All Set For FIFA World Cup Draw

The glare of the global football world will be on the Cape Town International Convention Centre at 19h00 next Friday, December 4, when the 32 teams who made it through to Africa’s first Fifa World Cup and their legions of fans find out exactly where they will be playing - and who they will be playing against.

And when the Final Draw is beamed to millions of homes in more than 200 countries next week, a magnificent Draw Hall and stage fit for the magnitude of the occasion stands ready to play host to the dramatic proceedings.

It’s taken 3600 hours of manpower to set up the sprawling Draw Hall and 950 square metres of timber to construct the stunning African-inspired Draw stage – which already stands ready to host the eagerly anticipated event.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa’s Cape Town Venue Manager, Teral Cullen, has been the operational head of the mammoth operation that is the Final Draw – and as the excitement mounts and the event draws nearer, she’s confident things are well in hand.

"Over the last 10 days everyone involved has put in an enormous effort. They’ve really put their noses to the ground and worked flat out, with many late nights and early mornings. The Draw Hall and stage is complete and rehearsals have already started. And with a week to go we’re very confident with our preparations, we’re ahead of schedule and ready for this event," said Cullen.

She added that while the Final Draw is being delivered by a large team of 3 254 people in total, including security personnel, volunteers, event staff, contractors and entertainers, the co-operation between all parties has been outstanding.

"There has been tremendous teamwork and communication between the city and provincial authorities and Fifa and the Organising Committee. There’s been excellent communication in particular between ourselves and Fifa in terms of assessing the requirements for this event and delivering on it. All parties involved sense we’re building something special and we’re set for and working hard to deliver a spectacular event," said Cullen.

To date, 27 of the 32 coaches have confirmed their attendance, including well-known coaches such as Brazil’s Dunga, Portugal’s Carlos Queiroz, England’s Fabio Capello, Italy’s Marcello Lippi, Spain’s Vicente Del Bosque, Nigeria's Shuaibu Amodu and of course South Africa’s Carlos Alberto Parreira have confirmed their attendance for the Final Draw.

The Final Draw in Numbers:
* 3254 people involved in the operation of the Final Draw
* 1587 safety and security people including authorities and private security staff
* 400 Host City staff
* 80 entertainers
* 500 staff of contractors
* 380 Volunteers
* 110 Organising Committee staff
* 207 FIFA staff
* Nearly a year of preparations
* The set design and complete project folder for the draw project is 5Gb big
* Stage artwork alone amounts to 1.5Gb
* Printed material for the set is approx 1100 Sq meters
* Black reflective Vinyl flooring on the set is approx 500 Sq Meters.
* The set structure consumed around 6.5 tons of steel
* The four columns consist of around 1200 meters of 50mm round tubing
* The ceiling rings used around 1400 of 25 square tubing and 200sq meters of fabric
* Around 240 sheets of wood for custom stage levels
* Onset light boxes currently contains 500 fluorescent tubes
* Covering the stage light boxes is 800Kgs of tempered glass sheets
* Covering the front light boxes are 40 sheets of opal Perspex
* Most of the set was built, printed and finished in Cape Town, by Cape Town companies. Only the steel columns and parts of the headers were manufactured in Johannesburg by a specialist welder
* 5000 hours of production of the video material to be used during the show
* 18 live broadcast units to be used
* Live broadcast of the show to more than 200 countries and territories
* 3600 hours manpower to set-up the draw hall
* 950 sq meters timber
* 56 x 5 litre tins of paint used
* 1,2km steel handrails
http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=12512

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Folks get READY!!!

The stage

The stage

Thanks 1,2!

The stage

The stage

The street

Niz 1

The street

The stadium

The stadium

Bontle,Beauty one again,thank you!

Fifa decide seeded teams

Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina and England will join Bafana Bafana as seeded teams for the World Cup Final draw on Friday.

The Fifa Organising Committee also approved the composition of the other pots, as well as the procedure for the final draw:

Pot 2 will be composed of teams from Asia (Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic), North, Central America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Mexico, USA) and Oceania (New Zealand)

Pot 3 will include teams from Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria) and South America (Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)

Pot 4 will have the remaining European teams (Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland)

Hosts South Africa will be automatically positioned as A1; the other seeded teams will be drawn into the other groups B-H, but will always be in position “1” of their group

Groups will be drawn from A to H and the positions in the group will be drawn for Pots 2 to 4

Geographical criteria will also be respected, meaning that no two teams from the same confederation will be drawn in the same group (except European teams, where a maximum of two will be in a group).

