Pot 1: Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Columbia, Belgium, Uruguay, Switzerland Pot 2: USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Australia Pot 3: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria, Chile, Ecuador, France Pot 4: Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Bosnia, England, Greece, Croatia, Portugal Opens the door for a potential Spain-USA-Chile-Netherlands/Italy nightmare group, thanks to the insistence on potting strictly by association. If they did things more like the CL draw, or even the NCAA tourney S-curve, even giving the host nation top seed, it'd look more like... Rank Host. Brazil 1. Spain 2. Germany 3. Argentina 4. Colombia 5. Belgium 6. Uruguay 7. Switzerland 8. Netherlands 9. Italy 10. England 12. Chile 13. USA 14. Portugal 15. Greece 16. Bosnia-Herzegovina 17. Ivory Coast 18. Croatia 19. Russia 21. France 23. Ghana 24. Mexico 31. Costa Rica 32. Algeria 33. Nigeria 34. Honduras 44. Japan 49. Iran 56. South Korea 57. Australia 59. Cameroon Straight S-curve groups, sliding teams up/down a spot only for association rules: Group A: Brazil, Bosnia, Croatia, Cameroon Group B: Spain, Greece, Ivory Coast, Australia Group C: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, South Korea Group D: Argentina, USA, Russia, Iran Group E: Colombia, England, France, Japan Group F: Belgium, Chile, Ghana, Honduras Group G: Uruguay, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria Group H: Switzerland, Netherlands, Costa Rica, Algeria