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World Cup Pots and Seeds

The fates of the United States national team along with the 31 other teams that qualified for the FIFA World Cup took one step closer to a reality when the top eight seeds along with the four other pots were announced on Wednesday.

The Red, White and Blue were placed in Pot 2 along with the other qualifiers from CONCACAF and teams from Asia and Oceania. The Netherlands edged out France for the final top seed.

ESPN2 will provide three hours of coverage of Friday's 2010 World Cup Draw, beginning at noon ET.

Draw rules: 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 3, and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams.

Pot 1 (seeds):
South Africa (A1)
Germany
Brazil
Italy
Spain
England
Argentina
Netherlands

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and CONCACAF):
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
Australia
New Zealand
USA
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

(Soccer365.com)

Posted by SoccerAdmin on December 2, 2009 10:10 AM

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