World Cup Draw Thread - 11am CT (Fox)

December 5

Give us Australia, Scotland, and Cape Verde

First one

United States
Algeria
UEFA Playoff C (Turkey, Romania, Kosovo, Slovakia)
Australia

Expanded field sucks so hard.already made qualifying irrelevant and now makes the group stage irrelevant for most of the top teams. First they stole college football and now the world cup. Next they'll come for Augusta and then there will be nothing left.

Well probably get Croatia. Norway. And Ghana

Now news comes out that even after the draw Friday, we won't know who's playing when where and how

Even more bullshite from FIFA. I get what they're doing but some people are trying to plan shite and this makes it even more impossible.
I'm basing whether I attend a game or not completely on venue/location and who is playing there.

Can't believe a 48-team WC is held in the US and I'm very unsure whether or not I'll see a game.

"For the first time at a World Cup draw, the venues and kick-off times for all 104 matches won't be released on the same day as we learn the groups -- with FIFA instead placing the games in the best location based on the time zones, of which there are four for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The full schedule will be revealed at 12 p.m. EST (5 p.m. GMT), with FIFA saying president Gianni Infantino will be "joined on stage by FIFA legends" to go through the games and give analysis.

"The final version of the match schedule will be available in March, once the FIFA and European play-offs have taken place and the final six slots have been filled."

Friday's World Cup draw takes place at 12 p.m. EST in Washington."

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ow news comes out that even after the draw Friday, we won't know who's playing when where and how Even more bullshite from FIFA. I get what they're doing but some people are trying to plan shite and this makes it even more impossible. I'm basing whether I attend a game or not completely on venue/location and who is playing there.

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This is maddening. I was trying to make a family vacation out of it but looks like a US friendly in the spring may be a better deal. Then I’ll try to catch at least one game myself.

The process for tickets is way too complicated and clearly on purpose to trick people out of money. There is no reason for it to be this way otherwise.

Sure why not.

Fox has the draw listed for 11am CT with a pre-draw show at 10:30am, but because it's a FIFA event I'm sure there will be some hour-long interpretive dance number before a single ball is picked.