Man in the middle: Brazil legend Ronaldo - the star of the 2002 World Cup - is involved in the draw

The teams will be drawn into nine groups (A-I), eight with six teams, one with five. The teams in pot six are drawn into position six (of groups A to H), the teams in pot five into position five (A-I) and so on.

The draw starts with pot six and ends with pot one. Each pot is completely emptied before moving on to the next.

Groups are filled starting with Group A and ending with Group I (Group H in the case of pot six.)

What pot will England be in? The signs don’t look good if we are struggling to beat Switzerland.

Good news my friend. England will be among the top seeds in pot one. This means they will avoid major forces such as Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy and Portugal in their group.

Spain? They won the last tournament, don’t they qualify automatically?

Afraid not, which is bad news for the likes of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who will run the risk of being drawn in the same group as the World and European champions.

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