Group of Death? Spain and Portugal Drawn in Same 2018 World Cup Group...See Full Draws of 32 Teams

Posted by Odinaka on Fri 01st Dec, 2017 - tori.ng

Cristiano Ronaldo's European Champions, Portugal has been placed in the same group as the 2010 World Cup winners, Spain, in an exciting draw for the 2018 tournament in Russia on Friday.

Spain and Portugal will meet at next year's Fifa World Cup after being drawn in the same group during Friday's draw in Moscow, according to BBC Sports.

Champions Germany are in Group F with Mexico, Sweden and South Korea.

The opening game of the World Cup will see hosts Russia take on Saudi Arabia in Group A on Thursday, 14 June.

Group B sees 2010 winners Spain and current European champions Portugal drawn with Morocco and Iran, who are managed by Portuguese Carlos Queiroz.

Group B 👌
Interactive Team Profiles 👇
🇵🇹Portugal - https://t.co/981oAFV1Mc
🇪🇸Spain - https://t.co/GqszldP8LS
🇲🇦Morocco - https://t.co/6IzYhOzUO0
🇮🇷IR Iran - https://t.co/3VMkdU5jTL #WorldCupDraw pic.twitter.com/JhwBJIFHds
— #WorldCupDraw 🏆 (@FIFAWorldCup) December 1, 2017

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo plays with several of Spain's players for Real Madrid and has been managed by Queiroz with Portugal, as well as working together at Manchester United.

England have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G.

The hosts' Group A also has Uruguay and Egypt.

Lionel Messi's Argentina are in Group D and will open against Iceland. They are also in with Nigeria - the fifth time in the Super Eagles' six World Cups they have been drawn in a group together - and Croatia.

Group A 💪
Interactive Team Profiles 👇
🇷🇺Russia - https://t.co/H5agdsDha5
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia - https://t.co/xGiIXdMwv0
🇪🇬Egypt - https://t.co/3PMcWNuwzi
🇺🇾Uruguay - https://t.co/hsqcktF5D3 #WorldCupDraw pic.twitter.com/n13H4bzzfB
— #WorldCupDraw 🏆 (@FIFAWorldCup) December 1, 2017

Brazil are in Group E with Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia.

Group C has France, Australia, Peru and Denmark, while Group H contains Poland, Senegal, Colombia and Japan.

Here's a table of the groups of 32 teams in full below;

Here the groups for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia! ðŸ‡·ðŸ‡º Which game are you most looking forward to?! #WorldCupDraw pic.twitter.com/bnTxOxCQTd
— #OdinakaGod (@iamOdino) December 1, 2017