The FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals Group Stage Draw was released on Friday, December 4, 2009. There are some interesting match-ups including USA and England in Group C and Group G features Portugal, Ivory Coast, and Brazil. Some of other top seeds such as Italy and Spain have have easier groups and should make the knockout stage.

Final FIFA world cup 2010 draw and final world cup schedule is finally there!
We were waiting for this long time, so much talks about world cup fixtures, and other more and less important stuffs from analyzing team power, predicting results of world cup to some betting and where find world cup tickets to other topics.

Well we know how the Final Draw turned out – terrible for South Africa but here are the groups for the 2010 World Cup, in case anyone doesn't know yet. And the Official Match Schedule.

France and Uruguay are two former World Cup winners and Mexico is known as a very strong team, but South Africa will have to rely on the wide experience of coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and the passion and skill of Bafana Bafana if we want to avoid the humiliation of becoming the first host team in World Cup history to get knocked out in the first round.

Group A France , Mexico , South Africa , Uruguay Group B Argentina , Nigeria , Greece , South Korea Group C England , USA , Algeria , Slovenia Group D Germany , Serbia , Ghana , Australia Group E Holland , Cameroon , Denmark , Japan Group F Italy , Paraguay , Slovakia [...]

Ecco di seguito il Calendario dell'Italia di Marcello Lippi:
14 giugno, ore 20.30, Citt del Capo
ITALIA-PARAGUAY
20 giugno, ore 16, Nelspruit
ITALIA-NUOVA ZELANDA
24 giugno, ore 16, Johannesburg
ITALIA-SLOVACCHIA
E quello completo dei mondiali sudafricani:
GRUPPO A
11/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Sudafrica - Messico (partita inaugurale)
11/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Uruguay - Francia
16/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Sudafrica - Uruguay
17/6 a Polokwane (13:30) Francia - Messico
22/6 a Rustenburg (16:00) Messico - Uruguay
22/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Francia - Sudafrica
GRUPPO B
12/6 a Johannesburg (13:30) Argentina - Nigeria
12/6 a Port Elizabeth(16:00) Corea del Sud - Grecia
17/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Grecia - Nigeria
17/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Argentina - Corea del Sud
22/6 a Durban (20:30) Nigeria - Corea del Sud
22/6 a Polokwane (20:30) Grecia - Argentina
GRUPPO C
12/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) Inghilterra - Stati Uniti
13/6 a Polokwane (16:30) Algeria - Slovenia
18/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Slovenia - Stati Uniti
18/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Inghilterra - Algeria
23/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Slovenia - Inghilterra
23/6 a Pretoria (16:00) Stati Uniti - Algeria
GRUPPO D
13/6 a Durban (16:00) Germania - Australia
13/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Serbia - Ghana
18/6 a Port Elizabeth (13:30) Germania - Serbia
19/6 a Rustenburg (13:30) Ghana - Australia
23/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Ghana - Germania
23/6 a Nelspruit (20:30) Australia - Serbia
GRUPPO E
14/6 a Johannesburg (13:30) Olanda - Danimarca
14/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Giappone - Camerun
19/6 a Durban (16:00) Olanda - Giappone
19/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Camerun - Danimarca
24/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) Danimarca - Giappone
24/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Camerun - Olanda
GRUPPO F
14/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Italia - Paraguay
15/6 a Rustenburg (13:30) Nuova Zelanda - Slovacchia
20/6 a Bloemfontein (13:30) Slovacchia - Paraguay
20/6 a Nelspruit (16:00) Italia - Nuova Zelanda
24/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Slovacchia - Italia
24/6 a Polokwane (16:00) Paraguay - Nuova Zelanda
GRUPPO G
15/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Costa d'Avorio - Portogallo
15/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Brasile - Corea del Nord
20/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Brasile - Costa d'Avorio
21/6 a Citta' del Capo (13:30) Portogallo - Corea del Nord
25/6 a Durban (16:00) Portogallo - Brasile
25/6 a Nelspruit (16:00) Corea del Nord - Costa d'Avorio
GRUPPO H
16/6 a Nelspruit (13:30) Honduras - Cile
16/6 a Durban (16:00) Spagna - Svizzera
21/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Cile - Svizzera
21/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Spagna - Honduras
25/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Cile - Spagna
25/6 a Bloemfontein (20:30) Svizzera - Honduras
OTTAVI DI FINALE
26/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) 1A - 2B (= 1 nel calendario dei quarti di finale)
26/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) 1C - 2D (= 3)
27/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) 1D - 2C (= 4)
27/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1B - 2A (= 2)
28/6 a Durban (16:00) 1E - 2F (= 5)
28/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1G - 2H (= 7)
29/6 a Pretoria (16:00) 1F - 2E (= 6)
29/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) 1H - 2G (= 8)
QUARTI DI FINALE
2/7 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) 5 - 7 (= C nel calendario delle semifinali)
2/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1 - 3 (= A)
3/7 a Citta' del Capo (16:00) 2 - 4 (= B)
3/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) 6 - 8 (= D)
SEMIFINALI
6/7 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) A - C (= W1)
7/7 a Durban (20:30) B - D (= W2)
FINALE TERZO POSTO
10/7 a Port Elizabeth (20:30) L1 - L2
FINALE
11/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) W1 - W2
(fonte Sportmediaset)

Japan coach Takeshi Okada reacted calmly to his nation's World Cup draw, after the Samurai Blue were drawn in Group E alongside the Netherlands, Denmark and Cameroon.
Having claimed that Japan are aiming for a semi-finals berth in South Africa, the Asian powerhouses must first negotiate a tough group that includes Bert van Marwijk's highly-fancied Dutch side.