Smelly McUgly":1jb7lovc said:
Oh, I see. So they just will pick a team from each POT randomly to make up groups once the rest of the teams are cemented.
In other words, we could end up in a group with Spain, Brazil, and England, theoretically.
Ugh.
On the other hand, they should televise the draw and do it like they do the NBA Draft Lottery draw, with giant envelopes with national team logos and everything. I would totally make sure to tune in for that.
Oh they televise the s--- out of the draw. Its televised world wide. Each POT and nation has a world celebrity involved in the drawing (Charize Theron represented South Africa the last time out) and it comes with ping pong balls and everything.
Here is part 1 (of 4) of the 2010 draw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMAqNklRqw
I'm sure there's more to it (maybe each POT is seeded as well?), but its fairly random and quite a production. EDIT: so in reading it, teams from the same confederation (CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, etc) cannot be drawn together in the same group, except for POT 4 (UEFA: Europe) Because they place the most teams in the tournament the last 8 teams are drawn completely randomly, so 2 UEFA teams can occupy the same POT. Therefore, in this tournament, none of the South American teams will be drawn against each other.
Literally the draw a group (Lets say G) then draw a team from the POT. they repeat this process for each POT. So its not as easy as drawing in order... pretty cool to watch actually
edit: so far with the simulator the US best draw is: Switzerland, B-H and Nigeria.