Mike Perk and Jason Bagley take you through how the 2010 Soccer World Cup draw will work. They have setup their own draw and explain all the permutations and rules regarding the draw.
Definitely a not to be missed episode of Free-kick.tv!
The 4 pots are as follows:
Pot 1: (seeds) South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England
Pot 2: (AFC, Oceania and Concacaf) Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, USA, New Zealand
Pot 3: (CAF and rest of South America) Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria
Pot 4: (rest of UEFA) Denmark, France, Greece, Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland
The basic rules of the draw
- South Africa are automatically added to Group 1
- The first 2 African teams drawn from Pot 3 will be placed in the groups with Brazil and Argentina
- The first South American team drawn from Pot 3 will be placed in Group A with South Africa
Free-kick.tv’s World Cup Draw standings
Group A: South Africa, Honduras, Chile, France
Group B: Spain, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group C: Argentina, USA, Nigeria, Slovenia
Group D: Brazil, Mexico, Algeria, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, New Zealand, Ghana, Greece
Group F: England, Japan, Cameroon, Switzerland
Group G: Germany, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group H: Italy, Australia, Uruguay, Denmark
Take a watch of the video to see the Free-kick.tv’s Soccer World Cup 2010 draw take place. One thing will be interesting is to see how many of the groups we get right!
6 Comments
MikeDecember 3, 2009 8:37 pm
Thanks Adrian. I was a little surprised an egg chaser like yourself would grasp it
Adrian December 03 2009 21:29 pm
Thanks hey Mike...lol. The ping pong balls and ice buckets are what clarified it for me.
I am also rooting for the Poms Jay (After Bafana)
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AdrianDecember 3, 2009 8:32 pm
Very informative draw guys. Wasn’t 100% sure of the basic draw rules myself.
Hopefully Bafana Bafana come away with a “easy” group.