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England handed tough task in intriguing World Cup draw

Brazil and Croatia will kick off the 2014 World Cup on June 12th. The hosts were drawn against Me...
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17.32 6 Dec 2013


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England handed tough task in intriguing World Cup draw

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Brazil and Croatia will kick off the 2014 World Cup on June 12th.

The hosts were drawn against Mexico and Cameroon in Group A.

But England were handed a difficult group. They are up against four-time champions Italy who knocked them out of Euro 2012, while they are also up against 2010 semi-finalists Uruguay and Costa Rica.

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Group B sees a repeat of 2010's bad tempered World Cup final as holders Spain take on the Netherlands. Chile, who recently beat England 2 - 0 and Australia complete that group.

Cristiano Ronaldo's reward for getting through the playoffs is a group containing Germany, Ghana and USA. The draw was poignant for USA manager Jurgen Klinsmann as he was pitted against his home country with whom he won a World Cup in 1990 as a player and managed on home soil in 2006.

 

Here are the groups in full:

Group A: Brazil, Mexico, Croatia and Cameroon.

Group B: Spain, Chile, Australia and Netherlands.

Group C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

Group D: Uruguay, England, Costa Rica and Italy.

Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France and Honduras.

Group F: Argentina, Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria.

Group G: Germany, Ghana, Portugal and USA.

Group H: Belgium, Algeria, Russia and South Korea.

 


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