TVNZ's coverage of the draw for the football World Cup runs from 5.55-8.30am NZ time.
The All Whites and the rest of the qualified teams, plus the hopefuls still waiting to see if they'll make it via the play-offs, will discover who they are playing in the US, Canada and Mexico in the first round next June.
The draw is being held at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Next year’s World Cup will be the biggest yet, jumping up from 32 teams last time round in Qatar to 48 teams this time. The drawing of nations is not totally random.
All 48 teams have been separated into four pots, based largely on rankings, with Pot 1 made up of the three host nations and the highest ranked teams.
Pots 2 to 4 are determined by highest to lowest rankings too. Under FIFA’s rules, no group can have two nations from the same confederation, with the exception of UEFA who can have no more than two nations. Sounds complicated, but it’ll become clear as the balls are drawn out.
New Zealand slots into Pot 4 and will be drawn against one team from each of the top three pots.
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