2018 FIFA World Cup: The 32 qualified countries and the 4 pots for the draw of 01/12/2017 are known

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Peru (CONMEBOL) and Australia (AFC), winners, respectively, over New Zealand and Honduras in the inter-continental play-offs on 15/11/2017, are the last two of the 32 qualified countries for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia from 14/06 to 15/07/2018.

Qualified countries by confederation:

UEFA (14): Russia (host country), Germany, England, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, France, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, and Switzerland
CAF (5): Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia
AFC (5): Saudi Arabia, Australia, Iran, Japan, and South Korea
CONMEBOL (5): Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay
CONCACAF (3): Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama
OFC: (0)

The draw for the final tournament (distribution of the 32 qualified teams in eight groups of four) will take place at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow (Russia) on Friday 01/12/2017.

The rules of the draw are unchanged from the 2014 edition. Thus, with the exception of UEFA, two teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn in the same group.

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: the 32 qualified national teams

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