The draw itself, which will place the 32 teams into 8 groups, is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 6,2013
CONFIRMED SEEDING POTS
CONFIRMED SEEDING POTS
Pot 1: Brazil (A1), Spain, Argentina, Germany, Colombia, Belgium, Uruguay, Switzerland
Pot 2: Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Chile
Pot 3: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico
Pot 4*: England, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Italy, Holland, Russia Greece, Croatia, Portugal, France
*One European team will be drawn at the beginning of the ceremony and placed in Pot 2, with the guarantee of drawing a South American seed
They will be assisting FIFA Secretary Jerome Valcke, who will be conducting the draw that reveals the first-round matchups of the World Cup, including where and when each of the 32 teams will be playing in the June 12-July 13 tournament
Pot 2: Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Chile
Pot 3: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico
Pot 4*: England, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Italy, Holland, Russia Greece, Croatia, Portugal, France
*One European team will be drawn at the beginning of the ceremony and placed in Pot 2, with the guarantee of drawing a South American seed
| Team | FIFA Ranking |
| Brazil | 10 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Colombia | 4 |
| Uruguay | 6 |
| Switzerland | 8 |
| Belgium | 11 |
| Team | FIFA Ranking |
| Algeria | 26 |
| Cameroon | 51 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 |
| Ghana | 24 |
| Nigeria | 36 |
| Chile | 15 |
| Ecuador | 23 |
| Team | FIFA Ranking |
| Australia | 59 |
| Iran | 45 |
| Japan | 48 |
| Korea Republic | 54 |
| Costa Rica | 31 |
| Honduras | 41 |
| Mexico | 20 |
| United States | 14 |
| Team | FIFA Ranking |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 |
| Croatia | 16 |
| England | 13 |
| France | 19 |
| Greece | 12 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Russia | 22 |
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter with Jose Maria Marin (L) President of the Brazilian Football Confederation and President of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIFA 2014 World Cup
Pele to appear at World Cup draw
Edison Arantes do Nascimento is globally known as just: "Pele."
Pele is a World Cup ambassador for the Brazilian Govt and has made only a few appearances promoting the World Cup, the first in Brazil since 1950.
Pele was not involved in the Confederations Cup draw a year ago and surprisingly didn't appear at the opening match of the World Cup warmup tournament.
Pele will not be drawing the balls that determine the group placings, a task handed to past world champions Cafu of Brazil, Zinedine Zidane of France, Lothar Matthaeus of Germany, Fernando Hierro of Spain, Fabio Cannavaro of Italy, Alcides Ghiggia or Uruguay, Geoff Hurst of England and Mario Kempes of Argentina.They will be assisting FIFA Secretary Jerome Valcke, who will be conducting the draw that reveals the first-round matchups of the World Cup, including where and when each of the 32 teams will be playing in the June 12-July 13 tournament
Nearly 1,500 guests are expected to attend, along with about 2,000 journalists. Representatives of nearly all 32 nations will be in the resort city of Costa do Sauipe
Pele is to appear at Friday's draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Football,but his role is being kept secret.
''He will be the `wow' moment of the show,'' said Luiz Gleiser, the event's artistic manager.
Head of FIFA Films David Ausseil said Pele will ''come to the stage'' at some point. Beyond that it's not certain what he will do.
''We will keep that as the surprise,'' Ausseil said.
Head of FIFA Films David Ausseil said Pele will ''come to the stage'' at some point. Beyond that it's not certain what he will do.
''We will keep that as the surprise,'' Ausseil said.
The seedings are disappointing ; Italy, Portugal or Netherlands needed to be there instead of Belgium and Switzerland. There will be many groups of death for sure.
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