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The FIFA World Cup draw will set up the biggest soccer tournament in the world. Here is how it works.

A record 64 nations will be in Friday's FIFA World Cup draw, more than 30% of the organizations' members, as soccer's leaders insist a bigger tournament is better.

FIFA expanded the field from 32 teams to 48, and just 42 spots have been determined going into the convoluted ceremony in which balls representing nations are plucked from bowls and assigned to groups per rules that restrict who goes where. Twenty-two teams in Friday's draw are headed to playoffs that determine the final six berths on March 31.

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