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The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has been organised before the identityof three winners of the play-offs is revealed. Seeding has been based on theFIFA World Ranking released on 31 March 2022 but these three teams have beendrawn from the weakest Pot 4. We show that the official seeding policy does notbalance the difficulty levels of the groups to the extent possible: a betteralternative would have been to assign the placeholders according to thehighest-ranked potential winner, similar to the rule used in the UEFA ChampionsLeague qualification. Our simulations reinforce that this is the best strategyin general to create balanced groups in the FIFA World Cup.

Group draw with unknown qualified teams: A lesson from the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw