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The 2018 World Cup Pots

6 months from now  Raphael   Sport News

Following Australia's qualification, there are now 31 teams officially qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and as such the pots that will determine the groups can now be presented almost in full.
Only Peru and New Zealand are unclear on their respective fates, although the two teams face each other in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The official draw for the group stage will take place in Moscow on December 1, and Australia will go directly into pot four because they occupy a position in the FIFA rankings that is lower than every single member of pot three.
Nigeria, Japan, Morocco, Panama, South Korea and Saudi Arabia make up the rest of pot four, however, the result of Peru and New Zealand could have an impact on any of the second, third or fourth pots.
If Peru qualify they will be placed in pot two courtesy of their ranking of 10th in the official FIFA standings, a higher rank than all of the teams in pot three and four.
If New Zealand progress to the summer tournament then they will be placed in pot four due to their lowly standing.
This would in turn leave a gap in pot two which Denmark would fill, and subsequently Serbia would then take the Dane's place in pot three.
When the groups are drawn, two teams from the same continent may not be drawn together, although UEFA teams are exempt from this due to the fact Europe has more representatives in the tournament.
Therefore Belgium and Germany could be drawn in a group together, for example, but Argentina could not play any of Colombia, Uruguay or Peru.