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FOOTBALL - FIFA: Draw World 2014: France placed with the African teams?

 

The France team football two options while the four hats eight teams needed to draw the World 2014, to be announced Tuesday, December 3 by the organization of the World Cup committee.

"We have two options: to France directly in the pot with the South Americans (unseeded) and Africans, or conduct a random drawing from nine European countries , ens unseeded ", told the General Secretary of FIFA Jerome Valcke in the newspaper L'Équipe Saturday.

The first option appears to be favored, since Fifa has always said it would be based on its ranking of nations on 17 October. At that time, France, 21st place, was the lowest ranked of Europeans, so any designated to be found in the hat South Americans non Head and Neck your serial (Chile and Ecuador) and Africa: Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria. And two ranks in the Fifa rankings released on November 28th, thanks to its qualification for the World Cup against Ukraine, will not change anything for France for this draw.

One of the worst possible draws: Brazil, Mexico, France, the Netherlands

If the first option is chosen by FIFA, France therefore escape the series heads Europeans (Spain, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland) and inherit a head South American series (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia or Uruguay). But the Blues would still face a European non-seeded (Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Russia).

One of the worst possible draw would be: Brazil, Mexico, France, Netherlands. A "more affordable" hen might be: Colombia, Australia, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

If the second option, the draw was retained and if France remained in the hat unseeded Europeans, then it falls on a European head series and escape to South American seeds. One of the worst possible draw would be: Germany, Mexico, Ivory Coast, France. One of the best would be: Switzerland, Australia, Ecuador, France. ________________________________________

Here is a projection of possible hats:

Pot 1 (seeded): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland, and Uruguay.

Hat 2: United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia.

Pot 3: France and European non-seeded randomly, Chile, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon.

Pot 4: Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia (or in the case of France draw allowing him to remain in the pot).

Two countries in the same zone of qualification may be in the same group, except the Europeans (maximum two per group).

With AFP