World Cup draw

[Clyde1998]

We'll be in Pot 3 for the draw: https://x.com/fmeetsdata/status/1990904467881873909

Takes place on Friday 5th December.

[romanticscot]

I honestly don't mind who we get right now, that said.

 

Canada, Iran Scotland and Cabo Verde would be a real nightmare, please don't give us that. 

[Burj_Alba]

1 minute ago, romanticscot said:

I honestly don't mind who we get right now, that said.

 

Canada, Iran Scotland and Cabo Verde would be a real nightmare, please don't give us that. 

Why not, whoever it is we will play at least one team weaker than Hungary this time around.

[scotlad]

Iran and Iraq could face each other 😂

[Clyde1998]

15 hours ago, scotlad said:

Iran and Iraq could face each other 😂

They couldn't on the basis of being in the same confederation. 😉

The procedure means:

• Each group will contain one European team, except four groups containing two European teams
• Teams from the other confederations cannot be drawn against each other

Edited November 19 by Clyde1998

[Clyde1998]

 

[Grim Jim]

Just glad we won't be in Norway's group.

Actually their & Austria's first WC finals since '98 also?

[biffer]

10 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:

Just glad we won't be in Norway's group.

Actually their & Austria's first WC finals since '98 also?

I'm happy to avoid all the teams in Pot 3 tbh. 

[biffer]

Want to run a sweep on how long the draw will take? 

 

It's due to start at 5pm UK time, so I'm guessing we'll know all the groups and fixtures by about 7.30 at the earliest.

[mccaughey85]

8 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:

Just glad we won't be in Norway's group.

Actually their & Austria's first WC finals since '98 also?

Yeh Norway should be in a higher pot.

Just hope we don't get a tough team from pot 2. Loads of teams I wouldn't fancy ourselves against in that pot. 

The likes of Denmark, Croatia, Switzerland, Italy, Uruguay, Morocco would be tough games. 

I know I will get stick for this but ppl just need to be happy that we are going to the world cup and not expect too much. Theres alot of tough teams in pot 1 and 2 and we will do well to take any kind of points from those games.

Plenty of easier teams in pot 4 so we should be looking to get a win at least.

[mccaughey85]

50 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said:

They couldn't on the basis of being in the same confederation. 😉

The procedure means:

• Each group will contain one European team, except four groups containing two European teams
• Teams from the other confederations cannot be drawn against each other

I am guessing that could be helpful to us if we want to avoid some of the tougher teams in pot 2 like Croatia and Switzerland.

[kumnio]

Hopefully some interesting games for those of us going across to NA, we need to approach the games with positivity and see what can happen.

• Belgium
• Ecuador
• Scotland
• Uzbekistan

If god does exist, this would be ideal.

[JandC]

51 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said:

They couldn't on the basis of being in the same confederation. 😉

The procedure means:

• Each group will contain one European team, except four groups containing two European teams
• Teams from the other confederations cannot be drawn against each other

That’s interesting so the chances are we’ll get a non-UEFA Pot 1 seed. 
 

Canada would be my Pot 1 choice purely for the reason it shouldn’t be as intensely hot as some other venues. 
 

Imagine trying to play Brazil in the heat and humidity of Miami. 

[Clyde1998]

2 minutes ago, JandC said:

That’s interesting so the chances are we’ll get a non-UEFA Pot 1 seed. 
 

Canada would be my Pot 1 choice purely for the reason it shouldn’t be as intensely hot as some other venues. 
 

Imagine trying to play Brazil in the heat and humidity of Miami. 

A lot of sides could cause huge problems for us depending on where we play them. A country like Jordan would probably be much more suited to playing in the hot temperatures of Texas or Monterrey than us for example.

This is the average June and July temperature in each host city by time of day (2003-2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-025-02852-4/figures/2

We'd ideally want to be on the West Coast - Vancouver; Seattle; San Francisco; Los Angeles to minimise any extreme heat matches. So Group B (with Canada); Group D (with the United States); or Group G.

