The lottery ceremony was presided over by Siegle, director of FIFA's public relations department. This is the first time that the World Cup group draw ceremony was presided over by the director of public relations instead of the secretary-general. Siegle's partner is German supermodel krum. The whole lottery ceremony lasted 1.5 hours, and was broadcast by 160 TV stations around the world to 145 countries and regions.
As a result of the draw, the Netherlands and Argentina are in Group C with Serbia and Montenegro and C? te d 'Ivoire. Italy, the Czech Republic, the United States and Ghana are divided into Group E; English coach Sven Gran Eriksson met his native Sweden; Host Germany avoided the strong European teams. The specific draw results are shown in the following table: Group A Germany Costa Rica Poland Ecuador B England Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Sweden C Argentina C? te d 'Ivoire Serbia and Montenegro Netherlands D Mexico Iran Angola Portugal E Italy Ghana USA Czech F Brazil Croatia Australia Japan G France Switzerland Korea Togo H Spain Ukraine Tunisia Saudi Arabia Group list reference.