Soccer federations across the world will find out who they will face when the qualifying draws for the 2018 World Cup take place on Saturday in St Petersburg, Russia.
Home nations England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are among 141 nations who will be in the draw, the BBC reports.
In Africa, Nigeria and four other countries that represented the continent at the 2014 edition in Brazil will battle with 48 other nations for the five slots given to the continent.
European sides will be placed into nine groups – seven with six teams and two of five sides – with Roy Hodgson’s side expected to be zoned in a pool of six.
Russia has already qualified as hosts, and the other 52 member nations have been split into six pots based on FIFA’s July rankings.
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