2010 World Cup Draw Set with Top Seeds and Pots Determined
FIFA announced today their pairing system and top seeds for the 2010 World Cup draw that will be held on Friday December, 4. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
This means Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina and England will be the seven seeded teams that join the host South Africa for the Final Draw.
The 3 pots which all other teams are thrown into was also determined.
According to FIFA:
• Pot 2 will be composed of teams from Asia (Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic), North, Central America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Mexico, USA) and Oceania (New Zealand)
• Pot 3 will include teams from Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria) and South America (Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Pot 4 will have the remaining European teams (Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland)
• Hosts South Africa will be automatically positioned as A1; the other seeded teams will be drawn into the other groups B-H, but will always be in position “1” of their group
• Groups will be drawn from A to H and the positions in the group will be drawn for Pots 2 to 4
• Geographical criteria will also be respected, meaning that no two teams from the same confederation will be drawn in the same group (except European teams, where a maximum of two will be in a group). For example, South Africa cannot play the African teams from Pot 3 and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams.
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