Thursday, December 3, 2009

Kick-Off

This Blog is dedicated to the FIFA WorldCup 2010 to be held in South Africa. The blog has been created on the eve of the draw for the tournament.
So lets have a look at the seedings for the tournament.
32 teams will be playing in the tournament, Ireland's request to be the 33rd team has been rejected.
Teams are:
1. Asia : Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.(5 teams)
2. Africa : South Africa, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Algeria, Nigeria and Ghana.(6 teams)
3. Europe : Slovakia, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark and Serbia.(13 teams)
4. South America : Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.(5 teams)
5. North America : USA, Honduras and Mexico.(3 teams)

The draw will be held at Cape Town on 4 December, 2009.
The above 32 teams have been divided into 4 different pots. One team from each pot will be drawn for each group.

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, Holland.

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America) : Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, 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.


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