On the energy of two consecutive wins this month. South Korea stayed at No. 22 within the newest FIFA rankings launched Thursday, all however guaranteeing themselves a positive place for the upcoming World Cup draw.
South Korea defeated Bolivia 2-0 final Friday after which Ghana 1-0 on Tuesday to shut out the yr. South Korea added 5.53 factors to achieve 1,599.45 factors to stay at No. 22.
The place more than likely means South Korea will probably be in Pot 2 for the World Cup draw, scheduled for midday on Dec. 5 on the Kennedy Middle in Washington, or 2 a.m. Dec. 6 in South Korean time.
The 48 collaborating nations will probably be divided into 4 pots of 12. Pot 1 will function the three co-host nations, the US, Mexico and Canada, and the 9 greatest groups within the FIFA rankings which have certified for the World Cup. These 9 nations are additionally first to ninth within the newest rankings: Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Pot 2 will probably be made up of the following 12 greatest certified nations. With the interconfederation playoffs and European playoffs nonetheless remaining, South Korea are the twentieth highest-ranked workforce among the many 42 nations with World Cup tickets already booked.
Two nations ranked above South Korea, Italy (12) and Denmark (21), should win European playoff to qualify. It wasn’t instantly clear how playoff winners will probably be seeded for the draw.
Even when each Italy and Denmark qualify and get slotted forward of South Korea based mostly on their FIFA rankings, South Korea will nonetheless be among the many subsequent 12 greatest groups after the group that makes up Pot 1.
As issues stand now, Pot 2 groups, with rankings in parentheses, will probably be: Croatia (10), Morocco (11), Colombia (13), Uruguay (16), Switzerland (17), Japan, (18), Senegal (19), Iran (20), South Korea, Ecuador (23), Austria (24) and Australia (26).
There will probably be 12 teams of 4, with one workforce from every of the 4 pots. Groups in the identical pot is not going to find yourself in the identical group, which means South Korea will keep away from dealing with the likes of Croatia and Morocco within the group stage.
Additionally, two groups from the identical continent can’t be positioned in the identical group, with an exception of Europe, which might have as much as two nations in the identical group.
Pot 3 groups are: Norway (29), Panama (30), Egypt (34), Algeria (35), Scotland (36), Paraguay (39), Tunisia (40), Ivory Coast (42), Uzbekistan (50), Qatar (51), Saudi Arabia (60) and South Africa (61).
Pot 4 groups are: Jordan (66), Cape Verde (68), Ghana (72), Curacao (82), Haiti (84) and New Zealand (86).
