The 12 teams on the World Cup will embrace one workforce from every of the 4 pots.

Fifa will begin by drawing the groups from pot one.

Co-hosts Mexico (A1), Canada (B1) and the USA (D1) could have colored balls with their flags on to indicate their particular standing. Their group positions are pre-determined so that they play all their video games in their very own international locations.

As soon as a workforce has been drawn they are going to go into the primary obtainable group in alphabetical order. The draw pc will guarantee Spain, Argentina, France and England are positioned in teams within the appropriate part of the bracket.

The draw then continues with pot two, pot three and eventually pot 4.

In a change to earlier draw procedures, and to hurry up the method, international locations is not going to be drawn into their group place.

Seeded international locations will all go into place one, with a pre-determined random grid figuring out how all different international locations will slot into the group to create the fixtures.

No group can have multiple nation from the identical confederation. So as an example when Colombia are drawn from pot two, they can not go into a gaggle with Argentina or Brazil.

This is applicable to all pots, with the caveat that 4 teams could have two European nations, as there are 16 European qualifiers to be drawn into 12 teams.

The inter-confederation play-offs could have few potential group choices. Pathway 1 (New Caledonia, Jamaica, DR Congo) can’t be drawn into a gaggle with Concacaf or African groups. Pathway 2 (Bolivia, Suriname, Iraq) should keep away from South America, Concacaf and Asia.

Whereas the date and order of video games will probably be identified when the draw is made, the venues and kick-off occasions is not going to be confirmed till Saturday, 6 December.