The 32 spots at the World Cup have been split into four pots based on FIFA’s most recent world rankings, as well as rewarding those who secured a place as one of the seeded teams. Qatar, as the hosts of this World Cup, have been placed in Pot One with some of the tournament’s favourites, including England, France, Brazil and Argentina.
Brazil return to the 
, five years after they were last there. 
The March 2022 table is not only a new chapter in rankings history, but it will be used to calculate the seeds for today’s FIFA WorldCup Qatar 2022 Final Draw.
Currently No. 1 in men’s FIFA rankings
Five World Cup wins, the most of any nation
The only nation to play at every World Cup
It’s not a World Cup without Brazil 
Qatar, as hosts, will take position A1 from Pot 1.
The other 28 already qualified teams are allocated pots based on the FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
In Pot 1, Qatar will be joined by the seven highest-ranked teams.
The teams ranked eight to 15 will be allocated Pot 2, 16 to 23 will be in Pot 3 while Pot 4 will include the qualified teams in positions 24 to 28 as well as placeholders for the remaining three slots – two winners of the intercontinental playoffs and the remaining UEFA playoff winner.
Pot 1: Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal
Pot 2: Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Switzerland, USA, Croatia
Pot 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia
Pot 4: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, Peru/Australia/UAE, Costa Rica/New Zealand
Italy, current European champions, have missed out on their second World Cup in a row.
Russia will also not be part of the draw after the team was disqualified from the playoffs due to the invasion of 
Ukraine.
Also absent will be 
Egypt, 
Ivory Coast, 
Nigeria, 
Algeria 
Sweden and 
who all fell at various hurdles in qualifying.
32 teams. 1 ball to make their dreams a reality 
Introducing Al Rihla, the #OfficialMatchBall of the 2022 World Cup
The countdown to Qatar begins… 
The World Cup draw is about to get underway 
Hayya Hayya (Better Together) is the first single of the multi-song FIFAWorldCup Qatar 2022™ Official Soundtrack 
The US and England will face each other the day after Thanksgiving 
Just might be the most watched football match in USMNT history 
If Portugal and Argentina win their groups we could see Ronaldo and Messi play each other in the World Cup final.
Imagine 
