2014 Brazil World Cup Group Stage Draw Discussion

The basic draw procedure was to draw out the pots starting from Pot 1. One team from each pot would be placed, in order of being drawn, into one of eight groups from A to H. After each team was allocated to a group, its position in the group was also drawn. This determined the team's placement in the predetermined fixture schedule. This was with the exception of the seeded teams, who were automatically placed in their group's Position 1.

In order to maintain geographical separation of teams, the basic draw procedure had to be modified for the drawing of Pot 3. No South American teams could be placed into Brazil or Argentina's groups, and no African team could be placed in South Africa's group. In order to accommodate this, the first two African teams drawn would be placed immediately into Brazil and Argentina's groups. South Africa's group (predetermined to be Group A) was to be left vacant until filled by the first South American team drawn. Beyond these considerations, the principle of filling from A to H applied.[2]

In the event, the first two teams drawn from Pot 3 were Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire, who were placed in Argentina's Group B and Brazil's Group G respectively. Algeria were then placed in Group C so that a South American team, Uruguay, could be placed with South Africa in Group A.[3]

Pedram wrote:

ioilersrock448 wrote:*I assume Bosnia and France will be switched*

Group A: Belgium, Netherlands, Ecuador, Costa Rica
Group B: Uruguay, Croatia, Cameroon, Japan
Group C: Switzerland, Portugal, Chile, Iran
Group D: Germany, England, Ghana, Honduras
Group E: Spain, Greece, Ivory Coast, Mexico
Group F: Brazil, France, Algeria, Australia
Group G: Argentina, Italy, Nigeria, South Korea
Group H: Colombia, Russia, Bosnia, USA

Brazil is in Group A.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Group A: Brazil, Bosnia, Cameroon & Iran
Group B: Spain, Portugal, Chile & USA
Group C: Argentina, Russia, Ivory Coast & Mexico
Group D: Germany, Netherlands, Nigeria & Costa Rica
Group E: Belgium, England, Ghana & Honduras
Group F: Colombia, Greece, France & Japan
Group G: Uruguay, Croatia, Algeria & South Korea
Group H: Switzerland, Italy, Ecuador & Australia

M99 wrote:Brazil
Italy
France
Mexico

Cometh at me brethren.

farfan wrote:who are the 5 easy teams ? i only counted 2 .

sportsczy wrote:Ecuador, Iran, Costa Rica, Honduras and Australia.