[kumnio]

Have FIFA confirmed where the playoff teams will be seeded yet?

Some sites are going for rankings, as in the post above, whereas other sites are going for all playoff winners will be in pot 4.

Italy could be a 2 or 4 for example.  It seems ridiculous that this wasnt clarified before the first game was played, but FIFA do like a bit of corruption apparently.

[Clyde1998]

2 minutes ago, kumnio said:

Have FIFA confirmed where the playoff teams will be seeded yet?

Some sites are going for rankings, as in the post above, whereas other sites are going for all playoff winners will be in pot 4.

Italy could be a 2 or 4 for example.  It seems ridiculous that this wasnt clarified before the first game was played, but FIFA do like a bit of corruption apparently.

They haven't and agree it should've been made clear before qualifying started.

For completeness: if the pots put all the play-off teams in Pot 4, it would be:

[scotlad]

1 hour ago, Clyde1998 said:

They couldn't on the basis of being in the same confederation. 😉

The procedure means:

• Each group will contain one European team, except four groups containing two European teams
• Teams from the other confederations cannot be drawn against each other

Cheers. 

I guess that minimises our chances of being drawn against England, which is no bad thing. I do not want our first World Cu in decades reduced to a sideshow in the inevitable Three Lions media circus. We're perfectly good at sidelining ourselves in tournaments, thank you.

56 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:

Just glad we won't be in Norway's group.

Actually their & Austria's first WC finals since '98 also?

I believe so.

It's Norway's first finals of any kind since 2000 too.

[weekevie04]

Hopefully we get a Congo, Iraq, Haiti,  Curacao from pot 4. 

ABE from pot 1. The media madness around it, the talkSHITE click bait pish, Keir Starmer wishing both countries well and the patronising "didnt bonnay Jockland do well (after a 4-1 hiding)". Canada or USA would be fun, Mexico too. 

Just delighted to be there!

 

Edited November 19 by weekevie04

[Clyde1998]

3 minutes ago, scotlad said:

Cheers. 

I guess that minimises our chances of being drawn against England, which is no bad thing. I do not want our first World Cu in decades reduced to a sideshow in the inevitable Three Lions media circus. We're perfectly good at sidelining ourselves in tournaments, thank you.

They are the side I absolutely want to avoid most for that reason. I want the attention to be on the Scotland camp.

[weekevie04]

Exactly the same Clyde and Scotlad.

Hoping we'll get BBC Scotland coverage tbh.

[weekevie04]

The playoff teams should be in Pot 4. They've needed extra games to qualify!

[Clyde1998]

5 minutes ago, weekevie04 said:

The playoff teams should be in Pot 4. They've needed extra games to qualify!

I agree; if anything having the play-off sides in Pot 4 rewards those who actually automatically qualified.

Hypothetically, we could've ended up in a higher pot by going through the play-offs if the play-off sides being seeded method is used (albeit without any guarantee of getting to the World Cup).

[kumnio]

Imagine getting Spain, Colombia and Italy. That would not be much fun.

[biffer]

6 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said:

I agree; if anything having the play-off sides in Pot 4 rewards those who actually automatically qualified.

Hypothetically, we could've ended up in a higher pot by going through the play-offs if the play-off sides being seeded method is used (albeit without any guarantee of getting to the World Cup).

In theory it rewards the sides who qualified without a playoff. 

But actually what it does is make it more likely that you'll get a stinker of a group by getting Italy Denmark or Turkey from pot 4

Whether you're pot two or three in that circumstance makes very little difference. 

Edited November 19 by biffer

[Bristolhibby]

19 minutes ago, weekevie04 said:

The playoff teams should be in Pot 4. They've needed extra games to qualify!

I know right, their reward for being shite is a shot at being there. Not getting an easy ride once they get there. 
 

That said, imagine the scalp of beating a big team and then nicking their spot. Only to get papped by Scotland!

J