All the news from the build up to 2010

If you have not yet had success in obtaining tickets via the FIFA website but are determined to get your hands on some tickets for a World Cup match in South Africa next year, our message to you, is be careful and keep trying at FIFA.

It was reported in September that up to 100 websites were selling tickets that don´t exist and as the event gets closer more and more of these websites are going to appear with the same promise of tickets for matches you thought impossible to get.

Read more: Looking to tickets for a World Cup match? Be careful and cautious

The draw for the World Cup has just finished in Cape Town and all the games, locations and dates are now set - the World Cup is just around the corner.

Hosts South Africa have a tough group and England will be more than happy. In all likelihood, Fabio Capello is possibly one of the happier managers after the draw. There is no real stand out group and overall, it is set up for a very exciting tournament but not many teams, even England, will fancy they are going to win their group. Maybe, just Brazil.

Read more: Groups created and matches for World Cup now set

About an hour ago, FIFA confirmed the seedings for the 2010 World Cup draw that will take place on Friday in Cape Town.

We predicted yesterday where we thought the teams were going to be placed and we were wrong, but we were really close. We thought France would be seeded, but they are not, but England are, which means there is no chance for England to meet other seeded teams.

Read more: Pots for World Cup 2010 draw created

The draw for the 2010 World Cup takes place on Friday this week and when it is over, every football fan following the event will know who their country have. Basically, the World Cup starts on Friday as we'll be able to create little league tables, even if they are all going to be on zero points for a few months.

But how is it all going to work? Well, that is the point of this post. We are going to explain it to you as best we can. We say as best we can, because we will not know until tomorrow who the seeded countries are, but we are going to take a guess and yes, for the purposes of this post, England are seeded.

Read more: World Cup finals draw to take place in Cape Town on Friday

Unless my numbers are all wrong, the qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa next year are over and we have the final list of teams that will be attending below.

The Irish will feel the hardest done by tonight after Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball to set up the goal that eventually saw them qualify but I have a feeling that a few Irishmen in France will be having fun tonight.

Read more: World Cup qualifiers over: France, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Uruguay and Algeria all through