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Three big names are added to the line-up at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Final Draw at Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, on 6 December 2013,
with singers Alexandre Pires and Vanessa da Mata and
the Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker all signing up for the event.
The Final Draw will be broadcast live from 17:00 CET (13:00 local time) and available to 193 countries, with nearly 1,300 guests expected to attend the event along with 2,000 reporters. The 32-team draw will decide who faces who in the group phase of the second FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil, which will take place between 12 June and 13 July 2014.
Reference: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/final-draw/news/newsid=2231476/index.html
How this Works
Pot One: Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Uruguay, Switzerland
Pot Two: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador
Pot Three: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras
Pot Four: Holland, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia, France (one country to be selected at random to join pot two).
Reference: http://www.independent.co.uk
while Brazil and Spain are Favourites to win the World Cup 2013.
The Rehearsal draw in full:
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
