I'll be posting the updates to the South Africa 2010 World Cup, here. The draw is scheduled to start at 1245 EST/1945 GMT. Any important updates via the BBC feed will be posted here. If anyone has any other interesting news/articles related to the draw, feel free to post it there. Thanks!
Here are the pots the teams will be drawn from: 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 The first pot are seeded nations, as they were the top of their qualifying groups (South Africa automatically gets seeded because they're hosting the tournament). The other pots are sorted by region and each pot hold eight teams. In turn, there will be eight groups labeled A-H.
Basic schedule for the ceremony (all times EST): 1200: Fifa's opening sequence, followed by a warm welcome from the top of Table Mountain. 1205: Message from Nelson Mandela. 1216: Trophy hand over. 1242: The official match ball is revealed. 1255: The draw is scheduled to begin. 1323: End of draw, followed by analysis.
Here is BBC's guide to all the nations in next years World Cup: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8386374.stm
Interesting fact, a European country has never won the World Cup when it has been hosted on another continent.
I see how it is.... padding the old stats with a 1 post in two places trick ; ) I like how you think Ronan
Plus, I didn't think many of the Blazer guys would go to this thread so I thought I'd updates both of 'em.
Lampard says that his worst is fear is for England to be drawn in to the group of death. That doesn't sound too comforting, does it? Posted by The Sun so take it with a grain of salt... Or shit.
Ha Ha -- keep up the good work man. After the groups are announced, I would be interested in seeing your predictions on who advances out of group play.
Yeah, looking forward to doing the predictions myself! Post yours when the groups are made! Also, who do you guys think will be win the golden boot (top goal scorer) this WC?
That sucks, CK! Heh, that would be a terrible group for them. The draw is less than an hour away, fyi.
