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2018 World Cup draw: All you need to know

World Cup draw

The World Cup draw took place in Russia on Friday afternoon - and there could be Arsenal involvement in every group.

Three members of our then-squad - Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski - were crowned winners of the tournament in 2014, and the holders have been drawn alongside Mexico, Sweden and South Korea.

Interested in knowing how the rest of the draw panned out from an Arsenal perspective? Make sure you read on - and check out how our stars reached the tournament below:

Group A: Mohamed Elneny

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay

Group B: Hector Bellerin, Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal

Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran

Group C: Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Alexandre Lacazette

France, Australia, Peru, Denmark

Group D: Alex Iwobi

Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria

Group E: Granit Xhaka, Joel Campbell

Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia

Group F: Shkodran Mustafi and Mesut Ozil

Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea

Group G: Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck 

Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England

Group H: David Ospina and Takuma Asano

Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan