Mexico landed the coveted spot in Group A to join South Africa and will play in the opening game against the host. But also in Group A is 2006 World Cup runner-up France. Uruguay, which qualified by beating Costa Rica in a playoff, rounds out Group A.
This World Cup's "Group of Death" is G: Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea. African power Ivory Coast was also grouped in the most challenging first-round quartet in 2006, with the Netherland, Argentina and Serbia & Montenegro. (The Dutch and Argentines went through to the second round.)
WORLD CUP 2010 DRAW
| Group
A |
South Africa (A1) |
Mexico (A2) | Uruguay (A3) | France (A4) |
| Group
B |
Argentina (B1) |
Nigeria (B2) | South Korea (B3) | Greece (B4) |
| Group
C |
England (C1) | USA (C2) | Algeria (C3) | Slovenia (C4) |
| Group
D |
Germany (D1) | Australia (D2) | Serbia (D3) | Ghana (D4) |
| Group
E |
Netherlands (E1) | Denmark (E2) | Japan (E3) | Cameroon (E4) |
| Group
F |
Italy (F1) | Paraguay (F2) | New Zealand (F3) | Slovakia (F4) |
| Group
G |
Brazil (G1) | North Korea (G2) | Ivory Coast (G3) | Portugal (G4) |
| Group
H |
Spain (H1) | Switzerland (H2) | Honduras (H3) | Chile (H4) |
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