The draw for the greatest sporting event in the world is happening today. No, it’s not the superbowl (sorry to my American friends), but the FIFA World Cup 2010. Only the Olympics comes close to the football world cup, with over 1 billion people watching the last world cup final. The number next year will surely be much bigger as the attraction of the beautiful game just keeps growing.
The draw for the FIFA World Cup 201 Draw starts at 1715GMT and will be done by the beautiful Charlize Theron and the excitement is growing as countries wait to see who they will be playing next year. The draw this year is going to be very interesting as although most of the top teams are in pot 1 and will thus avoid each other, there are some very strong teams in pot 4 who will be pitted against pot 1 seeded teams:
- Pot 1: South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England
- Pot 2: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras
- Pot 3: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay
- Pot 4: France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia
Below are places where you can watch the FIFA World Cup 2010 Live Online:
- BBC (UK Only)
- Live Soccer Blog
When the world cup tournament starts, live football games can be watched online by following this guide to watching world cup football online.
Who do you think will win the 2010 world cup? My money is on Spain. In the meantime, here’s 10 of the greatest world cup goals to keep you entertained:
10 – Archie Gemmill: Scotland V Holland 1978 World Cup
9 – Manuel Negrete: Mexico V Bulgaria 1986 World Cup
8 – Maradona: Argentina V Belgium 1986 World Cup
7 – Saeed El Oweiran: Saudi Arabia v Belgium, 1994 World Cup
I still believe he didn’t mean to do this!
6 – Michael Owen: England VArgentina 1998 World Cup
What pace!
5 – Dennis Bergkamp: Holland V Argentina 1998 World Cup
Great control and commentary!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exlBHTyB1R0
4 – Maxi Rodriguez: Argentina V Mexico 2006
3 – Arie Hann: Holland V Italy 1978
Thunderbolt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAHJl7jmVK0
2 – Carlos Alberto: Brazil V Italy 1970 World Cup
Just appears out of nowhere – must have run a mile to get onto that ball
1 – Maradona: Argentina V England 1986 World Cup
Brilliant goal, particularly when that was one of the strongest England teams ever.
and the 2007 Messi remake….
Any other favourites?
