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The Polish team
The delegation of the Polish Football Association will be created Russian secretary-general, Maciej Sawicki, vice president. Foreign Marek Kozminski, and administrative director Andrzej Zareba.
” Can I have my group of dreams? No, indeed we are now looking ahead to the 2016 European championship qualifiers, we are the closest matches. So far we have not run out in the future. Coach Adam Nawałka is in the country and prepares the team for the crucial autumn games. Saturday’s draw this purely technical matter. We are ready for it to face with what fate will bring us “- told PAP Maciej Sawicki.
The Secretary General of the Football Association admitted, however, that it would, as a re-hit on the world champions Germans, who are rivals of Poles in the ongoing Euro 2016 qualifying.
“I have nothing against it. As you can see, life has assigned us now the Germans and the first game we won, “- said Sawicki.
PZPN President Zbigniew Boniek in June in an interview with PAP admitted that not going to the ceremony to St. Petersburg. “The draw is really a formal act. It used to be different, because we had to meet and establish a schedule in the group. Now everything comes out of the machine, “- said at the time Boniek.
The draw will be attended by 52 European national teams. Russia has assured performance at the World Cup as the host, while Gibraltar is not a member of FIFA.
National teams from Europe form nine groups – seven of six teams and two of five. According to the guidelines of UEFA England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands should be allocated to groups sześciozespołowych.
eliminations will take place from September 4, 2016 to October 10, 2017 year.
Direct promotion winners of the nine groups goes off and the eight best second-placed teams will play in November 2017. playoffs in four pairs. They also winners will play in the World Cup in 2018.
Teams were allocated to the individual baskets on the basis of the July FIFA rankings. White-Reds were in the third – together with Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia and Greece. This means that Poland will definitely not play with these rivals.
In the first basket, theoretically the strongest, are Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, England, Wales, Spain and Croatia.
Ceremony the draw will begin at. 18 local time (16 in Poland), but on the part of Europe will have to wait until the evening.
Draw Schedule will be one day later – on Sunday in the early afternoon.
“We stay in Russia until drawing a schedule games. Each federation must be in place in case there are any problems. Therefore, the whole time you have to be available “- said Maciej Sawicki.
FIFA World Cup in Russia will be held June 8 – July 8, 1018 year with the participation of 32 teams.
Baskets in the European area before Elimination World Cup 2018 draw:
- Shopping 1 – Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, England, Wales, Spain, Croatia
- Shopping 2 – Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Shopping 3 – Ukraine, Scotland, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece
- Shopping 4 – Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia
- Shopping 5 – Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova
- Shopping 6 – Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra
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