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Thu, 12/03/2009 - 00:37
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FIFA announces seedings for 2010 World Cup draw

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea were included in Pot 2 along with Japan,
North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Mexico and the Honduras
for an upcoming draw for the 2010 World Cup finals, according to the soccer's
world governing body Wednesday.
At a FIFA executive meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, FIFA decided eight
seeds: hosts South Africa, title holders Italy, Argentina, Brazil, England,
Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and Algeria
were included in Pot 3.
Pot 4 included France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark
and Slovakia.
A final draw is to be held in Cape Town on Friday.
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