World Cup 2018 qualifying draw: England set for exciting Scotland clash

Other thrilling match-ups across the European zone include football royalty Spain (15/2) and Italy (favoured ahead of the Three Lions at 16/1) pitted against each other in Group G, while the Netherlands, France (10/1) and Sweden will all duke it out in Pool A.

With the Dutch currently in a poor vein of form, if that continues, they could be the ones to come a cropper, as the Swedes now boast a UEFA Under-21 Championship winning side just waiting in the wings for their senior side shots.

Elsewhere, in the South American zone, the draw for matchday one of the round-robin format also saw some enthralling pairings, as recently crowned 2015 Copa America champions Chile (surprisingly rank outsiders at 50/1) face five-time World Cup winners Brazil (10/1), while 2014 finalists Argentina (8/1) host Ecuador.

European zone draw

Group A:
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Bulgaria
Belarus
Luxembourg

Group B:
Portugal
Switzerland
Hungary
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Andorra

Group C:
Germany
Czech Republic
Northern 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
Macedonia
Lichtenstein

Group H:
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Estonia
Cyprus

Group I:
Croatia
Iceland
Ukraine
Turkey
Finland

See below for full draw results across remaining zones.

Intercontinental Play-Off
First game: North Central America and the Carribean vs Asia
Second game: Oceania vs South America

African zone
Round one/two (before final groups are drawn):
Somalia/Niger v Cameroon
South Sudan/Mauritiana v Tunisia
Gambia/Nambia v Guinea
Sao Tome E Principe/Ethiopa v Congo
Chad/Sierra Leone v Egypt
Comoros/Lesotho v Ghana
Djibouti/Swaziland v Nigeria
Eritrea/Botswana v Mali
Seychelles/Burundi v Congo DR
Libera/Guinea Bissau Ivory Coast
Central African Republic/Madagascar v Senegal
Mauritius/Kenya v Cape Verde Islands
Tanzania/Malawi v winner to face Algeria

Round two:
Sudan v Zambia
Libya v Rwanda
Morocco v Equatorial Guinea
Mozambique v Gabon
Benin v Burkina Faso
Togo v Uganda
Angola v South Africa

Asian zone
No draw for Asia as qualification has already begun.

CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean zone)
Round three:
Curacao v El Salvador (winner to join Group A)
Canada v Belize (winner to join Group A)
Grenada v Haiti (winner to join Group B)
Jamaica v Nicaragua (winner to join Group B)
St Vincent and the Grenadines v Aruba (winner to join Group C)
Antigua and Barbuda V Guatemala (winner to join Group C)

Group A
Honduras
Mexico

Group B
Panama
Costa Rica

Group C
Trinidad and Tobago
USA

Oceanian zone
Round one group:
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Samoa
Tonga

Round two draw:
Group A
Tahiti
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Winner of round one group

Group B
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Fiji
Vanuatu

South American zone
Matchday one draw:
Colombia v Peru
Chile v Brazil
Argentina v Ecuador
Venezuela v Paraguay
Bolivia V Uruguay