2010 FIFA World Cup Draw

[5DOM]

It's going to start at 12 ET this Friday

and the seeding is as follows

Pot 1
Argentina
Brazil
England
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
South Africa
Spain

Pot 2
Australia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Honduras
Mexico
United States
New Zealand

Pot 3
Algeria
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

Pot 4
Denmark
France
Greece
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland

Small surprise is France not being seeded. FIFA's decided to use October's ranking instead of the usual November ranking this time. I'm sure the recent controversy played a major role there.

Clear weaker teams are IMO
South Africa from 1, North Korea and New Zealand from 2, Algeria from 3 and Slovenia? from 4


Also, this is the official match ball of the World Cup

[Andris]

France is not seeded, but they could still end up in a group like this for example:
South Africa, North Korea, Algeria and France.......

[GS Warriors 1]

Everyone is praying for South Africa to be in their group LOL.

New Zealand is a lock to go with South Africa, FIFA will give them a game that they have a chance to win.

[Andris]

Slovenia is not bad, beating the Russians was no fluke.

[GS Warriors 1]

South Africa's group = NZ, Uruguay, and Slovenia/Switzerland.

[Andris]

by the way I will go to South Africa for the World Cup.
Anyone wants to join me?

[AdamTheGreek]

I don't want anything to do with an African speed unless it's Algeria. Teams like South Africa have ridiculous speed that would carve up a lot of European defenses.

[treiz]

I love the World Cup! Can't wait for the summer!

BTW, I really like the new ball.

[Rendezvous]

ENGLAND WILL WIN

[5DOM]

ENGLAND WILL WIN

Are you being sarcastic?

[Rendezvous]

Of Course Not!

[El Turco]

i would bet good amount of money England doesnt even make it to the semis.

as for North Korea, i think they'll be dangerous with their tough defense. not dangerous enough to progress from their group but enough to steal points in a game or two. i think Honduras is the worst team from that group.

[Slava]

This is a probably one of the most open world cups in recent memory with the exception of Spain who are at another level right now. If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd put Germany, Spain, Brazil and Ivory Coast, my darkhorse team(sincerely no pun intended) in the semis.

[J.Kim]

i would bet good amount of money England doesnt even make it to the semis.

as for North Korea, i think they'll be dangerous with their tough defense. not dangerous enough to progress from their group but enough to steal points in a game or two. i think Honduras is the worst team from that group.

Historically, they've done terrible in an away setting (Away or on Neutral grounds). I can't remember the last time they beat a quality team on either away or neutral. I can't see them faring much better in South Africa.

[El Turco]

historically, they've managed to pull one of the biggest upsets in WC history and made it to the quarter finals only time they were in the big dance. you always want to avoid unknown teams that like to smother the gameplay with their defense.

[jolbin]

Why is everybody saying that Slovenija is the weakest of European nations?
Slovenia had beaten Slovakia twice, but yet they are worse than them.

[jolbin]

Also, South Africa will be dangerous, as the referees will help them reach the quarterfinals at least( see South Korea 7 years ago)

[5DOM]

This is horrible. Please get to the draw.

[Point forward]

Man, Dunga still looks as fit as he was when he was a player...

[Sleepy]

Charlize Theron? WTF?
If you wanna give us some unrelated eyecandy, do it right.