No group can hold more than two European teams, or more than one from each of the other confederations.

The top eight seeds (Pot one) are: Brazil, Germany, Argentina, England, Italy, France, Spain and Mexico.

Pot two will contain the five African qualifiers, the two remaining South American teams as well as Australia. Ecuador and Paraguay will be kept away from Brazil and Argentina.

Pot three contains eight European teams. Serbia & Montenegro, as the lowest ranked European country, are in a special group on their own to avoid three European countries being drawn together.

Pot four contains the four Asian countries - Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea - and the three remaining CONCACAF qualifiers - Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States. They would all be kept apart from any other team from their respective confederations.

England will definitely play one of the non-seeded European teams, which include Czech Republic and Holland, and any other two teams from the remaining two pots - two and four.

POT ONE

POT TWO

POT THREE

POT FOUR

Germany

Australia

Croatia

USA

England

Angola

Czech Republic

Costa Rica

Brazil

Ecuador

Holland

Iran

Argentina

Ghana

Poland

Japan

France

Ivory Coast

Portugal

Saudi Arabia

Italy

Paraguay

Sweden

South Korea

Mexico

Togo

Switzerland

Trinidad & Tobago

Spain

Tunisia

Ukraine

SPECIAL POT

Serbia and Montenegro