England face a rematch of the 2018 semi-final in the first match of the tournament. World Cup the following summer, after they were drawn with Croatia in Group L.
England will also play Panama, another team they faced at the World Cup in Russia, and Ghana. Venues and kick-off times will be announced on Saturday at 17:00 GMT, but the group matches will be split between four US cities – Dallas, Boston, New York/New Jersey and Philadelphia – and Toronto.
Croatia beat England 2-1 after extra time. end a surprise run for Gareth Southgate's side in Russia. However, England beat Panama easily, winning the group stage 6-1. They have never faced Ghana at the World Cup.
The draw in Washington, which lasted more than two hours after 90 minutes of preamble, produced several strong groups. Scotland will also face a partial repeat of their last World Cup campaign in 1998 after they were drawn next to Brazil and Moroccoas well as Haiti in Group C.
The most notable candidate for the Group of Death title is Group I, where seeded France is joined by Erling Haaland's Senegal and Norway, as well as the winner of the international play-off. Face of the USA Australia, Paraguay and the European play-off winner.
If England win their group, they will face the third-placed team from Groups E, J, I, H or K in the last 32 matches. Victory would then likely set up a match against the winners of Group A, where Mexico are drawn with South Africa and South Korea, as well as the winner of the play-off involving the Republic of Ireland. Win this and you'll have the opportunity to play in a mouth-watering quarter-final with Brazil. After changes were made by FIFAEngland will be in line to face Argentina in the semi-finals.
While Croatia will be strong opponents for England, its golden generation has largely retired, with remaining stars Ivan Perisic and Luka Modric aged 36 and 40 respectively. England beat Croatia in the tournament after a disappointing defeat in Moscow. victory with a score of 1:0 in the first match European Championship 2021.
Ghana have competed in four of the last five tournaments but fell some way behind the team that reached the quarter-finals in 2010. They include familiar faces from English football, including Tottenham Hotspur's Mohammed Kudoos and Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo. Panama is ranked 30th in the world, one place behind Norway, and is unbeaten in two qualifying rounds despite missing big names.
With 48 teams competing for the first time in the 96-year history of the World Cup, the draw was complex and, due to the knockout stage, incomplete. Adding further complexity was FIFA's recent decision to ban the four highest-ranked teams – Spain, Argentina, France and England – from playing each other ahead of the semi-finals.
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The draw was the culmination of a brilliant and stilted event dominated by Presentation of the new FIFA World Prize to Donald Trump on behalf of “the billions of people who love this game and want peace.” Trump acknowledged the award as one of the “greatest honors of my life” and gave a speech in which he praised the scale of World Cup ticket sales and strictly adhered to his two-minute time limit.
Gianni Infantino was also a constant presence on stage as the FIFA president not only presented the peace prize but also moderated an additional part of the draw, where the leaders of the three host countries – Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney – were invited to draw balls depicting their countries. He also performed in a recorded skit with former England international Rio Ferdinand conducting the draw.
