Pot 1 (top eight seeds): Brazil,
Spain, Argentina, Belgium,
Colombia, Germany, Switzerland,
Uruguay.
Pot 2: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria,
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador.
Pot 3: Japan, Iran, South Korea,
Australia, United States, Mexico,
Costa Rica, Honduras.
Pot 4: Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Croatia, England, Greece, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Russia,
France.

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let us pray as we await d faith dat will befal our dear country

The draw of the 2014 World Cup
takes place on Friday at Costa do
Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil. The
competition will be held during
the next summer, from 12 June
to 13 July, in Brazil. The South
American nation is hosting the
event for the first time since
1950.
Where to Watch Live
The draw will start at 4pm
GMT/11am ET/5pm CET (1pm
local time) and will be broadcast
in 193 countries. Sky Sports
News and BBC Radio 5 Live will
provide live coverage in the UK
while ESPN and ESPN2 provide
the live coverage in the US. Also
watch the draw live on FIFA's
official website.

19:04 It's been quite a day here in
Rio de Janeiro, and we've
thoroughly enjoyed bringing you
the news from the Preliminary
Draw. Thanks for joining us, and
remember to keep checking
FIFA.com for all the latest news and
views en route to Brazil 2014.
18:38 As for Sweden coach Erik
Hamren, he was candid about his
team's status in Group C. "Germany
will of course be the big
favourites," he said. "They were
really good in the last World Cup
and have an impressive team.
Republic of Ireland will be tough, I
expect a big fight with them, but
there is no doubt that Germany are
the favourites. And we have some
history with the Germans, which
started in 1958 with the World Cup
semi-final. We’ve enjoyed some
really big games down the years
and now we’ll have two more, but
for me the games against Ireland
and the other nations are just as
important."
18:36 Serbia coach Vladimir
Petrovic, meanwhile, has been
giving his reaction to landing in
the tough-looking Group A. He
said: "I think our group is one of
the hardest. All of our games in
this section will be tough. I
remember Scotland as a team with
very good qualities in the past,
Belgium will be very difficult too,
although I think Croatia – as the
top-seeded team – must start as
favourites."
18:34 Ferdinand's manager, Fabio
Capello, has also been giving his
reaction here in Rio. "It’s not going
to be easy," he said. "We’ve seen
already the strength of Ukraine,
who we played in qualifying for
the World Cup in South Africa, and
Montenegro, who we’re facing at
the moment in the EURO. Poland
are improving too and they are in
a good moment with hosting the
EURO. I don’t know much about
Moldova, and San Marino will be
easy, but Ukraine and Montenegro
are going to be tough."

18:15 Rio Ferdinand: "England's
qualifying group is similar to most
qualifying campaigns, some tricky
away games but have to be
looking to qualify top."
17:54 Northern Ireland manager
Nigel Worthington: "It looks a
reasonably tough group, but it
could have been worse. There is a
fair bit of travelling but you have to
deal with that."
17:54 Scotland coach Craig Levein:
"Belgium was probably the
toughest team we could have
drawn from pot 3 and in Serbia
and Croatia we have drawn two
very accomplished teams and all of
these games will provide a very
tough challenge for my squad."
17:53 Wales manager Gary Speed:
"It's one of those groups when
you look at it that everyone can
beat anyone. It's a really tough
group, but it could have been
worse."
17:41 Noel Le Graet, head of the
French Football Federation has also
had his say: "It's an extremely
difficult group. We have time to
progress but it's absolutely
essential to finish first. We will face
Spain and be very competitive. We
still have a year and a half to get
ready."

17:40 Scotland and Liverpool
midfielder Charlie Adam has said:
“Tough draw but [we] have a
good chance. Nothing is
impossible."
17:15 You can have your say too,
the comments are flying in! Are
you happy with the Draw or have
you been handed a nightmare
scenario? Tell us everything - we'd
love to hear from you!
17:11 Some stars of the Asia Zone
have already been having their say
on twitter. Oman keeper Ali Al
Habsi announced: "This is a very
tough group, but we are ready for
the challenge. Good luck to all the
Arab and Gulf teams," while
Australia's Tim Cahill has said:
"Massive fan of all three countries
and I respect them a lot, going to
be tough. Football in Asia is
growing rapidly." Follow FIFA.com
on twitter @FIFAcom and @
FIFAworldcup
17:06 And with that drama in the
draw for the European Zone, the
show concludes here in Rio de
Janeiro. Please let us know what
you made of it all, and how your
own team has fared, in the Have
Your Say section.
17:03 Group E and Group G look
to be the most difficult to predict,
with several potential winners in
both.
17:02 England will also resume
hostilities with Poland, a nation
with whom they share a colourful
qualifying history.
17:01 A few local 'derbies' too,
such as Croatia-Serbia, Romania-
Hungary, Georgia-Belarus and, of
course, that Spain-France clash.
16:59 Some cracking fixtures in
prospect here, such as Italy-
Denmark, Germany-Sweden,
Portugal-Russia and, perhaps the
best of all, Spain-France.
16:58 If Republic of Ireland and
Sweden are to return to the FIFA
World Cup, they will need to get
past 2010 semi-finalists and three-
time winners Germany.
16:57 Croatia join an imposing
looking Group A, joining local rivals
Serbia and the Scots and Belgians
among others.
16:56 France, arguably the team
from the second pot everyone
wanted to avoid, go into Group I
with Belarus, Georgia and Finland.
16:54 Group A is shaping up to be
extremely tough, with Serbia
joining Belgium, Scotland, FYR
Macedonia and Wales - and the top
seeds still to come!

