Spain and Italy drawn in World Cup Group G

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The two nations will battle it out with Albania, Israel, Liechtenstein and Macedonia in qualification for Russia 2018, while France are in the same pool as Netherlands.

Spain and Italy have been drawn together in World Cup 2018 qualification Group G at the preliminary draw in Russia on Saturday.

The two nations will also face Albania, Israel, Liechtenstein and Macedonia – but only the group winner will automatically advance to the finals, with the runner-up facing a play-off.

France and Netherlands face the same challenge in Group A, which also features Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus and Luxembourg, while England and Scotland will do battle in Group F.

 

World Cup 2018 European qualification draw

Group A: France, Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg

Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra

Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino

Group D: Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia

Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan

Group F: England, Scotland, Slovenia, Malta, Lithuania, Slovakia

Group G: Spain, Italy, Israel, Albania, Liechtenstein, Macedonia

Group H: Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus

Group I: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland

 

CONMEBOL (Final group stage)

Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay.

The 10 CONMEBOL nations were drawn to determine the order of fixtures in South America’s qualifying section. All sides face each other in a round-robin format.

 

CONCACAF (Fourth of five stages)

A: Honduras, Mexico, Curacao/El Salvador, Canada/Belize

B: Panama, Costa Rica, Granada/Haiti, Jamaica/Nicaragua

C: Trinidad and Tobago, USA, St Vincent and the Grenadines/Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda/Guatemala

 

OFC (Second of four stages)

Group A: Tahiti, New Caledonia, [Winner of round one from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga], Papua New Guinea, 

Group B: New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu

 

CAF (Second of three stages)

Somalia or Niger vs Cameroon, South Sudan or Mauritania vs Tunisia, Gambia or Namibia vs Guinea, Sao Tome e Principe or Ethiopia vs Congo, Chad or Sierra Leone vs Egypt, Comoros or Lesotho vs Ghana, Djibouti or Swaziland vs Nigeria, Eritrea or Botswana vs Mali, Seychelles or Burundi vs Congo DR, Liberia or Guinea-Bissau vs Ivory Coast, Central African Republic or Madagascar vs Senegal, Mauritius or Kenya vs Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania or Malawi vs Algeria, Sudan vs Zambia, Libya vs Rwanda, Morocco vs Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique vs Gabon, Benin vs Burkina Faso, Togo vs Uganda, Angola vs South Africa

 

Intercontinental play-offs

CONCACAF v AFC

OFC v CONMEBOL