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World Cup 2014 Draw is being held tomorrow from Brazil, Friday 12/6, 11:30 ET on ESPN2. (will be shown live in 190+ nations). It's kind of a big deal. 
(not sure if Ron Burgundy will be there or not)
4 pots of 32 teams to be drawn into 8 groups (A-H).
Pot 1 (seeded teams) - Brazil (host - will be in Group A), Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay
Pot 2 (Africa/S. American teams) - Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Pot 3 (Our Federation and Asian Fed) - Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, USA
Pot 4 (Rest of Europe) - Bosnia&Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia
One of the Pot 4 teams will be drawn into Pot 2 to even them up. Groups will also be geographically separated. e.g. can't have 2 S. American teams in same group, can't have more than 2 European teams in same group.
Will probably be a tough draw for USA, since we can't get any of the teams from our Pot (which is the weakest Pot). Could end up with something like Argentina, Netherlands, USA and Italy. Ouch. Best would probably be Switzerland, Algeria, USA and Greece.
(not sure if Ron Burgundy will be there or not)4 pots of 32 teams to be drawn into 8 groups (A-H).
Pot 1 (seeded teams) - Brazil (host - will be in Group A), Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay
Pot 2 (Africa/S. American teams) - Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Pot 3 (Our Federation and Asian Fed) - Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, USA
Pot 4 (Rest of Europe) - Bosnia&Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia
One of the Pot 4 teams will be drawn into Pot 2 to even them up. Groups will also be geographically separated. e.g. can't have 2 S. American teams in same group, can't have more than 2 European teams in same group.
Will probably be a tough draw for USA, since we can't get any of the teams from our Pot (which is the weakest Pot). Could end up with something like Argentina, Netherlands, USA and Italy. Ouch. Best would probably be Switzerland, Algeria, USA and Greece.
