Tournament News
SA, France in SWC group
2009-12-04 20:47
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Cape Town - France, the 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up, were drawn in the same group as hosts South Africa in the draw for the 2010 World Cup finals on Friday.
South Africa will meet Mexico in the opening match at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg on June 11 in the 32-nation tournament which finishes with the final on July 11 in the same stadium.
The toughest looking section features five times winners Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea in Group G.
Holders Italy meet Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia in Group F.
The draw:
Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B - Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C - England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D - Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E - Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark
Group F - Italy (holders), New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G - Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H - Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland
The tournament will be staged at 10 venues between June 11 and July 11.