As the official draw is tomorrow... was wondering if anyone has done any mock draws. There's the seedings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding#Pots ... try and do a random draw. I used a random number generator and came up with this: A Russia Colombia Iceland Morocco B Brazil Switzerland Tunisia South Korea C Germany Croatia Costa Rica Nigeria D Portugal Spain Egypt Australia E Poland England Iran Panama F Belgium Peru Senegal Saudi Arabia G France Uruguay Denmark Japan H Argentina Mexico Sweden Serbia Opening match - Russia vs Morocco I guess group H would probably be the closest thing to a group of death... Mexico are always up for the 2nd round, Sweden the giant killers of the qualifiers... Group C also looks pretty tough, assuming Costa Rica bring their 2014 form with them.. but no real groups of death there.... Portugal-Spain-Egypt would be fun What do you guys get? Can't wait for the real thing tomorrow.
Using pickatrandom.com, I came up with this: A: Russia, South Korea, Egypt, Spain B: France, Peru, Iceland, Morocco C: Portugal, Senegal, Uruguay, Serbia D: Germany, Japan, Tunisia, England E: Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland, Nigeria F: Argentina, Croatia, Panama, Iran G: Poland, Costa Rica, Colombia, Australia H: Belgium, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
A: Russia, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Mexico B: France, Australia, England, Tunisia C: Belgium, Peru, Nigeria, Sweden D: Brazil, Spain, Iceland, Morocco E: Germany, Panama, Switzerland, Iran F: Portugal, Colombia, South Korea, Costa Rica G: Argentina, Croatia, Serbia, Egypt H: Poland, Japan, Uruguay, Denmark "Group of Life" = H then A "Group of Death" = G then C or D
Both mock draws here and yesterdays fifa Mock draw have Mexico with Sweden I would love to see : Germany Mexico Sweden Nigeria We don't get a chance to play these that often. The worst scenario for me would be : Poland Mexico Iceland Saudi Arabia It would still be fun though !
Actually very interested this time around bc I got tickets to a random match in Saint Pete. Who knows what Ill get. Exciting.
One can do mock draws on the Guardian web site. My group of death is Italy, Netherlands, Cameroon, USA.
In many simulations yesterday I had England and Australia in the same group so now I'm hoping this happens!
I think many, if not all want to avoid Russia and the opening game just so they don't have to pay that ridiculous extra fee for the opening game, especially cat1-2 ticket holders. Jixes!!