Greece you can! Poor draw in the World Cup qualifiers

The dream of qualifying in 2026 World Cup for her National team after the draw that took place at noon on Friday.

Greece is in third qualifying groupin a group of four, where he will face loser of Portugal-Denmark (which will take place on March 23 in Lisbon), Scotland (opponent in the Nations League playoffs on March 20 and 23) and Belarus (which according to existing data is playing on neutral ground due to the war).

It is recalled that the top of each of the twelve groups qualify for the World Cup finalswhich will take place in the US, Canada and Mexico. But there is also… a second chance.

The European zone group matches will start in March and end in November 2025. The winners of the twelve groups they will secure a place in the final stage of the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the stadiums of the USA, Canada and Mexico.

For the remaining four positions corresponding to UEFA, playoffs will be held, in which 16 teams will participate, namely the 12 runners-up of the qualifying groups and the 4 best first-placed teams of the Nations League groups that have not secured qualification as group winners, nor have they entered the playoffs as second ones. Therefore, Greece will probably have a second chance, through these playoffs, to qualify.

The federal coach was in Zurich for the draw Ivan Jovanovichtogether with Dimitris Salpingidis and Vassilis Torosidis.

The groups in detail:

1st Group: Winner Germany-Italy, Slovakia, B. Ireland, Luxembourg

2nd Group: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo

3rd Group: Defeated Portugal-Denmark, Greece, Scotland, Belarus

4th Group: Winner France-Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan

5th Group: Winner Spain-Netherlands, Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria

6th Group: Winner Portugal-Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Armenia

7th Group: Defeated Spain-Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Malta

8th Group: Austria, Romania, Bosnia, Cyprus, San Marino

9th Group: Defeated Germany-Italy, Norway, Israel, Estonia, Moldova

10th Group: Belgium, Wales, B. Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein

11th Group: England, Serbia, Albania, Latvia, Andorra

12th Group: Defeated France-Croatia, Czech Republic, Montenegro, N. Faroe Islands, Gibraltar

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