World Cup draws: Jay Jay Okocha to grace ceremony in Qatar

The 2022 World Cup draws will be conducted on Friday for the groupings of qualified nations holding in Qatar in November

The draw will take place on Friday at 12pm, Eastern time, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Qatar.

Before the draw, each of the qualified teams is usually assigned to one of four pots, based on its world ranking.

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One team from each pot will be placed in each of the eight World Cup opening round groups, to ensure the teams are divided by strength. There are also rules to keep them apart from regional rivals.

Apart from Nigeria’s Jay Jay Okocha ,other soccer stars including Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Adel Ahmed Malalla (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinovic (Serbia), Rabah Madjer (Algeria) and Tim Cahill (Australia) to do the actual drawing of the balls out of the bowls.

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Pot 2: The United States, Mexico, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia and Uruguay.

Pot 3: Serbia, Poland, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Japan and South Korea.

Pot 4: Canada, Ghana, Cameroon, Ecuador and Saudi Arabia.

Three teams have not yet been determined. The teams when determined will also be in Pot 4.

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It would be either Ukraine, Scotland or Wales. Another spot will go to Costa Rica and New Zealand. And the last one, Peru, Australia or the United Arab Emirates. All to be decided by games in June.

Africa football power horse Nigeria and European Champions Italy will not be at the mundial after losing out to Ghana and Macedonia respectively.