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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)

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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