South Africa vacations

The draw for the 2010 World Cup begins at 19:00 South African time (17:00 GMT, 18:00 CET).

Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, and England were announced as the seeds for the tournament, alongside the host nation South Africa. The remaining pots are drawn with geographical criteria.

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).

Pot one: (seed) South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands,
Italy, Germany, Argentina, England

Pot two: (AFC, Oceania and Concacaf) Australia, Japan, North
Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, USA, New Zealand

Pot three: (CAF and rest of South America) Chile, Paraguay,
Uruguay, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria

Pot four: (rest of UEFA) Denmark, France, Greece, Serbia,
Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland