Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, U.S., Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zeleand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Hondouras, Chile
Some thoughts for your consideration:
- For an unseeded team, France was very fortunate in the draw and should easily progress. Well, then again, they should have easily progressed in their qualifying group, so we'll see how it goes...
- Greece got the same draw (Argentina and Nigeria) as they did in the 1994 World Cup - the last time they qualified for the competion. Fans of Hellas can only hope this time is different...
- The opening game of the competiton will be South Africa v. Mexico. Usually, the host country gets a boost on the pitch in light of their home field advantage, but recent results put that prospect in doubt for the hosts this time around. Will this be the first time the host side doesn't make it out of the first round?
- Group of Death? Look to Group G: Brazil, Ivory Coast and Portugal. In terms of promising free-flowing football, it doesn't get much better than these three.
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