Final Draw Groups A-H

On December 4, 2009 the City of Cape Town – 6pm CET
will welcome 32 national team representatives for the final draw for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

The Host Nation Republic of South Africa will be seeded in Group A as first team to play the opening match on June 11, 2010 in the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg (kick-off time for the opening match is 4pm CET). 

Groups

Group A
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France
Group B
Argentina
Nigeria
South Korea
Greece
Group C
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia
Group D
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana
Group E
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon
Group F
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia
Group G
Brasil
North Korea
Ivory Cost
Portugal
Group H
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

 

See our detailed World Cup 2010 match calendar

 

Seeding of pots:

Pot 1:
South Africa, Brasil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England, Netherlands

Pot 2:

Japan, South-Korea, North-Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, Honduras

Pot 3:
Ivory Cost, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay

Pot 4:

France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia

 

Seeding:

  • 8 seeded teams (incl. Host National Team of South Africa)
  • 7 teams based on  Fifa World Ranking October 2009 (top 5 European + 2 non european teams)

Pots:

  • 4 Pots of 8 teams
  • Pot 1 – Seeded teams
  • Pot 2 – Asia (4), North, Central America + Caribbean (3), Oceania (1)
  • Pot 3 – Africa (5), South America (3)
  • Pot 4 – Europe (8)

Principles:

  • No 2 teams from same Confederation in same group (exception for Europe with max 2 teams in 1 group)
  • South Africa – is automatically top seeded in group A – A1
  • Seeded teams are automatically assigned position 1 in each group

Procedures:

  • Team pots emptied one-by-one, beginning with Pot 1
  • Groups filled from A through H
  • Positions within Groups A-H to be drawn for teams from Pots 2-4