2018 FIFA World Cup seeding

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File:Russia stamp 2018 № 2345-2352.jpg
Eight 2018 postage stamps from Russia depicting the draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place on 1 December 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia.[1] It determined the group in which each of the 32 qualified national teams would play in at the start of the tournament. The teams were divided into four pots of eight, with one team selected from each pot to form a group.

Unlike previous editions of the World Cup, all pots were determined by each national team's October 2017 FIFA World Ranking, with Pot 1 containing the highest-ranked teams, Pot 2 containing the next highest-ranked teams, and so on until Pot 4, containing the lowest ranked teams; in previous editions only one pot containing the highest-ranked teams was determined by rank, with the other three pots determined by continental confederation. The hosts continued to be placed in Pot 1 and treated as a seeded team, and therefore Pot 1 consisted of hosts Russia and the seven highest-ranked teams that qualified for the tournament.

The draw sequence started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4.[2]

As with previous editions, no group had more than one team from any continental confederation except for UEFA, which had at least one, but no more than two in a group.[2]

Seeding

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Teams were seeded using the October 2017 FIFA World Rankings[3] (shown in parentheses), which were published on 16 October 2017.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Russia (H) (65)  Spain (8)  Denmark (19) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (38)
 Germany (1) File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru (10) File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (21) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (41)
 Brazil (2)   Switzerland (11)  Costa Rica (22)  Australia (43)
 Portugal (3)  England (12) Error creating thumbnail:  Sweden (25)  Japan (44)
 Argentina (4)  Colombia (13) File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (28)  Morocco (48)
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (5) File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (16) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (30)  Panama (49)
 Poland (6)  Uruguay (17) File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (32) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (62)
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France (7) File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (18)  Iran (34) File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (63)
Notes
  • H : Hosts

Final draw

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Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 Position 4
Group A  Russia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt  Uruguay
Group B  Portugal  Spain  Morocco  Iran
Group C File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France  Australia File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru  Denmark
Group D  Argentina File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Group E  Brazil   Switzerland  Costa Rica File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Group F  Germany File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Error creating thumbnail:  Sweden File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Group G File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium  Panama File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia  England
Group H  Poland File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal  Colombia  Japan

References

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