"The eight seeded nations (all placed in Pot 1) are South Africa (the hosts), Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina and England. Notable by its absence is France, which was ranked No. 7 in the latest rankings, but has fallen under a cloud of controversy after Thierry Henry’s nefarious handball against Ireland, “the Hand of Gaul,” helped send the French to the finals in South Africa. The United States was placed in Pot 2, along with the two other Concacaf representatives (Mexico and Honduras), teams from Asia (Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea) and Oceania (New Zealand). Pot 3 has the teams from Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria) and South America (Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay). Pot 4 has the rest of the teams from Europe (Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland)." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet