run football

Chapter 316

The draw will be broadcast live globally.

The whole hall of the lottery ceremony was very solemnly arranged.

The lighting and the scene are very solemn.

Representatives from 64 countries gathered together.

The reform of FIFA World Cup qualifiers this time is actually to allow countries on all continents to strengthen football exchanges, and also to allow more teams in continents where football is not very strong to communicate with teams from continents with developed football.In this way, the level of football on all continents can be better approached. Of course, it is more to improve the excitement of the World Cup. After all, if the strength is too clear, the suspense will be lost. Without suspense, the game will naturally lose a lot of enjoyment.

The on-site host has prepared all the props used for the lottery.The beautiful hostesses put the small balls with the names of various countries into a round container one by one.

The lottery representatives of each country will draw their own country's group in turn.

There are four rows on the field, and each row represents a different level of team.

This time the groups are divided into grades based on the previous international football rankings of each team and the geographical location of each continent. All the teams from the first continent and the fifth continent that participated in the top 64 will not be in the same group, and the third continent with slightly more teams will not have three teams appearing in the same group at the same time, and the fourth continent with the most teams will not have three teams in the same group in this grouping arrangement.The eight teams from the first continent and the four teams from the fifth continent, together with the four teams from the third continent, were placed in the first tier. The remaining six teams from the third continent and ten teams from the fourth continent were placed in the second tier, while the second continent, which had exactly sixteen teams, occupied the third tier alone.The fourth-tier teams are all from the fourth continent.

In this grouping, each group will have a team from the second continent and a team from the fourth continent, and the remaining two teams will have a team from the second continent, and the first team from the first continent, or a team from the third continent, or players from the fifth continent, or there may be two teams from the third continent.Although the probability is not very high.That is to say, there may appear in the group, a team from the second continent, a team from the fourth continent, and then the remaining two teams are all teams from the third continent.What is certain is that there will be ten groups with two teams from the fourth continent, plus one team from the second continent, and the remaining team will make any team from the first, third and fifth continents.

Therefore, the draw ceremony will first arrange for the teams from the first continent to draw first.

The ceremony of the lottery is very simple. First, a lottery guest draws a team from the circular container, and then the representative of the country where the team is located draws the group number from the container containing the group number. After the draw, the team will be included in the drawn group.

At this time, all eyes were on the guest who was preparing to draw the name of the country.

The guest who drew lots was preparing to draw the first small ball with the name of the country. After drawing, the guest opened the small ball under everyone's attention. The name of a country appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the live commentary was also read out loud.And the representative of this country stepped onto the stage with a smile on his face, and came to the round container where the competition groups were drawn.

This representative was drawn to Group D of the first division.

The qualifiers divided the sixteen groups into four divisions, and each division was further divided into four groups ABCD.

Seeing the representatives of the national teams around him come up to the stage one by one to draw their country's smiles, Vice Chairman Chen was a little excited. At this moment, a small ball with the name of the national team was drawn out, and Vice Chairman Chen walked onto the stage with a smile on his face.

The third division, Group A.This is the division where the national team is located.

"It depends on who of the remaining teams can be grouped with us!" Vice Chairman Zhang whispered in the audience.

"I really hope to be with two teams from the fourth continent." Liu Feiyu said.

"The teams from the fourth continent are stronger. But the teams from the two third continents are better." Vice Chairman Zhang said in a low voice.

"Yes, but the third continent is a bit far away." Liu Feiyu said.

"That's also closer than the second continent." Vice Chairman Zhang said with a smile.

"Yes, but the second continent cannot be avoided." Liu Feiyu said with a smile.

"From what I can see, it's not very likely that two countries from the third continent will be in the same group," Vice Chairman Zhang said.

Sure enough, after the draw for the first round of teams was over, the on-site commentary announced that the remaining six teams from the third continent would be drawn first for the second round of draws, and the group numbers of the four teams from the third continent that had already been drawn in the first round would not appear in the round container opposite.

"It seems that we still don't know enough about the rules!" Vice Chairman Chen, who had already returned to his seat, said with a smile.

"That's good. At least the two teams from the third continent that won't meet, after all, it's too hot there!" Liu Feiyu said with a smile.

"That's right." Vice Chairman Chen smiled.

More than half an hour later, the draw ceremony for the six teams from the third continent ended.

None of the teams were drawn to the group where the national team was drawn.

"No? Not even one?" Vice Chairman Zhang said somewhat unexpectedly.The result of the draw means that there will be two teams from the fourth continent in the group where the national team is located.

There are no underdogs in the fourth continent. This is something that the entire football world knows. The Intercontinental Cup in the fourth continent is even more exciting than the World Cup. The main reason is that there are no underdogs in the fourth continent!

Members of the national team delegation exchanged glances with each other after the draw ceremony for the six teams from the third continent. This grouping is not a good thing for the national team.

This time in the top 64, there are two ways for the national team to advance, the simplest of which is to get the top two in the group and directly advance.Either they can become the two teams with the best results in the first continent in this round of 64, and they can also advance. So this grouping depends on the group they are in, and also depends on the grouping of the other seven teams from the first continent. Four of the six teams from the third continent are in the same group as the teams from the first continent, and the other two teams are in the same group as the two teams from the fifth continent.

In this way, the three teams from the first continent will be in the same group as the national team and the two teams from the fourth continent!

(End of this chapter)