16:53 Group H pairs Ukraine with
Poland, their co-organisers for
UEFA EURO 2012.
16:53 Republic of Ireland go into
the same group as Austria, while
Israel face a long trip to Northern
Ireland among their tests in Group
F.
16:49 Scotland go into Group A
alongside FYR Macedonia and
Wales, against whom they recently
competed in the Nations Cup.
16:43 With the pot allocations
having been announced on
Wednesday, all it requires is for the
53 teams to be allocated to eight
groups of six teams and one
group of five teams. In
consideration of the delicate
political relationship between
Russia and Georgia, FIFA has
agreed to a UEFA request
that these teams not be
drawn together.
16:40 Another star of the Copa
Libertadores-winning Santos side,
Paulo Henrique Ganso, joins
Ronaldo, the FIFA World Cup's all-
time record goalscorer, to help
make the draw for the European
Zone.
16:32 There is no draw for South
America, of course, with the
continent's nine teams - minus
Brazil, who qualify as hosts -
competing in a single group. So,
after another musical performance,
this time from Ivete Sangalo and
the Heliopolis Symphonic
Orchestra, it's on to Europe.
16:29 An interesting group for
New Zealand, the only team to
emerge unbeaten from the last
FIFA World Cup. To make it to
Brazil, the All Whites will need to
see off Fiji, the Solomon Islands
and Papua New Guinea.
16:25 These eight teams play in a
central tournament between 1-12
June 2011 based on a league
system. The four highest-placed
teams advance to Round Three.
The draw date, location, and
procedure for Round Three will be
confirmed by the end of Round
Two by the Brazil 2014 Organising
Committee.
16:24 Here, the four lowest-
ranked Member Associations will
contest Round One, which will be a
central tournament based on a
league system and will be played
between 21-26 November 2011.
The winner of this tournament
advances to Round Two, which is
also the group stage of the 2012
OFC Nations Cup.
16:23 The legendary Mario Zagallo
now takes to the stage with Michel
Bastos. Both will assist Valcke in
making the draw for Oceania.
16:21 Another musical interlude
as the crowd enjoy a video of
Frank Sinatra and Daniel Jobim
performing 'The Girl from
Ipanema'.
16:17 USA face the challenge of
Jamaica and the winners of the
groups headed by Grenada and
Haiti. Their old rivals Mexico, for
their part, are sure to have it tough
against Costa Rica, while El Savador
and Trinidad and Tobago -
provided they win their sections -
could also offer El Tri a stiff
challenge.
16:13 The steadily-improving
Canadians, meanwhile, go up
against St Kitts and Nevis, Puerto
Rico and St Lucia.

