[ 2013-12-04 ]

World Cup draw procedure approved
The Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
has approved the procedures for the Final Draw on
Friday in Bahia.

At its meeting on Tuesday, the Organising
Committee, it was announced that the seeded teams
have been selected on the basis of the October
2013 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking,
namely hosts Brazil (A1), together with Spain,
Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium,
Switzerland, and Uruguay in Pot 1.

Pot 2 contains Algeria, Cameroon, Côte
d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Chile, and Ecuador.

In Pot 3 are Australia, Iran, Japan, Korea
Republic, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the
USA.

Pot 4: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, England,
France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and
Russia.


Final Draw Procedures

PRINCIPLES

1.Geographic Separation

•Teams of the same Qualification Zone cannot be
drawn into the same Group

- Exception: Maximum of 2 European teams may
populate any one Group

2.Order of Draw

•Pots emptied in order: 1 through 4

•Groups filled sequentially: A through H

- Exception: Groups may be skipped to maintain
principle of geographic separation

3.Positioning of Teams

•Seeded teams → Teams from Pot 1
automatically assigned position “1” of Group
into which they are drawn

- Brazil→assigned position 1 of Group A

• Non-seeded teams → Teams from Pots 2, 3
and 4 will have their positions
randomly drawn


PROCEDURES

1. In order to create an even flow to the draw as
Pots 1-4 are emptied, we begin by drawing one ball
from Pot 4(containing a European team) and placing
it into Pot 2 to achieve an equal balance of eight
teams in each pot

2. Pot 1 will then be emptied beginning with
Brazil; teams will be allocated to position 1 of
Groups A through H sequentially

3.With the addition of the European team to Pot 2,
Pot 2 will contain teams from three different
qualification zones. With teams from three zones
in the same pot, we increase the risk of
inadvertently violating the principle of
geographic separation. In order to ensure we do
not mistakenly end up with
three European teams in the same Group, the
following mechanism will be implemented:

- The four seeded South American teams will be
placed in an ancillary pot–Pot X

- One of the four teams will be drawn

- The Group of the South American which is drawn
will determine the Group which the European team
from Pot 2 will join


4. Pot 2 will then be emptied, beginning with the
European ball

- The European team will join Group of South
American team drawn from Pot X

- The remaining teams will be allocated to Groups
A through H sequentially

- Note: Groups may be skipped to respect principle
of geographic separation; e.g. Chile and Ecuador
may not be drawn into Groups with seeded South
American teams

5. Pots 3 and 4 will then be emptied in order

6. The positions within Groups A through H will be
drawn for all teams of Pots 2, 3 and 4

Source - Ghanafa

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