The world football's governing body FIFA has announced the eight top seeds for South Africa's 2010 World Cup draw, which will be held in Cape Town on Friday 4th of December.
Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, and England were announced as the seeds for the tournament, alongside the host nation South Africa according to FIFA's rankings as of October.
"(The Netherlands) had a great qualifying campaign, like Spain, the first team having won all their matches, so (they) are in Pot 1," FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, he denied that France had been relegated from the seeds due to Thierry Henry's handball which helped them qualify for the World Cup.
According to Valcke, the remaining pots had been drawn with geographical criteria respected.
Pot one: (seed) South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England
Pot two: (AFC, Oceania and Concacaf) Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, USA, New Zealand
Pot three: (CAF and rest of South America) Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria
Pot four: (rest of UEFA) Denmark, France, Greece, Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland
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