Observe the draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup dwell with ESPN, beginning with all of the build-up earlier than the ceremony itself begins at 4 p.m. GMT, noon ET.
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12.17 ET / 16.17 GMT: Each match should have an official mascot, and for the Qatar World Cup it is La’eeb!
He is come from the mascot-verse stuffed with vitality and is able to deliver the enjoyment of soccer to everybody!
Introducing: La’eeb – the #FIFAWorldCup Qatar 2022 Official Mascot pic.twitter.com/RrEA6iS6t4
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) April 1, 2022
12.11 ET / 16.11 GMT: So who precisely is making the draw? Just some soccer legends!
Cafu (Brazil) and Lothar Matthaus (Germany) will workforce up with six extra assistants. They’re joined by Adel Ahmed MalAllah (Qatar), Ali Daei (IR Iran), Bora Milutinovic (Serbia/Mexico), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria) and Tim Cahill (Australia).
12.05 ET / 16.05 GMT: The ceremony, hosted by actor Idris Elba, is getting beneath approach in Doha.
Proper now, there’s six folks inside illuminated rings spinning round on the stage. It is what all of us needed, in any case.
There’s a lot extra of these items earlier than we get any groups drawn.
11.59 ET / 15.59 GMT: The 2026 World Cup shall be hosted by the USA, Mexico and Canada… and the presidents of the FAs have turned as much as see the way it’s performed. From left to proper, Canada’s Nick Bontis, U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone, and Mexican Soccer Federation president Yon de Luisa.
The 2026 @FIFAWorldCup Hosts 🏆
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— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) April 1, 2022
11.52 ET / 15.52 GMT: doable attracts…. how a few group of England, United States, South Korea and Ghana? In spite of everything, the U.S. all the time attracts Ghana!
After all, the dream draw for the U.S. and Mexico, each in draw Pot 2, is to get the hosts, Qatar.
Qatar are ranked 51st on the earth, whereas the remainder of Pot 1 (Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal) are the highest ranked nations on the earth.
So U.S. and Mexico would like to get maybe Qatar, South Korea and Ghana.
11.45 ET / 15.45 GMT: Solely quarter-hour till the draw ceremony will get beneath approach. That is what they’re all enjoying for…
🏆 😍 #FinalDraw | #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/CJLBN1acS4
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) April 1, 2022
11.41 ET / 15.41 GMT: Coach Tite and legends Kaka and Bebeto are among the many entourage who’re in Qatar to see who match favourites Brazil will get of their group.
Kaká e Bebeto também estão na área! Todo mundo pronto para conhecer o grupo do Brasil na Copa? ⚽️🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/G2JPgiEvea
— CBF Futebol (@CBF_Futebol) April 1, 2022
11.36 ET / 15.36 GMT: After over 11 years since they received the bid to host the World Cup, Friday is a landmark day for Qatar’s greatest occasion but. Now, stuff will get actual. ESPN’s Gab Marcotti discusses Qatar as a surprise host country.
11.31 ET / 15.31 GMT: America did not qualify for the World Cup in 2018. However this time it’s BACK! What has modified since then?
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Taylor Twellman breaks down what’s modified for United States soccer from not qualifying in 2018 to now.
11.25 ET / 15.25 GMT: Qatar would be the smallest nation to ever host a World Cup finals. Simply to present you an concept of the dimensions of Qatar (11,571 sq. km), it is smaller than Connecticut (14,357 sq. km) — the house of ESPN within the U.S. The one states which might be smaller than Qatar are Delaware (6,646 sq. km) and Rhode Island (4,001 sq. km.)
11.18 ET / 15.18 GMT: We’ll know the group stage fixtures and dates for all 32 groups as quickly because the draw is made. Nevertheless, we should wait to find the venues and kickoff occasions. FIFA goes to optimise the order of matches for supporter demand and to slot in with native TV audiences for the collaborating groups.
– World Cup finals bracket and fixtures schedule
11.12 ET / 15.12 GMT: ESPN senior author James Olley is already within the auditorium, and may present us how the Conference Middle is filling up.
The stage is about for the 2022 World Cup Remaining Draw right here in Doha. Begins in simply over an hour. pic.twitter.com/3jTuHo46ZO
— James Olley (@JamesOlley) April 1, 2022
11.10 ET / 15.10 GMT: The company are already arriving on the Doha Exhibition and Conference Middle forward of the draw.
The occasion is being hosted by U.S. soccer legend and two-time Ladies’s World Cup winner Carli Lloyd, former England participant Jermaine Jenas and British-Jamaican sports activities presenter Samantha Johnson.
Here is Carli chatting to U.S. males’s coach Gregg Berhalter on the pink carpet.
New Jersey is nicely represented at at the moment’s @FIFAWorldCup Attract Qatar! pic.twitter.com/Z0I5JOgeaH
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) April 1, 2022
11.00 ET / 15.00 GMT: Welcome to the 2022 World Cup finals draw…. LIVE! Over the subsequent couple of hours we’ll provide you with a flavour of the draw and the highlights of the ceremony itself, which begins at 4 p.m. GMT, noon ET.
Pot 1 comprises the hosts, Qatar, together with strongest seven nations in response to the brand new FIFA World Rating, which have been revealed on Thursday forward of the draw.
The opposite pots are stuffed so as of the FIFA World Rating, aside from Pot 4, which comprises the 5 lowest-ranked nations together with the winners of the three remaining playoffs (two intercontinental and the excellent UEFA path involving Ukraine which might be on account of be performed in June).
