The 2018 FIFA World Cup field is set.
The years’-long Word Cup qualifying campaign culminated Wednesday night when Peru joined 31 other countries Wednesday among confirmed participants in tournament, which will take place next summer in Russia.
The World Cup draw will take place Dec. 1 in Moscow. FIFA will seperate the 32 teams into eight groups of four. Here they are:
All 32 countries for the 2018 World Cup are set
Peru: qualifies for the first time since 1982, longest drought among returning teams that have qualified pic.twitter.com/41zQL8m6zQ
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 16, 2017
FIFA will initially separate the strongest teams and the host nation from the rest by drawing them from one pot into each of the eight groups.
The pots for the 2018 World Cup draw have been confirmed. Some very strong teams in Pot 2. Draw takes place in Moscow on Dec. 1 at 10am ET 🌍🏆 pic.twitter.com/SPU9ggNsk9
— Joe Prince-Wright (@JPW_NBCSports) November 16, 2017
The public will hear a lot about favorites, dark-horses and more, with the build up to World Cup 2018 reaching a fever pitch in early June. Until then, let’s just congratulate those that successfully completed the long slog to Russia.
