Portugal Get closer with the comfort of series heads — DNOTICIAS.PT
The Portuguese national team will get to know the 2022 world cup in the sixth group stage, with the comfort of opponents the strongest football in the draw that takes place in Qatar, organizer of the tournament.
Despite having won the qualification in ‘extra time’, having played the ‘play-offs’ of the European zone, Portugal is part of pot 1, destined for the seeds, in the draw starting at 19:00 (17:00 in Lisbon ) in Doha.
The ‘evita’ team, in addition to Brazil quinas, country 5 in the World Cup, the best ranked teams in the FIFA rankings 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002), Belgium 1970, 1994 and 2002), Belgium 1998), Argentina ( 1978 and 1986) England (1966) and Spain (2010).
Portugal, Belgium and Qatar (whose presence in pot 1 comes from organizing the competition) are the only teams in pot 1 that have never lifted the trophy, but the Portuguese team may have to face one of the countries with the most titles, Germany, which is part of pot 2.
In addition to the Germans, champions in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014, the second strongest teams group includes Uruguay, winner in 1930 and 1950 and responsible for eliminating Portugal in the 2018 World Cup (2-1 in the round of 16), Croatia, runner-up -acting champion, Netherlands, runners-up in 1974, 1978 and 2010, Switzerland, Denmark, United States and Mexico.
In pot 3, among the least ‘recommendable’ Poland, Serbia, which in November 2021 won 2-1 at Luz and ended up in front of the European classification group A, relegating Portugal to the ‘play-offs’, and Senegal , African champion in title.
More apparently to be South Korea, whose coach is Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, Iran, while pot 4 is reserved for the five teams with the lowest ranking in the FIFA rankings and the winners of the three ‘play-offs’ yet to be decided.
Reserved, Cameroon, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Ghana are already taking place, being joined by the last winner of the play-offs Canada (Country of Asia, Scotland or Ukraine), of the confrontation between (Australia or United Arab Emirates) and South (Peru) and between Oceania (New Zealand) and North and Central America (Costa Rica).
Triunfo by Triunfo2- by the middle0 coach on the second Fernanda-feira over the place of Norte, with goals from Triunfo2- by the middle coach, by Bruno C. 29 teams with a place in the draw, to which three more will be added.
How the 32 final teams of the 2022 World Cup will be officially distributed into eight groups of four (designated A to H), made up of a lineup from each pot consisting of a base in today’s FIFA rankings, with Qatar being included A group.
Like the other power teams, they will be classified at most in the first position of the remaining ‘poules’ and no group can have more than one representative of each, with the exception of Europe, which has 13 and have at least two teams in the same group.
Portugal will participate for the eighth time in the World Cup (the sixth consecutive time, after the presences in 1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018), whose final phase of the 2022 edition will take place in Qatar, between November and December 18.
Distribution of selections by pots:
pot 1
Qatar (organizing country)
Brazil
Belgium
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal
pot 2
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Mexico
U.S
Switzerland
Croatia
Uruguay
pot 3
Senegal
Iran
Japan
Morocco
Serbia
Poland
South Korea
Tunisia
pot 4
Canada
Cameroon
Ecuador
Saudi Arabia
Ghana
Wales, Scotland or Ukraine
Australia, United Arab Emirates or Peru
New Zealand or Costa Rica