Fabio Capello's side among eight seeded nations for Friday's draw.

England have been named among the eight seeded nations for Friday’s World Cup draw.

The other seven seeds are Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Holland, World Cup hosts, South Africa and World Cup holders, Italy. The seedings were based on October’s FIFA World Rankings.

The draw, which will take place in Cape Town at 5.45pm (GMT), will pitch the 32 qualified nations into eight groups of four and the seedings ensures England cannot be drawn alongside any of the aforementioned nations.

England qualified for the World Cup in impressive fashion, winning nine of their ten Qualifiers, scoring 34 goals in the process.

Visit TheFA.com on Friday for full details of the draw.

Pot 1 (Seeded nations)
England, South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Holland

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America)
Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, USA, New Zealand

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

Pot 4 (Europe)
Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland