Official Brasil 2014 Draw Procedure

FIFA has announced the draw procedure for Friday's final draw.  The teams will be split into four pots, but not all pots will be of equal size.  Pot One contains the eight seeded teams, Pot Two contains the five CAF teams and the remaining two CONMEBOL teams, Pot Three contains the four CONCACAF and the four AFC teams, and Pot Four contains the remaining nine UEFA teams.  In lieu of a special pot for the extra UEFA team, there will be a Pot X containing the four seeded CONMEBOL teams.

Before the rest of the draw occurs, one team from Pot Four will be drawn and then removed from Pot Four.  This European team will then be drawn with a team from Pot X to determine with which South American seed it will be paired.  Then, the draw begins in earnest.

Brasil will be assigned to position 1 in Group A.  The other seven seeds will be drawn into position 1 in their groups.  The European team chosen ahead of the draw will be placed in the group alongside their Pot X companion.  Pot Two is then drawn with the teams placed into groups in alphabetical order (Group A, then Group B, C, et cetera) as drawn with the added caveat that Chile and Ecuador cannot end up in the same group as a Pot X seed.  Pots Three and Four follow the same procedure as Pot Two except all eight groups will be available to all teams.  Lastly, within each group the teams from Pots Two, Three, and Four will then go through another random draw to determine their positions within their respective groups in order to determine the order of the fixtures within each group.

Pot One
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Switzerland

Pot X Subgroup
Brasil
Argentina
Colombia
Uruguay

Pot Two
Algeria
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria

Subgroup Protected from Pot X teams
Chile
Ecuador

Pot Three
Australia
Japan
Iran
South Korea
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
United States of America

Pot Four
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
England
France
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia

Here were the results of my new sample draw following the confirmed draw procedure.

A1 Brasil                               B1 Switzerland                  C1 Spain                               D1 Argentina

A2 Iran                                  B2 Mexico                           C2 Ghana                             D2 South Korea

A3 Bosnia                            B3 Algeria                            C3 United States              D3 Cote d’Ivoire

A4 Portugal                         B4 England                          C4 Russia                             D4 Croatia

 

E1 Belgium                          F1 Colombia                       G1 Germany                      H1 Uruguay

E2 Ecuador                          F2 Japan                               G2 Italy                                 H2 Netherlands

E3 Honduras                       F3 Greece                           G3 Australia                        H3 Nigeria

E4 France                             F4 Cameroon                     G4 Chile                               H4 Costa Rica

The European team drawn from Pot Four before the draw was Bosnia.  Bosnia drew Brasil out of Pot X, so I immediately threw Bosnia into Group A because Brasil were automatically placed in spot A1.  Next, I drew the Pot One seeded teams in this order: Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Germany, and Uruguay.  Pot Two came next.  They were drawn in this order: Algeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon (skipped over E to give Chile and Ecuador space), Nigeria (skipped over E and G to give Chile and Ecuador space), Ecuador, and Chile.  Pot Three was drawn in this order: Iran, Mexico, United States, South Korea, Honduras, Japan, Australia, and Costa Rica.  Pot Four fell out in this order: Portugal, England, Russia, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, and Netherlands.  Finally, positions 2, 3, and 4 in each group were drawn to give the diagram above.

Video of Announcement:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/final-draw/news/newsid=2238114/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_caption

News Reports:
http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/12/03/world-cup-2014-tough-groups-await-brazil-after-united-states-concacaf-placed?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=News&utm_campaign=Unpaid
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-world-cup-2014-draw-2879583