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.
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