Thursday July 29, 2010

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Teams and Draws

Teams and draw – final competition
1. The FIFA Executive Committee has fi xed the number of teams taking part in the final competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ at 32, namely the Organising Association’s representative team, South Africa, and the 31 other teams that qualify from the preliminary competition.
2. The FIFA Organising Committee forms groups for the final competition by seeding and drawing lots whilst taking sports and geographic factors into consideration, as far as possible. The final draw is due to take place in South Africa in November or December 2009. The draw will be organised by the LOC and combined with a team seminar on the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
3. The decisions of the FIFA Organising Committee on the group formation and the duration of the final competition are final. In the event of any withdrawals, the FIFA Organising Committee may change the groups in accordance with the provisions of par. 2.
4. The FIFA Executive Committee has decided to allocate the following number of slots to the confederations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™:
• Africa (CAF): 5
• Asia (AFC) 4.5
• Europe (UEFA): 13
• Oceania (OFC): 0.5
• North, Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF): 3.5
• South America (CONMEBOL): 4.5
• Host Country (South Africa): 1


Format – final competition
1. The final competition shall be played in a group stage, followed by three knockout stages, the play-off for third place and the final.
2. In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner in accordance with the procedure described in the Laws of the Game.


Group Stage
1. The 32 teams taking part in the final competition will be divided into eight groups of four teams.
2. The FIFA Organising Committee will divide the teams into groups by seeding and drawing lots in public at the final draw that will take place in South Africa at the end of 2009, whilst taking sports and geographic factors into consideration, as far as possible. The host country, South Africa, will be seeded as team A1.
3. The teams in the eight groups will be designated as follows:
Group A Group B Group C Group D
A1 B1 C1 D1
A2 B2 C2 D2
A3 B3 C3 D3
A4 B4 C4 D4

Group E Group F Group G Group H
E1 F1 G1 H1
E2 F2 G2 H2
E3 F3 G3 H3
E4 F4 G4 H4

4. The league format will be used: each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group, with three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat.
5. The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
a)  greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b)  goal difference in all group matches;
c)  greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
d)  greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e)  goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f)  greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
g)  drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.


Round Of Sixteen
1. The teams that qualify from the group stage will play the round of sixteen as follows:
Winner A v. Runner-up B = 1
Winner B v. Runner-up A = 2
Winner C v. Runner-up D = 3
Winner D v. Runner-up C = 4
Winner E v. Runner-up F = 5
Winner F v. Runner-up E = 6
Winner G v. Runner-up H = 7
Winner H v. Runner-up G = 8
2. If, after 90 minutes, a match ends in a draw, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner in accordance with the procedure described in the Laws of the Game.
3. The winners of the eight matches in the round of sixteen will qualify for the quarter-finals.


Quater Finals
1. The eight teams that qualify from the round of sixteen will contest the quarter-finals as follows:
Winner 1 v. Winner 3 = A
Winner 2 v. Winner 4 = B
Winner 5 v. Winner 7 = C
Winner 6 v. Runner-up 8 = D


Semi-Finals
1. The winners of the quarter-finals will play the semi-finals as follows:
Winner A v. Winner C
Winner B v. Winner D
2. If, after 90 minutes, a match ends in a draw, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner in accordance with the procedures described in the Laws of the Game.


Final, play-off for third place
1. The winners of the semi-finals will qualify for the final.
2. The losers of the semi-finals will contest the play-off for third place.
3. If, after 90 minutes, the final or the play-off for third place ends in a draw, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner in accordance with the procedure described in the Laws of the Game.