{"id":442930,"date":"2017-12-02T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/fifa-2018-world-cup-african-reps-drawn-in-tricky-groups\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T02:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:00:35","slug":"fifa-2018-world-cup-african-reps-drawn-in-tricky-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/fifa-2018-world-cup-african-reps-drawn-in-tricky-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA 2018 World Cup: African reps drawn in tricky groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27805232.295.jpg\" alt=\"Draw 2018\" title=\"Draw 2018\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The 2018 World Cup is scheduled to take place from June 14 to July 15, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512180035_472_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">African representatives Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco find themselves in tricky groups for next year\u2019s FIFA World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, Africa\u2019s most successful team got pitted in Group A which had the likes of host Russia, Saudi Arabia and South American giants Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>Another North African side Morocco were drawn in what could go down as the group of death as they see themselves in the same group with current European Champions Portugal, former World Champions Spain and Iran in Group B.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, the only African team with an unbeaten run in the qualifiers faces familiar foes Argentina in Group D. Debutants Iceland and Croatia completes the group.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia on the other hand will battle it out in Group G with Belgium, Panama and England with Senegal also having a fairly group as they draw Poland Colombia and Japan in Group H.<\/p>\n<p><b>BELOW ARE THE GROUPS FOR THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran<\/p>\n<p>Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark<\/p>\n<p>Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia<\/p>\n<p>Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea<\/p>\n<p>Group G: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England<\/p>\n<p>Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: Ghanasportsonline.com 2017-12-02 The 2018 World Cup is scheduled to take place from June 14 to July 15, 2018 African representatives Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco find themselves in tricky groups for next year\u2019s FIFA World Cup in Russia. 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