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England are among 32 teams eagerly awaiting Friday's star-studded draw for the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.The ceremony, which gets under way at 1700 GMT at Cape Town's International Convention Centre, will be watched by millions of fans around the world.By the end of the draw, nations will know the identity of their group-stage rivals and the date of every game.The tournament is set to kick off on 11 June, with the final on 11 July.

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The red carpet will be rolled out at the Cape Town Convention Centre tomorrow, when some of the biggest names in sport and showbiz, including Nobel Prize winners, descend to the Mother City for the first-ever FIFA World Cup™ Final Draw to be hosted on African soil.With only hours before the eagerly-awaited draw, euphoria has reached fever pitch in Cape Town and all over South Africa as the hosts prepare for what is being dubbed as 'the beginning of Africa’s big party'.The star-studded line-up will include South Africa-born actress and Oscar winner Charlize Theron, legendary Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie, and football icons including Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, Eusebio, Luis Figo, Roger Milla, David Beckham, Kalusha Bwalya, Ruud Gullit, Jean-Marie Pfaff and Ronald de Boer.Theron, who was born in Benoni, a few kilometers from Johannesburg, will be co-hosting the event. Renowned for her acting skills, Theron has never forgotten her roots and has remained an ambassador for her country of birth worldwide.Nobel Prize winners, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk, will also be present, as will cricketing great Makhaya Ntini and Rugby World Cup-winning captain, John Smit.

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Pots for Friday's draw: eight groups of four countries to be drawn, each group containing one country from each pot.Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, EnglandPot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, HondurasPot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, UruguayPot 4 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia

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Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, FranceGroup B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, GreeceGroup C: ENGLAND, United States, Algeria, SloveniaGroup D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, GhanaGroup E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, CameroonGroup F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, SlovakiaGroup H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, ChileGroup G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal (Group of Death)

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The ceremony, which gets under way at 1700 GMT at Cape Town's International Convention Centre, will be watched by millions of fans around the world.
Don't know where you mans got 3PM from. :huh:
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