FIFA World Cup Mock Draw

In this mock draw we changed the format from the expected format of what was used in 2006.  In these format we paired African and CONCACAF unseeded teams together in Pot B and put unseeded South American and Asia/Oceania teams in Pot C and had the unseeded European teams in Pot D.  This is how the draw turned out.

Group A - South Africa, United States, Paraguay, Portugal
Group B - Germany, Algeria, Korea Republic, Greece
Group C - Spain, Cameroon, Uruguay, Denmark
Group D - Brazil, Ghana, Korea DPR, Serbia
Group E - England, Nigeria, Chile, Netherlands
Group F - France, Mexico, Japan, Slovakia
Group G - Italy, Ivory Coast, Australia, Switzerland
Group H - Argentina, Honduras, New Zealand, Slovenia

Just like we did with the previous mock draw we picked group winners and runners up and played out the knockout stage of the tournament. 

Round of 16
Portugal over Korea Republic
Spain over Ghana
England over Mexico
Ivory Coast over Honduras
Germany over United States
Brazil over Cameroon
France over Netherlands
Argentina over Italy

Quarterfinals
Spain over Portugal
Ivory Coast over England
Brazil over Germany
Netherlands over Argentina

Semifinals
Spain over Ivory Coast
Brazil over Netherlands

3rd place game
Netherlands over Ivory Coast

World Cup Final
Brazil over Spain

In our next installment during Mock Draw Mania week here at International Football Talk we will use Option 3 that FIFA could possibly use.  This is less talked about but makes more sense based on geography.  unseeded CONMEBOL and CONCACAF teams will be put in a pot of 6 to create the Americas pot.  These teams would be drawn into groups not containing the seeded Americas teams.  Then there would be the unseeded European pot.  But then we would place all remaining teams from Africa, Asia, and Oceania together in a Pot of 10.  The seeded South American teams would draw a team each from Asia/Oceania and then Africa.  Meanwhile South Africa would draw a team from the Asia/Oceania side of the pot but not from Africa.  To adhere to the team from the same confederation aside from Europe be placed in the same group.  European seeded teams would draw a team of each full pot from pots B, C, and D.  The next mock draw will be up within the next day.

2010 FIFA World Cup Mock Draw

Here you have it the first of our mock draws this week.  We will be using option 1 from our previous post on possible scenarios FIFA will use.  Option 1 is very similar to the format FIFA used in 2006.  Pot A will be the seeded teams, Pot B will be African/South American teams, Pot C will be European teams, and Pot D will be Asia/Oceania and CONCACAF teams.  The sseded teams are South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.  This is how the groups worked out.

Group A - South Africa, Paraguay, Serbia, Honduras
Group B - Argentina, Ivory Coast, Slovenia, New Zealand
Group C - Spain, Cameroon, Switzerland, Korea Republic
Group D - Italy, Ghana, Greece, Mexico
Group E - England, Uruguay, Denmark, Australia
Group F - Germany, Algeria, Netherlands, Korea DPR
Group G - Brazil, Nigeria, Portugal, United States
Group H - France, Chile, Slovakia, Japan

Now I went ahead and picked the group winners and runners up to advance to the Round of 16 and beyond.  These are the results of those matchups.

Round of 16
Ivory Coast over Paraguay
Spain over Ghana
England over Germany
Brazil over Chile
Argentina over South Africa
Italy over Cameroon
Netherlands over Uruguay
Portugal over France

Quarterfinals
Spain over Ivory Coast
Brazil over England
Italy over Argentina
Portugal over Netherlands

Semifinals
Brazil over Spain
Portugal over Italy

3rd place game
Spain over Italy

World Cup Final
Brazil over Portugal

The next mock draw will be up in a couple hours.  In that mock draw we will be using option two where Africa and CONCACAF are potted together and Asia/Oceania and South America are potted together.

Mock Draw Mania

It is Mock Draw Mania this week at Internationa Football Talk.  We will be posting mock draws for the 2010 FIFA World Cup using different formats to cover all possible procedures FIFA may use for Friday, December 4th FIFA World Cup Draw in South Africa.  So if you love mock draws keep checking back here for mock draw postings throughout the week.

World Cup Draw: All You Need To Know

Ok so FIFA will decide shortly how they will allocate teams to certain pots. Here are the most likely scenarios.

Option 1 would be the same format they used in 2006 except this time they wouldn’t need a special pot because there will be 8 unseeded UEFA teams. Pot A would contain the seeded teams, Pot B the UEFA teams, Pot C the African and South American teams, but to avoid teams from the same confederation ending up in the same group South Africa would draw from South America and the two seeded South American teams would draw from Africa before the South American and African teams would be placed into Pot C. Finally, Pot D would contain Asia, Oceania, and CONCACAF teams.

