World Cup 2010 frenzy is hitting its climax this week with the group stage draw only two days
away. The FIFA Organizing Committee has today announced the procedure for this draw along with
the pots and seeded teams.
Pot 1 (seeded teams and the hosts): South Africa, Italy, Spain, England,
Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Holland
Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania, and CONCACAF): Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea
Republic, Honduras, Mexico, USA, New Zealand
Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana,
Nigeria, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Pot 4 (remaining European teams): Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
South Africa will automatically be drawn as the first team in Group A, and the rest of Pot 1
will be allocated to groups B through H.
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