World Cup 2010 Draw - Group Selections
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The stage for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is about to be set this Friday, December 4th at noon Eastern Time. For those unfamiliar with how the groups are decided, FIFA separates all of the qualifiers into 4 "pots" based on the confederation they belong to. From there they are drawn into the groups that will play each other in the world cup.
- The first pot consists of the qualifying teams based on FIFA rankings with performances in the past two finals tournaments to create a group of eight seeds plus the host of the tournament. These teams are: South Africa (the host), Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England, and France.
- The second pot includes the rest of the qualifying teams from the UEFA confederation (European teams) which include: Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, and Slovakia.
- The third pot combines the CAF (African teams) and the CONMEBOL (South American teams) which includes: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay.
- Lastly, the fourth pot combines the confederations of AFC (Oceania and Asian teams) with the CONCACAF (North and Central American teams) which have: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, and Honduras.
For the World Cup there are 8 groups (Groups A-H). These groups will consist of one randomly selected team from each of the pots. With all that said, it'll be exciting enough to see how the draw turns out and which of the groups will be deemed the "group of death" (the group with the most talented teams).
I'll break down the teams further in my next post.
I'm extremely excited to see how the draw turns out and even more excited to see some world class soccer being played this summer.
Labels: 2010, FIFA, group selection, south africa, world cup
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