By Clayton Barnes - 2010 Writer
The world's top soccer players and coaches will make their way to Cape Town in Decemboer for Fifa's much-awaited final draw.
The draw - at which the final 32 teams participating in the event, and the groups in which they will play, will be announced - is to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
More than 700 million soccer fans from around the globe are expected to share in the excitement of the draw.
Local organising committee chief executive Danny Jordaan said on Tuesday planning was on track and the LOC was satisfied with preparations.
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"The final draw is a huge, world-class event," he said.
Twenty-three of the 32 participating teams have already qualified, with the remaining nine slots to be filled in 2009.
Apart from hosts South Africa, the remaining 22 emerged from qualifying matches held over the past few years.
Europe tops the list with nine teams: Germany, Denmark, England, Serbia, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Ghana and the Ivory Coast will represent Africa so far. Three more places will be decided on November 14, when Cameroon, Gabon, Togo and Morocco fight it out.
From Asia and Oceania, Australia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea have qualified. Bahrain and New Zealand will battle it out for the fifth slot in their playoff in the zone early in December.
The US, Mexico and Honduras are through from the Concacaf region. Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina will represent South America.
- This article was originally published on page 4 of Cape Argus on November 04, 2009
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