16:13 Trinidad and Tobago, who
enjoyed a memorable FIFA World
Cup experience in 2006, will surely
fancy their chances of seeing off
Guyana, Bermuda and Barbados.
16:03 USA, Mexico and Honduras
have been allocated to Pot One,
Jamaica, Costa Rica and Cuba in Pot
Two, with the six group winners
comprising Pot Three. The teams
will be drawn into three groups of
four for Round Three.
16:03 The five Round One
winners (Belize, Dominican
Republic, US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia
and Bahamas) join the 19 next
highest-ranked participating teams
(based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World
Ranking of March 2011) which
received a bye from Round One.
Those teams are will be drawn into
six groups of four teams, with the
six group winners advancing to
Round Three.
16:02 Bebeto and Lucas Piazzon
now join Valcke to help make the
draw for the North, Central
America and the Caribbean region.
15:58 A short break from the
action as Valcke and his assistants
depart the stage while Ana
Carolina and Ivan Lins treat the
audience to a musical
performance.
15:55 And Japan face fellow South
Africa 2010 veterans Korea DPR in
a section that also includes
Uzbekistan and Syria.
15:54 Australia, for their part, are
sure to have it tough in Group D,
with Saudi Arabia providing the
most imposing obstacle to their
progress.
15:53 China PR, bidding to return
to the FIFA World Cup for the first
time since 2002, will need to
overcome Jordan, Iraq and
Singapore.
15:47 Those 20 teams will be
allocated to four pots of five teams
based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World
Ranking of July 2011. The top five
teams will be placed in Pot 1, the
next five best teams will be placed
in Pot 2, and so on. The teams will
be drawn into five groups of four
teams for Round Three, with the
teams in Pot 4 placed in position 4
of each group; the teams in Pot 3
in position 3; the teams from Pot 2
in position 2; and the teams from
Pot 1 in position 1. The five Round
Three group winners and five
group runners-up will contest
Round Four.
15:47 Qualifying in the Asian Zone
has already reached Round Three
following the results of this week’s
matches, with the 15 winners of
the latest round of qualification
(Singapore, China PR, Syria,
Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Qatar,
Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Lebanon,
UAE, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and
Thailand) joining the five teams
who received a bye in the next
phase (Japan, Australia, Korea
Republic, Bahrain and Korea DPR).
15:45 Now it's on to the Asian
Zone, with Zico and Lucas assisting
Valcke on this occasion.
15:44 Côte d'Ivoire-Morocco is
another standout fixture to
emerge from that African Zone
group draw.
15:43 North African rivals Egypt
and Algeria, meanwhile, are sure to
find it tough against Guinea and
Mali in their respective sections.
15:42 South Africa, the 2010
hosts, will face an interesting
challenge against Group A rivals
Botswana and Central African
Republic, while Ghana's Black Stars
can look forward to facing Zambia,
Sudan and the winner of Lesotho-
Burundi.
15:34 Now comes the draw for
the group stage, with Cafu starting
the process of drawing the ten
four-team sections.
15:29 Seychelles are the first team
to be drawn at the Marina da
Gloria. Don't forget that you can
follow every step of the draw in
the live application above.

now fasten ur seat belt cos the real draw is about to beging

Following

Following

draw start at 5pm but i will try to bring you some of the talking point as Platini uefa president has plan to make England have the worst draw

You remember USA '94,
right? Right? Ray Houghton's
chip against Italy, Henrik Larsson
with dreadlocks, Striker - the
World Cup Pup - and all his
mascotty (it's a word) goodness.
A quick refresh of your
memories, if you don't mind.
Goals - lots of them, and lots of
them pleasing to see - bulging
the world's biggest nets in big
football (not soccer) stadiums full
of big, excited fans. Only in
America. USA! USA!

But since this draw does have a
lot of importance...and since all
we'll hear about from now until
then (probably) is the absence of
Zlatan Ibrahimovic...would it be
possible to let the Swede pick a
few balls?

booked

Nigeria may likely fall into this Group - Germany, Nigeria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Mexico.

THANK ME LATER!

Am here.,Seriously following and please,no nonsense comment frm anybody

donphilopus: Nigeria may likely fall into this Group - Germany, Nigeria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Mexico.

THANK ME LATER!

Na only Bosnia we fit tackle wella for that kain group.

HOT HOT HOT
It's a rather warm 28 degrees
celcius (about 82 Fahrenheit) in
Costa do Sauipe, and a lot of the
coaches are grabbing ice creams
on their way down the red carpet
into the draw!

JOACHIM LOW AT THE DRAW
"It's good to be here finally. My
excitement is at its climax!"

CESARE PRANDELLI AT THE DRAW
"For us it is not very important to
get to know our rivals, we are
more interested in knowing our
calendar. We don't really have a
preference for rivals."

FRONT PAGE PLSSSSSSS mod do sumtin

striker9: Na only Bosnia we fit tackle wella for that kain group.

Nan xo ooo..

We may likely Bosnia, draw Mexico, and lose Germany!

ALMOST SHOWTIME
The delegates are beginning to
move slowly from the red carpet to
the draw hall. It's almost time for
the Final Draw!

STAT ATTACK
5: Argentina-England is the third-
most common match in World Cup
history, and they could be drawn
in the same group today
820: The number of qualifying
matches for Brazil 2014
13: The number of teams involved
at the last World Cup held in Brazil,
in 1950

pele also present

COUNTDOWN
There's a palpable sense of
excitement as the delegations and
the world's media take their seats
in the hall, ready for the Final Draw.

THE SHOW BEGINS
And we're underway in the Costa
do Sauipe!

TRIBUTE TO MADIBA
Fittingly the Draw Show begins
with a tribute to Nelson Mandela
who passed away at the age of 95
yesterday.

A WARM WELCOME
Hosts Fenanda Lima and Rodrigo
Hilbert get the show underway,
saying: "Good
afternoon to you all. We are
honoured to be here in this event,
transmitting
live from Costa do Sauipe, in Bahia,
to 180 countries around the
world."

ALCIONE AND EMICIDA
The duo are currently perfoming
a mixture of traditional samba
with contemporary hip hop, played
and sung by artists from different
musical styles and generations.