1, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England and host South Africa became 8 seed teams;
2. The second team, including four Asian teams, three teams from Central and North America and the Caribbean and 1 teams from Oceania: Australia, South Korea, Japan, North Korea, the United States, Mexico, Honduras and New Zealand;
The third team includes five African teams and three South American teams: Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, C? te d 'Ivoire, Ghana, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay;
The fourth team, the remaining eight European teams: Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.
South Africa automatically becomes A 1, and other seed teams are allocated to B 1 to H 1 by drawing lots. South Africa cannot be grouped with other African teams, nor can Brazil and Argentina be grouped with other South American teams.