Pot A – South Africa, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Spain

Pot B – Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Potugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Pot C – Algeria, Camerron, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Chile, Paraguay, Uruaguay

Pot D – Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, New Zealand, Honduras, Mexico, USA



Option 2 would be similar to option 1 but Pot C and Pot D would change. FIFA might use this since this time around the remianing unseeded South American teams have a lower combined ranking than the CONCACAF teams so they would group CONCACAF and Africa together to create a stronger pot C and a weaker Pot D creating the likelihood of more balanced groups. This would make Pot D Asia, Oceania, and South America. In this scenario South Africa would draw from CONCACAF before Pot C teams are placed in pot together and Argentina and Brazil would draw from Asia/Oceania before Pot D teams are placed together. Again this is to avoid teams in same confederation to be put into same group.

Pot A – South Africa, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Spain

Pot B – Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Pot C – Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Honduras, Mexico, USA

Pot D – Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay



Option 3 is a little different. You would still have four pots but not all pots would have 8 teams. Pots A and B would stay the same, but Pot C and Pot D would be differeny and more based on geography. Pot C would conteain teams from Asia/Oceania and Africa, while Pot D would contain teams from the Americas. However Pot C would be split at first with teams from Asia/Oceania and Africa because in this scenario every group picks one team from each pot with the exception of the groups containing Argentian and Brazil as they would draw two teams from Pot C. One from the Asia/Oceania side and one from the African side.

Pot A – South Africa, Italy, Argentian, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Spain

Pot B – Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Pot C – Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, New Zealand

Pot D – Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Honduras, Mexico, USA



Option 4 is similar to the draw procedure used in the UEFA Champions League. Teams would be ranked 1-32. Placed into 4 pots. However, still the teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn together would still apply much like teams from the same country can’t be drawn into the same group. Pot A would contain 1-8, Pot B 9-16, Pot C 17-24, and Pot D 25-32. I ranked the teams based on the seeding formula and not the FIFA rankings.

Pot A – South Africa, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Spain, England, France, Argentina

Pot B – Portugal, Netherlands, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Paraguay, Ghana, Cameroon

Pot C- Korea Republic, Japan, Australia, Ivory Coast, Greece, Nigeria, Serbia, Uruguay

Pot D – Denmark, Chile, Slovenia, Honduras, Slovakia, Algeria, New Zealand, Korea DPR



I hope this helped with the possible scenarios of what FIFA might do and not confuse you anymore. If you follow the instructions its fairly easy to come up with mock draws. The following are mock draws under each option that FIFA could opt for.



Option 1 Mock Draw

Group A – South Africa, Denmark, Paraguay, Australia

Group B – Argentina, Slovakia, Ivory Coast, Mexico

Group C – Germany, Serbia, Uruguay, Korea DPR

Group D – Brazil, Greece, Nigeria, Honduras

Group E – France, Portugal, Ghana, Japan

Group F – Italy, Switzerland, Algeria, USA

Group G – Spain Slovenia, Chile, New Zealand

Group H – England, Netherlands, Cameroon, Korea Republic



Option 2 Mock Draw

Group A – South Africa, Netherlands, Honduras, Chile

Group B – England, Serbia, Ghana, Uruguay

Group C – France, Slovakia, Mexico, Korea DPR

Group D – Argentina, Portugal, Algeria, Australia

Group E – Spain, Denmark, Cameroon, Korea Republic

Group F – Italy, Slovenia, Ivory Coast, Paraguay

Group G – Germany, Switzerland, Nigeria, New Zealand

Group H – Brazil, Greece, USA, Japan



Option 3 Mock Draw

Group A – South Africa, Serbia, Korea DPR, Mexico

Group B – Spain, Greece, Nigeria, Chile

Group C – England, Denmark, Ghana, Paraguay

Group D – France, Slovakia, Ivory Coast, Honduras

Group E – Germany, Netherlands, Korea Republic, Uruguay

Group F – Italy, Slovenia, Australia, USA

Group G – Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, Cameroon

Group H – Argentina, Portugal, New Zealand, Algeria



Option 4 Mock Draw

Group A – South Africa, Paraguay, Greece, Honduras

Group B – Spain, Portugal, Uruguay, Algeria

Group C – Brazil, Switzerland, Ivory Coaat, New Zealand

Group D – Argentina, Cameroon, Australia, Denmark

Group E – Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, Slovakia

Group F – Italy, Netherlands, Korea Republic, Chile

Group G – France, Ghana, Japan, Slovenia

Group H – England, USA, Serbia, Korea DPR