The allocation pots for the 2014 World Cup draw have been released by FIFA.
The procedure for the Final Draw, to be held in Bahia on Friday, is now set with the top seven teams plus hosts Brazil in Pot 1 as the seeded nations.
As expected, England are unseeded in Pot 4 alongside the likes of France, Italy and Holland although one of the nine teams in Pot 4 will be drawn at random and placed into Pot 2 in order to have eight teams in each group.
One team will then be drawn from each pot to form eight groups with four teams in each.
2014 FIFA World Cup draw
Pot 1:
Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Pot 2:
Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria
Pot 3:
Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, USA
Pot 4:
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia
The draw takes place at 13.00 local Bahia time which equates to 17.00 Central European Time (CET).
