Group A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon
Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia
Group C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan
Group D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy
Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras
Group F: Argentina, Bosnia Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria
Group G: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA
Group H: Belgium, Algeria, Russia, Korea Republic
First match of the FIFA World Cup 2014 will take place Brazil vs Croatia on 12th June 2014 at Sao Paulo.
To see how the entire World Cup draw unfolded, go to the next page
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The world will be watching when 2014 FIFA World Cup draw will be staged at Costa do Sauipe, on the Costa dos Coqueiros, Salvador. We will be keeping a close eye on the proceedings as the teams will try to avoid the ‘Group of Death’. Here’s the complete Group of Death scenarios.
Also, if you have questions on how the draw will be carried out. Here’s all you need to know about the World Cup draw.
Our feature on World Cup draws over the years is here.
Here are the FIFA World Cup Draw Pots-
Pot 1: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland
Pot 2: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Chile, Ecuador
Pot 3: Costa Rica, United States, Australia, Mexico, Honduras, Japan, Iran, Korea Republic.
Pot 4: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia.
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10.24 PM IST – All the explanation on how the draws will take place is being discussed.
10.19 PM IST – Here we go…
10.11 PM IST
10.06 PM IST – As they finish showing the rest of the contenders, official mascot for the FIFA Word Cup 2014, “Fuleco” comes to the stage. 10.01 PM IST – A break has been taken from showing the contenders and the official match ball ‘Brazuca’ was shown.
9:58 PM IST – All the contenders for the coveted trophy are being shown now.
9.52 PM IST - “The World Cups of all World Cups. Brazil is in the heart of each and everyone of us. We’re very happy to welcome all the 32 teams.” ~ Brazil President Dilma Rousseff
9.51 PM IST - “It will be a great World Cup, the greatest of all time.” ~ FIFA President Sepp Blatter
9.50 PM IST – A documentary on all the winners from the very first World Cup(1930) is being shown.
9.45 PM IST – Nelson Mandela’s picture was shown on the big screen followed by 1-minute silence. 9.40 PM IST - The ceremony for the final draw has kicked off with a beautiful samba performance.
Sepp Blatter at the Final draw.
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