With a series of matches outside the World Cup in the early hours of Wednesday morning (30), seven more teams have qualified for the final week of the tournament, and 27 of the 32 teams that will play in the Qatar World Cup have already been selected, with the draw for the group stage to be held in Doha in the early hours of Saturday morning (2). The draw for the group stage will also be held in Doha on Saturday (2) morning. Although the 32 teams have not yet emerged, the eight seeded teams have already been realized, with Portugal getting the last seeding after qualifying from the play-offs.
Portugal and Poland are out of the play-offs in Europe, and five teams from Africa are also out of the play-offs. 27 of the 32 final week teams are now in place, and two more teams will be out of the North and Central American competition on Thursday (31), with one of the remaining three seats coming from Europe, and the last of the three teams from Scotland, Ukraine and Wales postponed to June. The other two are inter-continental play-offs between Asia and South America, and between North and Central America and Oceania.
Before the draw, the eight seeded teams have been confirmed, except for the host country Qatar, the other seven teams will be based on the world ranking, Portugal out of the lineup after the success of the last seat, the remaining six teams are Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England and Spain. The World Cup will start on November 21st and the championship match will be held on December 18th.
List of 27 teams that have made the cut
:: Europe: Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland
:: South America: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay
:: Asia: Qatar, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia
:: Africa: Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon
