England Seeded

England along with Spain and Brazil, Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, holders Italy and hosts South Africa are the seeded sides, in the group stage.

Good to see, there was some doubt at how they were to come up with the seeds. Having the Netherlands seeded and not France helps make for a possible easier group. But the worst case is still England Portugal, Ivory Coast and the USA.

Should have a little competition about the the possible groups.


Pots for Friday's draw: eight groups of four countries to be drawn, each group containing one country from each pot.

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

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, 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


Will do mine when I get home from work tonight.

Not bad


Worst Group: USA, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Best Group: New Zealand, Algeria and Slovenia

I got a mate who is Dutch and he has been crying for ages that they will be seeded 2nd again n end up in a group of death.

He sent me a email full of beans that they have been seeded infront of France and Portugal.

It would be ironic if they end up with either of those and a couple of others to avoid, even when seeded 1st.

I will take a wild stab at predicting the eight groups.

South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, Denmark
Brazil, USA, Algeria, France
Spain, Australia, Paraguay, Greece
Netherlands, New Zealand, Ghana, Switzerland
Italy, Hondurans, Cameroons, Slovakia
Germany, Japan, Ivory Coast, Slovenia
Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Portugal
England, North Korea, Chile, Serbia