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World Cup seeded teams announced

The 8 seeded teams for the world cup have been announced by Fifa;

- South Africa
- Brazil
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Germany
- Argentina
- England

England gained the 8th and final seed due to their impressive qualifying campaign and results in previous world cups, whilst teams such as Portugal and France missed out on a seeded spot in next years tournament.

All of the 8 seeded teams will be held in one pot with the other 4 pots being divided up into their respective continents. One team is drawn from each pot and then added with a seeded team to make a group.

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).

For example, South Africa cannot play the African teams from pot three and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams.

Pots for Friday's draw: eight groups of four countries to be drawn, each group containing one country from each pot.

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras

Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay

Pot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia

The 32 qualifiers will be assembled into eight groups on Friday in Cape Town when the draw is made from 1745 GMT for next summer's tournament.


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