The World Cup draw takes place on Friday, though fans face a wait for the entire fixture schedule for the 2026 tournament to be confirmed.

The draw for the group stages is set to take place on Friday, December 5 in Washington, DC, where Gianni Infantino and a host of legends from the past few years will have the qualified nations’ fates in their hands.

England are in Pot 1, which shields them from the big-hitters early.

That said, there are still some tricky customers that the Three Lions could be drawn against .

Thomas Tuchel and his staff will find out their group-stage opponents on Friday, with their schedule confirmed the day after, on Saturday, December 6.

The tournament - newly-expanded next year - will see 12 groups drawn, with 104 matches to be played across the openin

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