Nigeria draws Belgium & England in World Cup Mock draw
The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place on 1 December 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. It will determine the group in which each of the 32 qualified national teams will play in at the start of the tournament. The teams will be 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 will be 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; 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 will continue to be placed in Pot 1 and treated as a seeded team, therefore, Pot 1 will consist of hosts Russia and the seven highest-ranked teams that qualify for the tournament.
In Awijare Mock draw conducts Thursday evening, the Super Eagles of Nigeria has been drawn in Group F against Belgium, England and Costa Rica.
Former winners, Argentina and Spain are drawn in Group B, while the defending champion, Germany plays in Group D alongside Colombia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
BelowBelow is the full draw:
GROUP A
Russia
Australia
Mexico
Senegal
GROUP B
Argentina
Iceland
South Korea
Spain
GROUP C
France
Croatia
Iran
Morocco
GROUP DG
Germany
Colombia
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
GROUP E
Brazil
Serbia
Switzerland
Tunisia
GROUP F
Belgium
Costa Rica
England
Nigeria
GROUP G
Portugal
Uruguay
Panama
Sweden
GROUP H
Poland
Denmark
Japan
Peru
A good number of football fans are of the opinion that the Super Eagles of Nigeria should be able to navigate through a group like the one above.
These football enthusiasts believe that though Belgium may be a hard nut to crack, England and Costa Rica shouldn’t pose a threat to the Super Eagles ambition of playing in the second round.
