The World Cup Draw Has Been Made!
The draw for the World Cup took place on the 4th December in Cape Town. The fate of the various countries was decided by sporting greats from around the world. Among them was possibly the most famous footballer in the world at the moment, David Beckham. Thousands of football fans from around the world will now be able to book their world cup packages.The opening match of the World Cup will see South Africa take on Mexico in Group A. France and Uruguay are the two of countries in Group A. Argentina, Nigeria, Greece and Korea Republice make up Group B. Argentina will be favourites to top the group despite almost not making to the world cup finals. USA and England were drawn together and will be the first match of Group C in Rustenburg. There will be many fans getting their England world cup packages to see their country hopefully qualify for the knockout stages. Algeria and Slovenia are the other two teams in Group C. Australia, Ghana, Serbia and Germany make up the countries competing to win Group D, the Germans will be hoping to make it through without a hickup. Group E sees the Netherlands take on Denmark in their first group match at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. Cameroon v Japan is the other opening game in Group E, they will play in Bloemfontein. The current World Champions Italy were drawn in Group F and start the defence of their title against Paraguay, they will then take on New Zealand and Slovakia.Usual favourites for the title, Brazil, have be drawn against Portugal. Portugal had to rely on an extra qualifying game to be at the World Cup. Korea DPR and the Ivory Coast complete Group G. Brazil are considered by many as the best team in the world due to the great players they have, such Kaka and Ronaldinho.The European champions, Spain, are in Group H along with Honduras, Chile and Switzerland. Torres and co will be looking to win the World Cup too now with such a strong squad. There a number of different sports tours and ticket agencies providing world cup packages for various matches and stages of the South Africa 2010 World Cup, now that we know who is playing who and where the matches will be, fans will be able to book their place for what plans to be an amazing tournament.