England have been drawn amongst Belgium, Tunisia, and Panama in Group G of the Russian World Cup in 2018, set to start in just over 6 months time.
Groups A - H
Group A:
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Eygpt
Uruguay
Group B:
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
Iran
Group C:
France
Australia
Peru
Denmark
Group D:
Argentina
Iceland
Croatia
Nigeria
Group E:
Brazil
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Serbia
Group F:
Germany
Sweden
Mexico
South Korea
Group G:
Belgium
Panama
Tunisia
England
Group H:
Poland
Senegal
Colombia
Japan
Quite a favorable draw for almost every team in the competition, and there's not really one group which you can pick out as being the usual 'group of death' - although B and F do look very tasty indeed!
Gareth Southgate (the England manager) will no doubt be very happy with the draw, and even though Tunisia and Panama should not be overlooked, it seems at this current stage as a very easy feat to qualify through. The challenge will be attempting to top the group to give England the best possible path to the Final, and that would require beating Belgium or Belgium dropping points to Tunisia and Panama (very unlikely).
The hosts Russia, drawn into Group A, look like they have a very interesting group too - and I'm not 100% sure we'll be seeing them coming out of the group stage in one of the top 2 positions in their group.
Teams will have to travel around 4,000 miles during the group stages so anything can be possible!