2014 FIFA World Cup

[gunnar hendershow]

Well I'll be waking up to see the results then haha.

[Dan]

As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aims to create a groups of geographic separation and no teams from the same confederation may be drawn into the same group with the exception of UEFA members; a maximum of two UEFA teams per group is permitted. Due to the uneven number of teams included in the four geographic pots, additional draw procedures will be applied at the final draw to allocate the 32 teams into the eight groups:

1. One European team will firstly be randomly drawn from Pot 4 and placed into Pot 2 in order to create four even pots of eight teams;

2. The draw will then proceed with the drawing the other seven top-seeded teams into Group B–H; Brazil have been predetermined to be in Group A;

3. To maintain geographic separation, a separate "Pot X" will be created during the draw procedure into which the four seeded South American teams (from Pot 1) will be placed;

4. The European team previously drawn from Pot 4 will then be placed into the group of the first team drawn from "Pot X".

Whichever UEFA side gets put into Pot 2 is gonna end up in a group of death.

Hope it's England

It might be Wales...oh wait.

Or Ireland...nevermind.

Or the other Ireland...nope.

Or Scotland...lol.

[HailtotheYo]

Yay, our potential worst case scenarios got worse, and our best case didn't get any better !

[Starvinho]

Final Draw Procedures

[Colly]

It's half 4 isn't it?

[Baddar]

From half 4, so about 7pm.

[Matt]

Oh. I don't know where I got 11am from :/

[Starvinho]

I'm even confused now and I know exactly when the draw is. Right, to sum it up...

The show starts at 4pm GMT and will last 90 minutes. It will be broadcast live on free-to-air-channels in 193 countries, so I'm guessing that pretty much covers everyone on here. FIFA are also streaming the show on their website.

For us here in the UK, BBC Two coverage starts at 4:30pm, which I'm guessing is when the actual draw proceedings will start.

[gunnar hendershow]

Oh sweet that basically means 11am AMERICA time.

[stokeriño]

Dunno if anyone else happened to read this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25187878

Some interesting tidbits include that being drawn in Group G would see us play all our group matches in the hottest (northeast) part of the country, potentially resulting in a field littered with melted Englishmen before we even get to half-time. Conversely, Groups B and H do not play any matches in the northeast and remain in...relatively...temperate regions.

[Gazz]

I like that in say, Manaus for example, the average temperature in summer (December) is 28C and in winter (June), it's 26C.

Reet parky out.

[Lineker]

Apparently Robben is only out for six weeks, so he shoudn't miss the World Cup.

[Rafael]

I like that in say, Manaus for example, the average temperature in summer (December) is 28C and in winter (June), it's 26C.

Reet parky out.

Apparently you haven't heard of the temperature in Cuiabá.....

Edited December 5, 2013 by RafaelFms

[METALMAN]

That's because nobody has even heard of Cuiaba.

[Gazz]

Apparent results from the rehearsal draw.

GROUP A – Brazil, Italy, France, Australia

GROUP B – Uruguay, Nigeria, USA, Croatia

GROUP C – Argentina, Ghana, Costa Rica, Russia

GROUP D – Switzerland, Chile, Japan, Greece

GROUP E – Spain, Ivory Coast, South Korea, England

GROUP F – Colombia, Cameroon, Honduras, Holland

GROUP G – Germany, Ecuador, Iran, Portugal

GROUP H – Belgium, Algeria, Mexico, Bosnia

lol, Australia.

[stokeriño]

I could see England coming out of that group with 2 points.

[MDK]

I could see England coming out of that group with 2 points.

And we all know you like to look on the bright side

[Jimmy]

OF LIFE

[MDK]

ALWAYS SHIT ON THE WELSH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE

[Colly]

That feels like a very inconvenient approach to take every time I needed a poo. I'd get nothing else done.