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World Cup 2010 Group Guide

With the World Cup 2010 Qualification Stages now completed the 32 countries that will contest World Cup 2010 Finals in South Africa are now known.

The World Cup Final Draw was made on December 4th 2009 and the following teams have been divided into 8 groups of 4 teams with the World Cup Group Stages beginning on June 11th 2010!

GROUP A
	South Africa
	Mexico
	Uruguay
	France

GROUP B
	Argentina
	Nigeria
	South Korea
	Greece

GROUP C
	England
	USA
	Algeria
	Slovenia

GROUP D
	Germany
	Australia
	Serbia
	Ghana

GROUP E
	Netherlands
	Denmark
	Japan
	Cameroon

GROUP F
	Italy
	Paraguay
	New Zealand
	Slovakia

GROUP G
	Brazil
	North Korea
	Ivory Coast
	Portugal

GROUP H
	Spain
	Switzerland
	Honduras
	Chile

World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The hosts South Africa have been handed a tough looking assignment with France, Uruguay and Mexico making up World Cup Group A. South Africa kick-off World Cup 2010 in Johannesburg on June 11th when they take on Mexico.

The final match of Group A sees France take on South Africa at the Free State Stadium on June 22nd!

World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Cup Group B consists of "Maradona's" Argentina pitting their wits against Nigeria, South Korea and Euro 2004 Champions Greece. The first match will be played between Argentina and Nigeria on Saturday June 12th 2010.

Group B matches will be played at six different venues and the Group B action comes to a conclusion on June 22nd when Nigeria take on South Korea at Moses Mabhida Stadium!

World Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

England have had a favourable draw in Group C having missed both France and Portugal. Instead they have a winnable group containing Algeria, Slovenia and the United States. The first match in Group C kicks off on the 12th June 2009 and will be played at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg in the north of the country.

World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D is a tough looking group and Germany will need to be on their game to progress past Australia, Ghana and Serbia. The nations drawn in Group D of the 2010 World Cup will be kicking off on the 13th June at either the Moses Mabhinda Stadium in Durban or the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria.

World Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E will certainly be a colourful affair as it contains the orange of the Netherlands, red of Denmark, blue of Japan and the green of Cameroon. The Soccer City Stadium and Free State Stadium will host these two group openers on June 14th whilst Royal Bafokeng and Cape Town Stadium will host the two final matches of the group.

World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Italy will face Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia in what looks like a very winnable group for the World Cup holders. The Azzurri kick off in Cape Town on the 14th June 2010 versus Paraguay. Group F will be contested at six different World Cup venues and kicks off on the 14th June 2010 at Cape Town Stadium.

World Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The group of death seems to be Group G on paper as Brazil have drawn the "Drogba's" Ivory Coast and "Cristiano Ronaldo's" Portugal. Poor old North Korea will wonder who they have upset as they'll be first up against Brazil on the 15th June 2010 in Johannesburg. Teams drawn in Group G of the World Cup will have to wait until the 15th June to get their first matches underway. The first matches in Group G will be played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

World Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

European Champions Spain have been drawn in Group H of the World Cup and should be short priced favourites to progress as Group winners. The Spanish will play Switzerland first up on the 16th June 2010 whilst Chile and Honduras make up the group. The teams drawn in Group H will be the last to kick off in South Africa with the first group games being played on the 16th June at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban and the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.

World Cup 2010 Venues

In 2005, the organizers released a provisional list of thirteen venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Kimberley, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria (two venues), and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to ten venues which were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.

Check out of World Cup Venues guide here.