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| - Seedings for Monday's draw in Zurich, Switzerland, for the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (from 1700 GMT): Pot 1: Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands. Pot 2: Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania Pot 3: Russia, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Finland Pot 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Belarus, Georgia, Luxembourg Pot 5: Armenia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra Pot 6: Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino - Teams will go into 10 groups, five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams. - The 10 group winners will qualify for the World Cup, with the 10 runners-up advancing to the play-offs alongside the two top-ranked group winners from the UEFA Nations League that do not finish in the top two in their World Cup qualifying group. - The 12 teams involved in the play-offs will be split into three play-off paths, which will feature single-leg knockout matches in March 2022 to determine the last three European nations to go to Qatar. - Qualifying starts on March 24, 2021 afp
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