Well, here we go. The World Cup draw for the 2014 competition in Brazil. The World Cup draw will be live at 4PM UK time, and we here at Sambafoot will be covering every minute of the draw and every team drawn out of the pots.
Noticeable teams in each pot:
Pot one: Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany.
Pot two: Chile, Cameroon and Ghana.
Pot three: Mexico, South Korea and United States.
Pot four: England, France, Italy and Holland.
The draw will commence at approximatly 5PM UK time, we are just under an hour away from having all the groups being drawn and knowing the Selecao’s rival’s in 2014.
Live Draw:
Sepp Blatter joins President Dilma on stage.
President Dilma: “We know the World Cup will be a great cup.”
Sepp Blatter: “It will be a great world cup, welcome and enjoy it.”
President Dilma praises Pele, the current team and Luiz Scorlari.
A video is now being shown of the history of the World Cup.
Vicente Del Bosque presents the World Cup on stage.
“We want to win the trophy for a second time” – Del Bosque
Alan Shearer: “The players look forward to the draw.”
The Selecao are favourites to win the trophy with many bookmakers.
Alan Shearer feels that Brazil will win the World Cup 2014.
Here we go…The draw is about to begin!
The draw is being explained to the audience.
Sir Geoff Hurst moves one ball into pot 2. The pre draw.
Brazil In Group A.
Spain drawn in Group B, and cannot play Brazil till the Final.
Columbia drawn in Group C.
Uraguay drawn in Group D.
Swizerland drawn in Group E.
Argentina drawn in Group F.
Germany drawn in Group G.
Belgium drawn in Group H.
Pot two is about to be drawn.
Italy have be drawn into Group D with Uraguay.
Chile have been Drawn into Group B with Spain.
Cameroon drawn in Group A with Brazil.
Ecuador drawn into Group E with Swizerland.
Ivory Coast drawn into Group C with Columbia.
Nigeria drawn into Group F with Argentina.
Ghana drawn into Group G with Germany.
Alegria drawn into Group H with Belgium.
Pot Three is about to be drawn.
Mexico drawn into Group A with Brazil and Cameroon.
Australia drawn into Group B.
Japan drawn into Group C.
Costa Rica drawn into Group D.
Hounduras drawn into Group E.
Iran drawn into Group F.
USA drawn into Germany G, Kilnsman against Germany.
South Korea drawn into Group H.
Pot 4 is about to be drawn:
Croatia drawn into Group A, Brazil V Croatia in the opening game.
Holland drawn into Group B with Spain, 2010 Final repeat.
Greece into Group C.
England drawn into Group D.
France drawn into Group E.
Bosnia drawn into Group F.
Portugal drawn into Group G with Germany.
Russia drawn into Group H.
That concludes the draw for the 2014 World Cup.