Caledonian Craig Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 We are in the bizarre position of being in the 2022 World Cup Finals draw tomorrow although we are still two games away from qualification. It is odd but a good feeling to still have an active interest in the draw for the first time in 24 years. Will you watch it (live at 4.45 pm on BBC1) or will you refuse an interest until we have qualified? Well the seedings have been announced and are as follows:- Pot 1 (Top Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Qatar Mexico Senegal Cameroon Brazil Netherlands Iran Canada Belgium Germany Japan Ecuador France Denmark Morocco Saudi Arabia Argentina Uruguay Serbia Ghana England Switzerland Poland Wales/Scotland/Ukraine Spain USA South Korea Costa Rica/New Zealand Portugal Croatia Tunisia UAE/Australia/Peru Just as a bit of fun and hopefully not jinxing but lets dream eh? The Group of Death for us would be:- Brazil Germany Poland Scotland The dream draw would be:- Qatar USA Iran Scotland Fingers crossed we qualify but if not at least we are aspiring to dream once more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: We are in the bizarre position of being in the 2022 World Cup Finals draw tomorrow although we are still two games away from qualification. It is odd but a good feeling to still have an active interest in the draw for the first time in 24 years. Will you watch it (live at 4.45 pm on BBC1) or will you refuse an interest until we have qualified? Well the seedings have been announced and are as follows:- Pot 1 (Top Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Qatar Mexico Senegal Cameroon Brazil Netherlands Iran Canada Belgium Germany Japan Ecuador France Denmark Morocco Saudi Arabia Argentina Uruguay Serbia Ghana England Switzerland Poland Wales/Scotland/Ukraine Spain USA South Korea Costa Rica/New Zealand Portugal Croatia Tunisia UAE/Australia/Peru Just as a bit of fun and hopefully not jinxing but lets dream eh? The Group of Death for us would be:- Brazil Germany Poland Scotland The dream draw would be:- Qatar USA Iran Scotland Fingers crossed we qualify but if not at least we are aspiring to dream once more. Iran, you must huv forgotten Argentina 78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 minute ago, RDFH64 said: Iran, you must huv forgotten Argentina 78. Feel free to post up your alternative preference then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Neither of those groups can happen. Max of two European teams in a group. Only one team from the other confederations per group. Ridiculous they are having this draw tomorrow with three spaces in the tournament still not taken. With the World Cup not starting till November 21st they had the luxury of being able to wait until after the June international window to perform this draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAT Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 14 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: We are in the bizarre position of being in the 2022 World Cup Finals draw tomorrow although we are still two games away from qualification. It is odd but a good feeling to still have an active interest in the draw for the first time in 24 years. Will you watch it (live at 4.45 pm on BBC1) or will you refuse an interest until we have qualified? Well the seedings have been announced and are as follows:- Pot 1 (Top Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Qatar Mexico Senegal Cameroon Brazil Netherlands Iran Canada Belgium Germany Japan Ecuador France Denmark Morocco Saudi Arabia Argentina Uruguay Serbia Ghana England Switzerland Poland Wales/Scotland/Ukraine Spain USA South Korea Costa Rica/New Zealand Portugal Croatia Tunisia UAE/Australia/Peru Just as a bit of fun and hopefully not jinxing but lets dream eh? The Group of Death for us would be:- Brazil Germany Poland Scotland The dream draw would be:- Qatar USA Iran Scotland Fingers crossed we qualify but if not at least we are aspiring to dream once more. Only a maximum of 2 European teams can be in the same group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, morrie21 said: Neither of those groups can happen. Max of two European teams in a group. Only one team from the other confederations per group. Ridiculous they are having this draw tomorrow with three spaces in the tournament still not taken. With the World Cup not starting till November 21st they had the luxury of being able to wait until after the June international window to perform this draw. Cheers for that. Rethinking that then. Group of Death 2 would be: Brazil Germany Senegal Scotland Edited March 31, 2022 by Caledonian Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Yeah. There may be several "Groups of Death." My initial reaction to seeing the pots was that with Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Switzerland and Denmark in Pot 2 there are going to be some solid groups. To be expected of course but seeing it on the screen hammers home the reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleWhistle Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Usually there is a stinker in Pot4 but doesn't seem the case on the face of it this time. The Pot 3 teams must fancy there chances as even P2 having 8 teams dillutes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, morrie21 said: Neither of those groups can happen. Max of two European teams in a group. Only one team from the other confederations per group. Ridiculous they are having this draw tomorrow with three spaces in the tournament still not taken. With the World Cup not starting till November 21st they had the luxury of being able to wait until after the June international window to perform this draw. If you think that's bad, have you ever seen the Rugby World Cup draw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 29 minutes ago, ThistleWhistle said: Usually there is a stinker in Pot4 but doesn't seem the case on the face of it this time. The Pot 3 teams must fancy there chances as even P2 having 8 teams dillutes it. We are the "stinkers" this time round. That's if we get there like. