20 10, 19 World Cup was held in South Africa. South Africa lost to Germany in the bid for the 2006 World Cup, and then successfully bid for the 20 10 World Cup, which was the first time in the history of the World Cup to be held in Africa, and Spain won the championship, becoming the first team in Europe to win the World Cup outside Europe.
There are 32 teams participating in this World Cup. Except for the host country South Africa, the other 3 1 teams were decided through the World Cup qualifiers. As strong European teams, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany naturally qualified for the World Cup, and Uruguay, a powerful American team, was not absent.
Spain, Holland and Germany are all seeded teams, but Uruguay is not, only in the fourth gear.
South Africa World Cup Team Rating:
According to the rules of drawing lots, 32 teams are divided into four grades, with South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina and England as the first seed teams, and the rest teams will be ranked according to the ranking published by FIFA in June 5438+1October 65438+September.
The four teams will be divided into eight groups according to the principle that the eight seed teams avoid each other and avoid teams from all continents except Europe. Except for European teams, teams from the same continent cannot be in the same group. In addition, South Africa appeared in the position of A 1, and the other seven seed teams entered the first positions of the other seven groups respectively.
Draw lots from grade one, according to the order from group A to group H. The teams in grades two to four draw lots in two steps. Draw the team first, and then determine the specific ranking of the team. In addition, the third-level team initiated the principle of avoiding the same continent when drawing lots.