pots (Fifa world ranking)
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Pot 1
Russia (Hosts)
Germany (1)
Brazil (2)
Portugal (3)
Argentina (4)
Belgium (5)
Poland (6)
France (7)
Pot 2
Spain (8)
Peru (10)
Switzerland (11)
England (12)
Colombia (13)
Mexico (16)
Uruguay (17)
Croatia (18)
Pot 3
Denmark (19)
Iceland (21)
Costa Rica (22)
Sweden (25)
Tunisia (28)
Egypt (30)
Senegal (32)
Iran (34)
Pot 4
Serbia (38)
Nigeria (41)
Australia (43)
Japan (44)
Morocco (48)
Panama (49)
South Korea (62)
Saudi Arabia (63)
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All 32 teams have now qualified for the 2018 World Cup and here are the four pots
WHILE THE REPUBLIC of Ireland won’t be there, the 32 nations that will compete at the 2018 World Cup are now known after Peru qualified at the expense of New Zealand early this morning.
The State Kremlin Palace in Moscow hosts the draw for the finals on Friday, 1 December, and the teams have been split into four seeding pots based on their Fifa ranking from October 2017.
World Cup 2018 pots (Fifa world ranking)
Pot 1
Russia (Hosts)
Germany (1)
Brazil (2)
Portugal (3)
Argentina (4)
Belgium (5)
Poland (6)
France (7)
Pot 2
Spain (8)
Peru (10)
Switzerland (11)
England (12)
Colombia (13)
Mexico (16)
Uruguay (17)
Croatia (18)
Pot 3
Denmark (19)
Iceland (21)
Costa Rica (22)
Sweden (25)
Tunisia (28)
Egypt (30)
Senegal (32)
Iran (34)
Pot 4
Serbia (38)
Nigeria (41)
Australia (43)
Japan (44)
Morocco (48)
Panama (49)
South Korea (62)
Saudi Arabia (63)
The42 has just published its first book, Behind The Lines, a collection of some of the year’s best sports stories. Pick up your copy in Eason’s, or order it here today (€10):
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