{"id":23637,"date":"2011-07-30T23:33:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T04:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=23637"},"modified":"2011-07-30T23:33:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T04:33:31","slug":"2014-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/30\/2014-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The preliminary draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. The draw sets the stage for the road to the finals in Brazil for all regional confederations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=104764252947919&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/30\/2014-fifa-world-cup-preliminary-draw\/\" send=\"true\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"\"><\/fb:like><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6026\/5991643517_61bda9474e_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6026\/5991643517_61bda9474e.jpg\" alt=\"2014 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw\" width=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big matchups that resulted included reigning World Cup champions Spain and neighbors France pooled in European Group I and African powers Ivory Coast and Morocco being drawn together in continental group C of qualifying Round Two. In CONCACAF former Mexican boss and current Costa Rica manager Ricardo La Volpe set to meet Mexico in Group B of preliminary Round Three.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full results of today&#8217;s draw. Additional details in PDF may be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/mm\/document\/tournament\/competition\/01\/48\/35\/80\/fifa_preliminary_draw_results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this FIFA link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intercontinental play-offs <\/strong><br \/>\nAsia \u2014 South America<br \/>\nNorth, Central America and the Caribbean &#8211; Oceania<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAfrican Zone Draw <\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Somalia or Ethiopia<br \/>\nGroup B: Tunisia, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar<br \/>\nGroup C: C\u00c3\u00b4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Morocco, Gambia, Chad or Tanzania<br \/>\nGroup D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho or Burundi<br \/>\nGroup E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe or Congo<br \/>\nGroup F: Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles or Kenya, Djibouti or Namibia<br \/>\nGroup G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Comoros or Mozambique<br \/>\nGroup H: Algeria, Mali, Benin, Eritrea or Rwanda<br \/>\nGroup I: Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau or Togo, Swaziland or Congo DR<br \/>\nGroup J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Mauritius or Liberia<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAsian Zone Draw <\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: China, Jordan, Iraq, Singapore<br \/>\nGroup B: Korea Republic, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon<br \/>\nGroup C: Japan, Uzbekistan, Syria, Korea DPR<br \/>\nGroup D: Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand<br \/>\nGroup E: Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNorth, Central America and the Caribbean Zone Draw (Round Two) <\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: El Salvador, Surinam, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic<br \/>\nGroup B: Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda<br \/>\nGroup C: Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas<br \/>\nGroup D: Canada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St Lucia<br \/>\nGroup E: Grenada, Guatemala, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize<br \/>\nGroup F: Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, US Virgin Islands<\/p>\n<p><strong>North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone Draw (Round Three) <\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: USA, Jamaica, Winner of R2 Grp E, Winner of R2 Grp F<br \/>\nGroup B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Winner of R2 Grp A, Winner of R2 Grp B<br \/>\nGroup C: Honduras, Cuba, Winner of R2 Grp D, Winner of R2 Grp C<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oceanian Zone Draw<\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: Vanuatu, New Caledonia, American Samoa\/Cook Islands\/Samoa or Tonga, Tahiti<br \/>\nGroup B: Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEuropean Zone Draw <\/strong><br \/>\nGroup A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland, Macedonia, Wales<br \/>\nGroup B: Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta.<br \/>\nGroup C: Germany, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan.<br \/>\nGroup D: Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra.<br \/>\nGroup E: Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland.<br \/>\nGroup F: Portugal, Russia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg<br \/>\nGroup G: Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Lichtenstein<br \/>\nGroup H: England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino<br \/>\nGroup I: Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scripts.affiliatefuture.com\/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=132648&amp;merchantID=739&amp;programmeID=3052&amp;mediaID=105621&amp;tracking=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" style=\"border: 0px none currentColor;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/banners.affiliatefuture.com\/739\/105621.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The preliminary draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. 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