20th FIFA World Cup™ Draw

20th FIFA WORLD CUPT" DRAW Brazil 2014, group stage draw POT X One of the 4 South American seeds will be drawn against the European team in Pot 2 (from the Pot 4 draw), the rest will go back into the main draw. 20th World Cup Finals 12 June 2014, Brazil This will be the 1st in World Cup Finals in Brazil since 1950, the year that the hosts, Brazil, lost to Uruguay in the final. Brazil will be hoping for better luck on home soil this time around, but what will the luck of the draw have in store? Previous appearances: 11 Best finish: Fourth Previous appearances: 2 Best finish: Quarter-Finals FIFA Ranking: 24th DRAW DETAILS BELGIUM Draw date: Friday, 6th December 2013, starting at 16:00 GMT FIFA Ranking: 11th Previous appearances: 17 Best finish: Winners (x3) Venue: Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil GHANA GERMANY Previous appearances: 2 Best finish: Group Stages FIFA Ranking: 17th HOW WILL IT WORK? FIFA Ranking: 2nd FIFA's top eight seeds IVORY COAST There can be no more than two European teams in any one group and only one CURRENT HOLDERS Previous appearances: 13 Best finish: Winners (x1) from South America. As there are 9 European teams in Pot 4 and only 7 from SPAIN FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2014 Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Last 16 FIFA Ranking: 36th Africa and the unseeded South American teams in Pot 2, 1 team will be drawn NIGERIA from Pot 4 prior to the main draw to join those in Pot 2. FIFA Ranking: 1st Group A Group B Group C Group D Pot X will temporarily be formed of the 4 seeded South American teams in order SWITZERLAND BRAZIL to draw a team against the European team now in Pot 2, after which the remain- Previous appearances: 9 Best finish: Quarter-Finals ing undrawn teams in Pot X will rejoin the main draw in Pot 1. POT 4 DRAW FIFA Ranking: 8th Previous appearances: __ Best finish: FIFA Ranking:. Drawing the balls: Sir Geoff Hurst, Zinedine Zidane, Cafu and Fabio Cannavaro Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Last 16 FIFA Ranking: 59th AUSTRALIA Group E Group F Group G Group H BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA Previous appearances: N/A Best finish: N/A FIFA Ranking: 21st COVERAGE There will be live text commentary of the event on the BBC Sport website and CROATIA app from 14:00 GMT, with Radio 5 live beginning their coverage from 16:00 and Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Third FIFA Ranking: 16th live television coverage of the main draw itself on BBC Two from 16:30. COSTA RICA FIFA Ranking: 31st Previous appearances: 3 Best finish: Last 16 ENGLAND HONDURAS FIFA Ranking: 41st TOURNAMENT LOCATIONS РОТ З Previous appearances: 13 Best finish: Winners (x1) FIFA Ranking: FRANCE Previous appearances: 13 Best finish: Winners (x1) FIFA Ranking: 19th European qualifiers Previous appearances: 11 Best finish: Group Stages Manaus JAPAN Fortaleza FIFA Ranking: 48th Natal Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Last 16 Recife Cuiaba Brasilia Salvador Belo Horizonte Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro Curtiba Porto Alegre Rileigh Design IL www.rileigh.co.uk Previous appearances: 3 Best finish: Group Stages FIFA Ranking: 26th Previous appearances: 15 Best finish: Winners (x2) Previous appearances: 6 Best finish: Quarter-Finals FIFA Ranking: 51st Previous appearances: 19 Best finish: Winners (x5) ARGENTINA HOST NATION Previous appearances: 4 Best finish: Last 16 CAMEROON CHILE Previous appearances: 8 Best finish: Third FIFA Ranking: 15th FIFA Ranking: 3rd BRAZIL FIFA Ranking: 10th Previous appearances: 2 Best finish: Last 16 FIFA Ranking: 23rd COLOMBIA Previous appearances: 11 Best finish: Winners (x2) ALGERIA FIFA Ranking: 4th URUGUAY ECUADOR FIFA Ranking: 6th d South American countries & the qualifiers from Africa POT 2 POT 1 Asia, North and Central American qualifiers POT 4 GREECE Previous appearances: 2 Best finish: Group Stages FIFA Ranking: 12th ITALY Previous appearances: 17 Best finish: Winners (x4) FIFA Ranking: 7th IRAN FIFA Ranking: 45th MEXICO FIFA Ranking: 20th Previous appearances: 3 Best finish: Group Stages Previous appearances: 14 Best finish: Quarter-Finals A draw will be held before the main World Cup draw involving all Pot 4 teams to establish which team will be placed into Pot 2 for the main draw.