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    Greece drawn with Cyprus and Egland with Scotland in World Cup 2018 qualifying draw



    Greece will face Cyprus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina and  Estonia in Group H , for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after they were paired together at a lavish draw ceremony in Saint Petersburg on Saturday.

    England have been drawn with Scotland. The two auld enemies will also play Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta

    World champions Germany have been drawn alongside Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan and San Marino.

    Arguably the toughest group sees 1998 champions France alongside three-time World Cup runners-up the Netherlands and a Sweden side captained by Paris Saint-Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

    There is also a meeting of two former winners in Group G with Spain and Italy paired with Albania, Israel, Fyrom and Liechtenstein.

    Group D sees another local clash as top seeds Wales meet the Republic of Ireland as well as Austria, Serbia, Moldova and Georgia.

    The winners of all nine European groups will qualify automatically for the World Cup with the eight best runners-up facing off in two-legged play-offs for the remaining four spots.

    Copa America champions Chile will entertain Brazil in their opening qualifier with the most keenly anticipated South American encounters between Argentina and Brazil on match-days three and 11.

    The United States will have to finish top two of a group also including Trinidad and Tobago to make it to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying.

    The first two rounds for the African stage of qualifying were also drawn on Saturday with the 20 victors from round two progressing to a final group stage where the five group winners will qualify for the World Cup.

    The standout tie from the second round sees four-time finalists Morocco take on African Nations Cup semi-finalists Equatorial Guinea.

    Meanwhile, there was a blow for Oceania favourites New Zealand as they will have to beat the fifth-best side in South America if they come through regional qualifying in the inter-continental play-offs.


    In the other inter-continental tie the fourth-placed side in the North and Central American confederation face the fifth-best side from the Asian qualifying stage.

                          EUROPE
    Group A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
    Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
    Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Irland , 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, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta
    Group G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, FYROM , Liechtenstein
    Group H: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
    Group I: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
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