2011 FIFA Women's World Cup - Final Draw

Final Draw

The Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 28 November 2010. Four teams – Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil – were seeded based on their FIFA Women's World Rankings and previous achievements. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, with the exception of Group A, which would include two European teams.

Pot 1

The groups of the four seeded teams were predetermined before the draw.

Pot 2

Australia and Korea DPR could not be drawn against fellow AFC qualifier Japan in Group B. Similarly, Canada and Mexico could not be drawn against the other CONCACAF qualifier (the United States) in Group C.

Pot 3

To avoid two CONMEBOL teams being drawn into Group D, if Colombia were not the first team drawn from Pot 3 then the side drawn would be placed directly into Group D.

Pot 4

Group A would be the group with two European teams.

The group draw was staged in Frankfurt, Germany, on 29 November 2010 at the Congress Centrum. The ceremony was presented by Organising Committee president Steffi Jones, assisted by FIFA Head of Women's Competitions Tatjana Haenni. The balls were drawn by former German international Günter Netzer and Slovak model and women's football ambassador Adriana Karembeu.