World Cup Draw – Live
Posted on Friday Dec 04, 2009 by devday
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Time for the biggest day in December so far… The World Cup draw…
These are the pots:
Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England
Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras
Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay
Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia
Trevor Brooking:
“In pot four, France and Portugal have been mentioned as being difficult but Serbia look pretty tough too. In pot two, the US and Australia would be tricky and Ivory Coast and Ghana are both good sides too. So, in pot three, a South American side might be more favourable than an African one. But, as Fabio Capello has already said, whoever you play, it is going to be tough. How will England do? This is a very good England side. After Brazil and Spain, England are in the next class. If we have got everyone fit, we will be tough to beat – a lot of countries will be looking to avoid us today.”
Over to the comments….
At the CTICC, the show has just kicked off with award-winning musician Johnny Clegg performing ‘Scatterlings of Africa’, a song made famous by the movie Rain Main.
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Now the audience are being welcomed by the great Nelson Mandela, a key figure in securing the FIFA World Cup for South Africa. The Nobel Peace prize-winning former president, 91, said in a special video message: “We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honour of being the African host country. We must strive for excellence in our hosting of the World Cup, while at the same time, ensuring that we are going to leave a lasting benefit to all our people.”
Group A – A1. South Africa, A2. Mexico, A3. Uraguay, A4 France
Group B – B1. Argentina, B2. Nigeria, B3. South Korea, B4 Greece
Group C – C1. England, C2. USA, C3. Algeria, C4. Slovenia
Group D – D1. Germany, D2. Australia, D3. Serbia, D4. Ghana
Group E – E1. Holland, E2. Denmark, E3 Japan, E4 Cameroon
Group F – F1. Italy, F2. Paraguay, F3. New Zealand, F4. Slovakia
Group G – G1. Brazil, G2. North Korea, G3. Ivory Coast, G4. Portugal
Group H – H1. Spain, H2. Switzerland, H3. Honduras, H4. Chile
Interesting to see Bendtner, Song and RvP meet up!! England should be fine to go thru to the next round and Group G is surely the group of death!!
Well England will still have to go through Group as follows
Group D – D1. Germany, D2. Australia, D3. Serbia, D4. Ghana
And it will not be easy
Hey guys look at Paul Merson’s tips for teams to go through to the next stage:
Paul’s predictions – who will go through?
GROUP A: Mexico and France
GROUP B: Nigeria and Argentina
GROUP C: England and USA
GROUP D: Ghana and Australia
GROUP E: Holland and Denmark
GROUP F: Italy and Paraguay
GROUP G: Brazil and Ivory Coast
GROUP H: Spain and Chile
What are your thougths?
our group is quite nice.
@francis, those are exactly my toughts on the teams going thru