2010 FIFA World Cup - Final Draw

Final Draw

The FIFA Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 2 December 2009. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA World Ranking and seven squads joined hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the final draw. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, except allowing a maximum of two European teams in a group.

• Pot 1 (Seeds: host & top seven):
  • South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England
• Pot 2 (Asia, North/Central America and Caribbean & Oceania):
  • Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, United States, New Zealand
• Pot 3 (Africa & South America):
  • Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
• Pot 4 (Europe):
  • Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

The group draw was staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The ceremony was presented by South African actress Charlize Theron, assisted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke. The balls were drawn by English football star David Beckham and African sporting figures Haile Gebrselassie, John Smit, Makhaya Ntini, Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu.