The Fiji football side has been drawn in a tough pool for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Qatar next year.

The ‘Bula Boys’ are in Group B alongside Oceania champs New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.

Group A consists of the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu and either Tonga or Cook Islands.

Tonga and Cook Islands will play a single qualification match with the winner to earn a place in the preliminary competition mini-tournament.

The OFC qualifiers will be played in a mini-tournament format featuring eight teams and consisting of a round-robin group stage, semi-finals and the final.

All matches will take place in Qatar from March 14 to 30 next year.

The two group winners and the runners-up will qualify for the semi-finals.

The winner will face the representative of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association FIFA intercontinental play-offs in June 2022 for a place in the final competition.