World Cup 2018 Pots


POT 1
Germany
9/2
Spain
8/1
Netherlands
14/1
Belgium
16/1
England
25/1
Portugal
33/1
Croatia
50/1
Romania
100/1
Wales
500/1
POT 2
France
10/1
Italy
16/1
Switzerland
50/1
Czech Republic
66/1
Denmark
66/1
Bosnia
66/1
Austria
100/1
Slovakia
500/1
Iceland
1000/1
POT 3
Ukraine
66/1
Poland
66/1
Sweden
66/1
Greece
66/1
Serbia
100/1
Hungary
300/1
Scotland
500/1
Albania
1000/1
N. Ireland
1000/1
POT 4
Turkey
100/1
Norway
150/1
Bulgaria
150/1
Montenegro
200/1
Israel
500/1
Ireland
500/1
Slovenia
1000/1
Faroe Islands
1000/1
Estonia
1000/1
POT 5
Finland
500/1
Macedonia
500/1
Cyprus
1000/1
Latvia
1000/1
Armenia
1000/1
Belarus
1000/1
Azerbaijan
1000/1
Lithuania
1000/1
Moldova
1000/1
POT 6
Kazakhstan
1000/1
Luxembourg
1000/1
Liechtenstein
1000/1
Georgia
1000/1
Malta
1000/1
San Marino
1000/1
Andorra
1000/1
 
 

 The Pots for the UEFA qualification side of the WC2018 are now decided. They will be made official on July 9th when the FIFA rankings are officially released. The draw will then follow on July 25th.

 As an objective rating for the teams I have chosen to rank the teams based on their latest outright odds to win the World Cup 2018. Each Pot above is sorted by that metric rather than FIFA Rankings. This quickly shows the teams you want to avoid at the top of each Pot. I broke out the crayons to emphasize the fact. Red=bad, green=good. If the bookie rating is the same, I have ordered by FIFA Rankings.

 By that process the toughest draw would be:

 Germany, France, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, Kazakhstan.

 The easiest group would be:

 Wales, Iceland, N. Ireland, Estonia, Moldova, Andorra.

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