The draw for the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, hosted by Qatar, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday 7 December. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the procedure will be carried out online.

The ceremony starts at 19:00 Kiev time. In Ukraine, the broadcast of the draw will be shown by the TV channel UA: PERSHIY (at 19:25).

The national team of Ukraine was in the second basket. In addition, by the decision of UEFA, our team will be divorced from Russia.

World Championship in Qatar will be held November 21 - December 18, 2022.

BASKETS OF LOT Basket 1: Belgium, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands.

Pot 2: Switzerland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Austria, UKRAINE, Serbia, Turkey, Slovakia, Romania.

Pot 3: Russia, Hungary, Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Finland.

Pot 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Belarus, Georgia, Luxembourg.

Pot 5: Armenia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra.

Pot 6: Malta, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, San Marino.

DRAWING PROCEDURE Teams that will be drawn from the bowl will go to groups in alphabetical order from A to J (the first team from each basket will be in group A, the second in group B, and so on). In case of restrictions, the team that cannot be in the group with one or another opponent will be placed in the next possible group in alphabetical order.

According to the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, the following teams cannot be assigned to the same group:.

Azerbaijan and Armenia Gibraltar and Spain Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo and Russia Kosovo and Serbia Russia and Ukraine EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION FORMAT The European part of the 2022 World Cup selection will be held in the traditional group stage format. 5 groups of 6 teams and 5 groups of 5 teams will be formed. All teams in the group will play each other twice between March and November 2021.

10 group winners will advance directly to the 2022 World Cup, while the 10 runners-up teams will play in the playoffs.

In addition to them, the play-offs will feature the two best rated winners of the League of Nations groups who will not make it to the World Cup through the qualifying tournament..

12 teams will be split into three playoff rounds. The last three participants will be determined in March 2022.

EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION CALENDAR Tour 1: March 24-25, 2021 Tour 2: March 27-28, 2021 Tour 3: March 30-31, 2021 Tour 4: June 1-2, 2021 Tour 5: September 4-5 2021 Tour 6: September 7-8.