For example, South Africa cannot play the African teams from Pot 3 and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams.
http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=12592

Perfect Scenario:
Argentina
New Zealand
Greece
Nigeria

RSA:

Bontle,Beauty one again,thank you!

No doubt, RSA. Cape Town is going all out here. Maybe there will be an upliftment of Soccer in that part of the world.

Emperoh:

Eight Seeded teams have been released

Brazil
Spain
Italy
Argentina
England
South Africa
Netherlands
Germany

France and Portugal were not seeded regardless of their FIFA world rankings, their Qualifying stage did them in!!

France and Portugal deserve not be seeded, They cam through the back door. Or should i say the hand ball.

Peope, let me tell you some, watch Serbia. Serbia has a good squad. They cam to SA and humiliated Bafana Bafana with 3 - 0. France almost did not make it to the world cup because of Serbia.

World Cup 2010 draw: England seeded as Portugal and France miss out

Fifa have announced that England will be seeded for Friday’s World Cup draw – with France missing out.
Football’s world governing body revealed the surprise system that would be used with the draw with England bracketed alongside South Africa and six other nations.

In an unprecedented move the system relied solely on the Fifa rankings for October 2009, rather than factoring in previous World Cups. It immediately led to the suspicion that France had been punished for their World Cup 2010 play-off controversy.

The seedings mean that, in the group stages, England will avoid the likes of Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy and Holland who have been included ahead of the French.

However, England could be drawn against France and also Portugal who are the most powerful European nations not to be seeded.

The 32 qualifiers will be assembled into eight groups on Friday in Cape Town when the draw is made for next summer's tournament from 5.45pm.

England are ranked only ninth in the Fifa world rankings, but their impressive qualification campaign has been rewarded.

France’s surprise omission will lead to a debate as to whether Thierry Henry’s handball against the Republic of Ireland had led to a re-think of how the draw would be conducted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/6707993/World-Cup-2010-draw-England-seeded-as-Portugal-and-France-miss-out.html

1,2:

France and Portugal deserve not be seeded, They cam through the back door. Or should i say the hand ball.

Peope, let me tell you some, watch Serbia. Serbia has a good squad. T[b]hey cam to SA and humiliated Bafana Bafana with 3 - 0.[/b] France almost did not make it to the world cup because of Serbia.

So because they came to SA and humilated Bafana Bafana makes them heavyweights?

did you notice how they switched off the lights so that the fireworks will be more visible?

_{yea right!!}

is that normal?? the LOC are not bickering something must be wrong!!

I suppose a worst case scenario will see Nigeria paired against. . .

Pot A - Brazil
Pot B - USA
Pot D - Portugal

Anyway, its time we start to showcase Africa to the rest of the world, not just on the pitch but off it as well. Nice work, SA.

England, New Zealand, Nigeria, Slovenia

Holland, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal

FBS:

So because they came to SA and humilated Bafana Bafana makes them heavyweights?

They also topped the group. France was second. Maybe that can convince you or you dont rate France highly.

Dis Guy:

did you notice how they switched off the lights so that the fireworks will be more visible?

_{yea right!!}

is that normal?? the LOC are not bickering something must be wrong!!

What are you talking about? is there something wrong? do they have to do it according to the book. I am surprised by the way you put it. Its like they are cheating.

1,2:

They also topped the group. France was second. Maybe that can convince you or you dont rate France highly.

They are good. I never said otherwise. My question was why you said because they beat SA then they are the ish now?

The WC for all we know are ever full of suprises!

FBS:

They are good. I never said otherwise. My question was why you said because they beat SA then they are the ish now?

The WC for all we know are ever full of suprises!

Not many suprises when it comes to winners,is it only 8 or 10 nations/countries that have won it?

Na wa o,
Una just dey analyze belle come dey sweet me.
Chei!!!

Wao,I missed this thread earlier

@ 1,2

Thanks for the wonderful pics,you and RSA have indeed done more than your foreign ministry in sensitizing the whole award about WOZA 2010,you guys should be in Danny Jordan's committee

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Diego Maradona,the only world cup coach excluded from the draws.
"FBS,why are you taking my picture,he seems to be asking"

I've got a feeling that tonight is gonna be a good good night

Black eyed peas-hope 2 b in d weakest seed afta SA i.e. England,north korea,slovakia