The Dinner Sweep

The Rules

How the random draft works

No favouritism, no stitch-ups. Just a clean, pot-based shuffle so everyone walks away with a fair spread of contenders and dark horses.

1. 1.All 48 nations are split into 4 pots of 12, based on FIFA's official seeding (Pot 1 = the heavyweights, Pot 4 = the longshots).
2. 2.Once everyone's checked in as ready, the admin triggers the draft.
3. 3.Each pot is shuffled like a deck of cards, then dealt out round-robin to the three punters — one nation each, until the pot is empty.
4. 4.Because 48 ÷ 3 = 16, everyone ends up with exactly 4 from each pot — 16 nations total. No leftovers.
5. 5.The result is final and locked in. Survive the group stage, rack up bragging rights, and may the losers buy dinner.