The Preliminary Draw of the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup has just taken place in Durban, South Africa. The UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North-America), CAF (Africa), and AFC (Asia) regions now know the qualifying rounds for their road to 2010,  and current World Champions Italy have been drawn in Group 8 with Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, and Montenegro. A relatively “easy” group all things considered.

Other interesting clashes include Portugal/Sweden/Denmark in Group 1, Czech Republic/Poland in Group 3, Germany/Russia in Group 4, Spain/Turkey/Belgium in Group 5, France/Romania/Serbia in Group 7, Netherlands/Scotland/Norway in Group 9.

As for England, they have been drawn in group 6 with Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra, and… get this: Croatia, the same team that killed their Euro 2008 hopes earlier this week!! There will undoubtedly be an air of revenge at Wembley stadium…

Full list below.

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Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Portugal	Greece	Czech Republic	Germany	Spain
Sweden	Israel	Poland	Russia	Turkey
Denmark	Switzerland	Northern Ireland	Finland	Belgium
Hungary	Moldova	Slovakia	Wales	Bosnia-Herz.
Albania	Latvia	Slovenia	Azerbaijan	Armenia
Malta	Luxembourg	San Marino	Liechtenstein	Estonia

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Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9
Croatia	France	Italy	Netherlands
England	Romania	Bulgaria	Scotland
Ukraine	Serbia	Ireland	Norway
Belarus	Lithuania	Cyprus	Macedonia
Kazakhstan	Austria	Georgia	Iceland
Andorra	Faroe Islands	Montenegro

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