🏆 World Cup draw today: time, opponents, group stage details 🌎 | OneFootball

This afternoon, Italy will find out its group for the World Cup - provided they manage to qualify. Starting at 18:00 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, the draw for the World Cup will take place, the first in the new 48-team format and played in three countries.

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After the flops in Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, the azzurri cannot afford to be excluded for the third consecutive time from the most important competition of all, especially at a historical moment when the entire Italian football movement is struggling.

However, we will only know our fate in March, at the playoffs.

📊 The Tiers

As is now known, there are four tiers of 12 teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the round of 16 along with the 8 best third-placed teams.

Italy is in pot 4, the last one, and therefore the likelihood of a tough group for Gattuso's National team is very high. In any case, we can have at most one other European team, so the possibility of ending up in a group with - for example - England, Germany, and Norway is avoided.

The regret here is that if they had won against Haaland and his teammates in the match lost at San Siro a few weeks ago, the azzurri would have been in the first tier, due to ranking. What might seem like just a detail today could make a big difference if the playoffs go well.

✨ Gala Ceremony

At the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the ceremony will be hosted by former model and designer Heidi Klum, comedian Kevin Hart, and actor Danny Ramirez.

The event will also feature the President of the United States, Donald Trump, along with various entertainment figures such as Andrea Bocelli, the Village People, and Robbie Williams.

A gala event not to be missed. Much like the World Cup, which Italy simply cannot afford to miss.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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