28-03-2022, 12:19 AM
Brekkie post_id=75175 time= user_id=976 Wrote:The World Cup Draw takes place on Friday, split across BBC1 and BBC2 from 4.45pm, moving to BBC2 at 6pm. Would have made more sense ot have it all on BBC2 really, though maybe they're hoping they'll handle it within the hour on BBC1.
With it unresolved whether Scotland or Wales will be involved wonder when the pick of games will take place. I suspect actually even if it's Ukraine instead there would still be significant interest in those games that it might be worth getting the picks sorted. I'd bet on ITV having two England group games and the BBC having two of the potential Scotland/Wales games.
That's uneccesarily messy. To make it even messier, the BBC Two portion of the programme won't be on BBC Two Wales due to rugby kicking-off at 18:30. At least there should be one uninterupted stream on iPlayer to follow it, and the programme looks like it will be shown in full on the Red Button too.
For the record, England will be in Pot 1, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine in Pot 4 (Wales probably would be in Pot 3 if they had qualified this week). The 'Group of Death' will probably be whichever group that sees Germany or Netherlands drawn from Pot 2. The only rule that could complicate things is that at least one and no more than two European teams and no more than one team from other confederations can be in the same group. And finally, worth noting this will be the last draw of a (men's) 32 team World Cup, with more tedium being introduced from 2026.