Jane Lewis
BBC Sport Scotland in Washington

This is where we’ll be interviewing Steve Clarke after the draw is made. It’s quite the set up... camera operators and reporters galore!

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Nadine Yousif
reporting from Toronto

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Canada is not exactly a well-known global football hub, with most sports here often eclipsed by the nation’s deep love and loyalty to ice hockey.

But the North American country has embraced the Beautiful Game in recent years, in no small part thanks to Team Canada playing in Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup - their first appearance in the international tournament since 1986.

The sport has a significant fanbase especially in Toronto, driven in part by the city’s multiculturalism, who often cheer for their home countries as well as Team Canada.

That fandom will undoubtedly grow as the city hosts a World Cup match next year, along with Vancouver. Toronto mayor Olivia Chow told reporters earlier today that the city had received 248,000 volunteer applications for the tournament, the most out of all the 16 host cities between Canada, the US and Mexico.

That stat is not surprising for Rocco Mastrangelo, a long-time football fan and owner of Cafe Diplomatico in Little Italy - a hub for football fans in the city who often gather here to watch matches.

“People are waiting for it,” Mastrangelo told me, noting that his cafe is already filled with people watching the draw. “Just imagine if it was opening day with Canada playing.”

I'm giving them two more minutes or else I'm going to make up my own World Cup draw and we can all just go home.

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
reporting from Philadelphia

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Cameroon and Nigeria are not going to be competing in North America next year, but their fans are still excited to support other teams.

Christine Titih is supporting South Africa to win, and Oloyede Abimbola is backing West African neighbours Ghana but thinks Brazil will win.

Now a video involving Gianni Infantino and Rio Ferdinand. It's quite something.

Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland

James McFadden's take is probably the most Scottish one ever.

Let's avoid the group with the sweltering hot venues. Canada's group, anyone? Anything above 20 degrees is a stretch anyway.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales

Have you really watched a World Cup draw until you've seen Nigel de Jong applaud a performance from Lauryn Hill?

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
reporting from Philadelphia

Image source, BBC / Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

The temperature is -2C (28F) outside but inside at this viewing party, hundreds have gathered to watch what the pairings will look like later this afternoon.

Friends Wilson Velez and Edwin Martinez are excited and hoping for a great tournament. Both think Scotland might be a way in - they both want to go up against them in the group stage.

Velez, who supports Ecuador, is hoping for a group that includes the US, Scotland, and New Zealand.

Martinez is hoping the Stars and Stripes will face Senegal, Scotland, and Poland, where many of his friends have familial ties to.

This has been a disaster for live text commentators who are hungry and were planning to order a pizza once the draw was over.

Mexico legend Hugo Sanchez: "The ideal way for Mexico to play is as a team. We don't have any individual stars, but I know that together we can achieve great things."

He added he hopes it's an unforgettable World Cup which shows off the greatest sport in the world.

Lauryn Hill is on stage now doing a song.

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I started this live text two hours ago.

Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland

At BBC Scotland towers, former Scotland internationals James McFadden and Scott Brown are poised.

Safe to say nobody is enjoying the wait to get to the ball-drawing portion of the evening...

Not been much to keep Jane up to date with really. We think the draw will properly start soon although there is a Spanish language interview happening right now.

And I only did Spanish for one year at school. And they're not counting to 10 or asking where the library is so I'm lost.

Jane Lewis
BBC Sport Scotland in Washington

Have now moved to the area where we’ll be conducting our post draw interviews. Thank goodness for our live text keeping me up to date. Not quite there yet .. in ANOTHER queue!

Montages time.

Group A: Mexico

Group B: Canada

Group D: USA

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Each of the three leaders is picking their country's ball out of the pot.

We already know which groups these are going into so it's just for show.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has again called up US President Donald Trump to the stage, along with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.