{"id":93512,"date":"2022-04-01T22:57:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T21:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93512"},"modified":"2022-04-01T22:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T21:57:44","slug":"okocha-7-other-ex-internationals-conduct-2022-world-cup-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/okocha-7-other-ex-internationals-conduct-2022-world-cup-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Okocha, 7 other ex-internationals conduct 2022 World Cup draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Super Eagles midfielder, Austin \u2018Jay Jay\u2019 Okocha was one of the ex-internationals who conducted the\u00a0 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Friday.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others are Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matth\u00e4us (Germany), Adel Ahmed MalAllah (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinovi\u0107 (Serbia\/Mexico), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), and Tim Cahill (Australia).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Qatar after 29\u00a0 of the 32 countries expected to participate in the World Cup have been confirmed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups, each group comprising four countries, and they are all expected to play three games at the group stages, after which the knockout rounds will begin.African representatives Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon, and Ghana were drawn into groups A, D, F, G, and H respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tournament is expected to kick off later in the year on November 21 and will end on December 18.Below is the breakdown of the groups:<\/p>\n<p>GROUP A<\/p>\n<p>Qatar<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador<\/p>\n<p>Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>GROUP B<\/p>\n<p>England<\/p>\n<p>Iran<\/p>\n<p>USA<\/p>\n<p>Wales \/ Scotland \/ Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>GROUP C<\/p>\n<p>Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p>Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Poland<\/p>\n<p>GROUP D<\/p>\n<p>France<\/p>\n<p>Peru \/ Australia \/ UAE<\/p>\n<p>Denmark<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia<\/p>\n<p>GROUP E<\/p>\n<p>Spain<\/p>\n<p>Costa Rica \/ New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Germany<\/p>\n<p>Japan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>GROUP F<\/p>\n<p>Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Canada<\/p>\n<p>Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Croatia<\/p>\n<p>GROUP G<\/p>\n<p>Brazil<\/p>\n<p>Serbia<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>GROUP H<\/p>\n<p>Portugal<\/p>\n<p>Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>Korea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Super Eagles midfielder, Austin \u2018Jay Jay\u2019 Okocha was one of the ex-internationals who conducted the\u00a0 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Friday. 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