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The World Cup Draw Has Been Made!

December 7th, 2009

The World Cup draw has been made! The World Cup draw took place on 4th December in Cape Town, South Africa. The fate of the various countries was decided by sporting greats from around the world. David Beckham was amongst the stars that made the draw.Thousands of fans will now be able to secure their world cup packages to be at the World Cup.The opening match of the World Cup will see South Africa take on Mexico in Group A. Other teams in Group A include Uruguay and France. Group B is made up Argentina, Nigeria, Greece and Korea Republic, Argentina will be favourites to win this group despite almost failing to qualify for the finals. England and USA were drawn in the same group and will battle it out at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. There will be many fans getting their England world cup packages to see their country hopefully qualify for the knockout stages. Algeria and Slovenia are the other two teams in Group C. Australia, Ghana, Serbia and Germany make up the countries competing to win Group D, the Germans will be hoping to make it through without a hickup. The first match in Group E is between the Netherlands and Denmark in the Soccer City Stadium in Joannesbury. Cameroon v Japan is the other opening game in Group E, they will play in Bloemfontein. The current World Champions, Italy, start their defence of the world cup against Paraguay. They will then take on New Zealand and Slovakia.One of the favourites for the title this time round Brazil have be drawn against Portugal, Korea DPR and the Ivory Coast in Group G. Brazil are considered by many as the best team in the world due to the great players they have, such Kaka and Ronaldinho.The current European champions, Spain, will take on Honduras, Switzerland and Chile in Group H.There a number of different sports tours and ticket agencies providing world cup packages for various matches and stages of the South Africa 2010 World Cup, now that we know who is playing who and where the matches will be, fans will be able to book their place for what plans to be an amazing tournament.

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