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleWhistle Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Orraloon said: We are the "stinkers" this time round. That's if we get there like. 😉 We don't look out of place in that pot 4 list - not sure if I'd be extatic or pure shiting it if we drew Qatar though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint4805 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 43 minutes ago, Orraloon said: If you think that's bad, have you ever seen the Rugby World Cup draw? Don't get me started on that. World Rugby screwed us over royally by locking in the seedings while we were temporarily outside the top 8 and their darlings Japan were in the top 8. Three years before the actual tournament FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I'm starting to get really excited about the prospect of making it to Qatar. My group preference would be Qatar (who we play in the opening match), USA and Iran. I only want to see images of the draw groups that have a Scottish flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mojo risin Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hard to see any seeded Europeans struggling too much to get through the groups - Uruguay/Poland about the toughest they could get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 51 minutes ago, mr mojo risin said: Hard to see any seeded Europeans struggling too much to get through the groups - Uruguay/Poland about the toughest they could get? I do agree with you but there's always someone who implodes like France & Italy in 2010 or England in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Very surreal to be in this draw sort of but guess it's a bit like the euros and knowing England were likely opponents. Hosts usually get a very soft draw so could very easily get in Qatar's group (shades of 98 and opening game as hosts always have that honour now). From what I've heard Mexico aren't as strong as they used to be so they're arguably weakest pot 2 but they usually get to last 16 when they lose. Tunisia easily weakest pot 3 team so they might be another easy opposition for Qatar. Just top 2 go through aswell, will be different in 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRobRoy Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Whatever the context, it's nice to be in a World Cup finals draw for the first time in 24 years. Here's a question that struck me (and I have no idea what the answer is) - when was the last time we were still in the World Cup after Italy had been knocked outI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjd1972 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 18 minutes ago, KirkieRobRoy said: Whatever the context, it's nice to be in a World Cup finals draw for the first time in 24 years. Here's a question that struck me (and I have no idea what the answer is) - when was the last time we were still in the World Cup after Italy had been knocked outI? 1958 maybe, depends who was eliminated first in 1974. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, KirkieRobRoy said: Whatever the context, it's nice to be in a World Cup finals draw for the first time in 24 years. Here's a question that struck me (and I have no idea what the answer is) - when was the last time we were still in the World Cup after Italy had been knocked outI? I don't think that has ever happened. I briefly thought about that earlier when thinking we are still with an interest in the draw unlike many other illustrious countries such as Italy, Colombia, Nigeria and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, sjd1972 said: 1958 maybe, depends who was eliminated first in 1974. Not 1974 as Italy exited in the First Round the day after Scotland. It was indeed 1958 which we qualified for and Italy did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 22 hours ago, morrie21 said: Neither of those groups can happen. Max of two European teams in a group. Only one team from the other confederations per group. Could get complicated with UAE/Australia/Peru and Costa Rica/New Zealand play-offs? Actually working it out, the former will have to draw a European pot1 and the latter avoid USA+Mexico pot2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 20 hours ago, Orraloon said: We are the "stinkers" this time round. That's if we get there like. 😉 More seriously, pot2/3 teams will be hoping Peru don't qualify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 22 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said: Feel free to post up your alternative preference then. Has to be Tunisia from pot 3 surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint4805 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) Unless I'm mistaken it's pretty unlikely we'll be drawn with Poland or Serbia. There would need to be two non European teams drawn from Pot 1 and Pot 2 in the same group for that to happen. I expect they will need to re-draw a few group numbers when it comes to Pot 3 as we're likely to have a few groups with two European teams in them already after Pots 1 and 2 are drawn. It's v unlikely but Qatar, USA, Serbia and us would be immense. Or alternatively, Qatar, Switzerland, Iran/Tunisia and us. Edited April 1, 2022 by Saint4805 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Qatar, Uruguay, Poland, Scotland. That’ll do me please 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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