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The final draw of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was announced Friday.<\/p>\n
Host Qatar will face Senegal, Ecuador, Netherlands in Group A. Only the top two teams of each group advance to the next round.<\/p>\n
The draw puts the Ghana , Uruguay, Korea Republic in the same group H .<\/p>\n
The draw determines the makeup of eight groups of four teams that will play each other in the first round.<\/p>\n
Every World Cup usually has a \u201cgroup of death\u201d \u2014 an especially competitive collection of teams that can bounce a highly regarded team in the first round.<\/p>\n
An argument could be made can BlackStars make it out of Group H.<\/p>\n
But another group that looks to be especially tough is Group F, featuring two previous champions \u2014 Spain, Germany ,Japan and Playoff 2<\/p>\n
Three qualifying spots up for grabs
With the draw still about 40 minutes away, a reminder that 29 of the 32 teams have been confirmed while the remaining three will be decided by June this year.<\/p>\n
Asian Playoff
UAE v Australia \u2013 June 7<\/p>\n
Intercontinental Playoffs
UAE\/Australia v Peru \u2013 June 13 or 14
Costa Rica v New Zealand \u2013 June 13 or 14<\/p>\n
European Playoff semi-final
Scotland v Ukraine \u2013 June (tbc)
European Playoff final
Wales v Scotland\/Ukraine \u2013 June (tbc)<\/p>\n
Italy, current European champions, Russia, Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Algeria are just some of the teams who failed to qualify for the World Cup.<\/p>\n
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