Tough warm-up draw for SA!!Despite qualifying automatically as host of the 2010 World Cup, South Africa got some of the toughest opposition possible as preparation in the draw.
South Africa were drawn with Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone in Group 4. Although Bafana Bafana do not have to qualify for the tournament they will host, the African competition which doubles as qualifying for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Qualifiers will advance into a system of five groups of four teams. Each winner will qualify for the World Cup along with South Africa.
Top eight second-place teams advance to playoffs for four more spots:
Group 1 - Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Portugal, Sweden
Group 2 - Greece, Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Switzerland
Group 3 - Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia
Group 4 - Azerbaijan, Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Russia, Wales
Group 5 - Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Spain, Turkey
Group 6 - Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, England, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Group 7 - Austria, Faeroe Islands, France, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia
Group 8 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro
Group 9 - Iceland, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland
Group 2 - Greece, Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Switzerland
Group 3 - Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia
Group 4 - Azerbaijan, Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Russia, Wales
Group 5 - Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Spain, Turkey
Group 6 - Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, England, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Group 7 - Austria, Faeroe Islands, France, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia
Group 8 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro
Group 9 - Iceland, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland
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