England will find out their World Cup opponents on Friday.
One of Wales, Scotland, or Ukraine will be in Qatar in November and December, but will not know until the European play-offs in June.
There are two intercontinental play-off matches for the World Cup in June.
The draw from the conference centre will be broadcast on the TV and online from 16:45 on Friday, 1 April.
The entire show will be available on the Red Button, on the iPlayer and on the Sport website. The final half an hour of it will be shown on BBC Two.
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer, ex-Nigeria forward Efan Ekoku, ex-Scotland forward James McFadden, and journalist Tim Vickery will be among the guests on the show.
The World Cup takes place in the Middle East.
Everything you need to know about the draw is here.
Pot 1 has France, Argentina, England, Spain and Portugal.
Pot 2 includes Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, and other countries.
Pot 3 includes Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, and Tunisia.
Pot 4 includes Canada, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Australia, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Uganda.
The format of the World Cup is the same as in the past.
The seeding is based on the world rankings. The top seven teams who have qualified for the tournament will be the other top seeds. England is among them.
The three play-off winners not yet decided will be in the bottom pot of seeds.
The teams in the top and bottom pots will be drawn in the draw.
A second ball will be drawn to decide which group the team is in.
Only European countries with a maximum of two can be in any one group.
The match schedule won't be decided automatically, unlike in previous World Cups, and will depend on how teams are drawn out.
This gives Fifa scope to provide a more beneficial kick-off time for audiences at home.
Normally all the teams are known before the World Cup draw but this year there are two different reasons.
There will be two intercontinental finals in June. Costa Rica and New Zealand will play each other in one of the two play-off games, while the winner of the Asian play-off between the United Arab Emirates and Australia will play in the other.
The games were moved because of the effects of the Covid epidemic. The mini-tournament was held in Qatar.
One of the three European play-off routes has been delayed because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It was hoped that Ukraine would be in a position to play in the semi-final, which was postponed from March to June.
The winner of that game will face Wales, who beat Austria in their semi-final, in a few days for a place at the World Cup.
England could end up in a group with Wales or Scotland, since they are in the top and bottom pots respectively, and two European nations can be in one group.
The Three Lions could end up in a group with Germany, Africa Cup of Nations victors, or they could be drawn against the USA, Iran and Ghana.
Either Scotland or Wales will face Brazil, Germany, and Senegal, or they will face the USA and Tunisia.
World Cup winners Cafu of Brazil and Lothar Matthaus of Germany will be conducting the draw.
The others will be Jay-Jay Okocha and Tim Cahill.
Australia&s first World Cup goal was scored by an ex-Everton player, and Nigeria qualified for their first World Cup in 1994 with the help of a player named Okocha.
The only person to manage at five consecutive World Cup with different teams is Serb Milutinovic.
MalAllah won a silver medal at the 1981 World Youth Championship and played in the 1984 Olympics.
Madjer scored for Algeria in their World Cup win over West Germany in 1982, while Daei was the all-time men's top scorer in internationals with 112.
Carli Lloyd, a former USA women's international, and a British TV host will host the show.
Italy missed out on the last World Cup after their play-off defeat by North Macedonia.
Russia was kicked out of the play-offs after their invasion of Ukraine.
Erling Braut Haaland will have to wait for his major tournament debut because Norway failed to qualify.
Egypt will not be there after they lost on penalties.
Nigeria, Algeria, and Ivory Coast are not part of Africa.
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