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YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. TheArmenia national football team will compete with Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro and Kazakhstan in Group E of the 2018 World Cup Qualifier.
World Cup 2018 qualifying group draw took place in St. Petersburg.
The other groups are:
Group A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, N. Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino
Group D: Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia
Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan
Group F: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta
Group G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, FYR Macedonia, Liechtenstein
Group H: Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
Group I: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
Europe's 52 member associations will struggle for 13 rounds. The winner of each group will qualify automatically for the 2018 World Cup, while the eight best second-place teams will enter a playoff, where they will be paired off and partake in a two-legged tie to determine who wins the final four World Cup spots allocated to Europe. The European qualifiers will begin in the fall of next year.
The world Cup will be held in 11 cities of Moscow and the final will take place in Moscow.