The group stage draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been confirmed, and we have our list of fixtures for the start of the competition in the winter.

The top two teams from every group will progress to the knockout stage of the competition. If you’d like to know about the format of the World Cup in detail, you can read all about it here.

World Cup 2022 group stage draw

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Group A

Qatar
Ecuador
The Netherlands
Senegal

Group B

England
Iran
USA
Wales/Scotland/ Ukraine

Group C

Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Poland

Group D

France
Denmark
Tunisia
Peru/UAE/Australia

Group E

Spain
Costa Rica/New Zealand
Germany
Japan

Group F

Belgium
Canada
Morocco
Croatia

Group G

Brazil
Serbia
Switzerland
Cameroon

Group H

Portugal
Ghana
Uruguay
South Korea

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal have been drawn up against Uruguay, Canada and South Korea in a difficult group. On the other hand, Lionel Messi’s Argentina have a more favourable draw consisting of Poland, the winner of the intercontinental play-off and Saudi Arabia.

Belgium have been drawn in the group of death against 2018 finalists Croatia, Morocco and Canada

The group stage of the World Cup will begin on November 21 and will be played through December 2. All the teams in the group will face each other once, in a round robin format. The top 8 teams will then progress to the quarter finals.