The World Cup Draw is now complete and with 32 teams getting placed into 8 groups for the Brazil 2014 tournament and there are a number of nations that are in tough draw results, including the US and England, who are possibly in groups of death and now the schedule is set for the opening games and the tournament now has even more anticipation and excitement.
Spain comes in as the defending champions of the World Cup and they will match up against the Netherlands to start things off and Brazil comes in for a decent group A, and they will start off against Croatia. The group A grouping is a tough one but it should have some favorable matchups for Brazil, as they will be in with Mexico as well as Croatia and Cameroon and the Mexican team is in after the US helped them along during qualifying. The tops of the groups are very tough and heading into the tournament for Group B, Spain will have Chile, Australia and Netherlands and that is a solid group.
England and the US as well as Germany got a tough group and in Group C the teams are the Ivory Coast as well as Colombia and Japan, while Group D is considered one of the toughest, as it has Uruguay as well as Italy, Costa Rica and England and that is the group that England likely did not want to get in from out four and now they will have a tough time just making it out of the first round of play.
The Group E grouping is a solid test for the teams with Switzerland, Honduras, Ecuador and France and it could mean another disappointment for France and that group has some travel issues to worry about. The next group has some easy teams with Argentina, Nigeria, Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Group F and Argentina will open up with Bosnia and the Group G set has one of the toughest sets with Germany, Ghana, United States and Portugal and that will be nearly impossible for the US to get out of with all of those teams and in Group H is Belgium, Korean Republic, Algeria and Russia.
Some of the top opening games includes Mexico playing against Cameroon and the US playing against Ghana, while Portugal and Germany will face off and that should be tough as well. Italy and England will play in a notable matchup and the schedule now it set for the opening round of play.
