Seeded Pots

Teams are split into four pots using FIFA ranking order among the 48 World Cup teams.

Pot A

Rank	Team	Group
1	France	I
2	Spain	H
3	Argentina	J
4	England	L
5	Portugal	K
6	Brazil	C
7	Netherlands	F
8	Morocco	C
9	Belgium	G
10	Germany	E
11	Croatia	L
13	Colombia	K

Pot B

Rank	Team	Group
14	Senegal	I
15	Mexico	A
16	United States	D
17	Uruguay	H
18	Japan	F
19	Switzerland	B
21	Iran	G
22	Turkey	D
23	Austria	J
24	Ecuador	E
25	South Korea	A
27	Australia	D

Pot C

Rank	Team	Group
28	Egypt	G
29	Algeria	J
30	Canada	B
31	Norway	I
33	Panama	L
34	Ivory Coast	E
38	Sweden	F
40	Paraguay	D
41	Czech Republic	A
43	Scotland	C
45	Tunisia	F
46	Congo DR	K

Pot D

Rank	Team	Group
50	Uzbekistan	K
55	Qatar	B
57	Iraq	I
60	South Africa	A
61	Saudi Arabia	H
63	Jordan	J
65	Bosnia-Herzegovina	B
68	Cape Verde	H
73	Ghana	L
82	Haiti	C
83	Curaçao	E
85	New Zealand	G

Draw order

Round 1 uses Pot A, round 2 uses Pot B, round 3 uses Pot C and round 4 uses Pot D. The sequence then repeats until all teams have been allocated.