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Taking place at 4.00pm today.
Pot 1 (top eight seeds): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay.
Pot 2: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador.
Pot 3: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras.
Pot 4: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, France.
The countries have been placed in pots dependent on their geographical region.
The unseeded South American countries and the qualifiers from Africa are in Pot 2, Pot 3 is made up of the teams from Asia and North and Central America and the nine unseeded teams from Europe are in Pot 4.
However, England could yet be moved into Pot 2.
It had been widely reported that there would be eight teams in Pot 4 - with France moved into another pot as the lowest-ranked European team at the cut-off point in October.
However, football's world governing body Fifa announced on Tuesday that a pre-draw will take place before the main draw and one country will be moved into Pot 2.
After one European team from Pot 4 is moved into Pot 2 at random (to make the pots even), the draw can begin.
Each pot is drawn one ball at a time into each group - so the eight top seeds (Pot 1) will be drawn randomly into the eight groups, from A to H in order, with the exception of hosts Brazil, who are definitely in Group A.
Following this, the teams from Pot 2 will be drawn at random into each group, however there are caveats. The European team that is moved to Pot 2 will only be put in a group with one of the four South American seeds. These South American seeds will be put into a temporary Pot X. One of these four teams will be drawn, and that is the group the European team will be put in. The rest of the teams in Pot 2 will then be drawn at random into Groups A to H in order (skipping the Group which the European team has already been drawn in). If one of the two unseeded South American teams are drawn into a Group with a seeded South American side, that Group will be skipped and they will be placed in the next available Group.
Pot 3 is then drawn into each group, from A to H in order, before the same is done for Pot 4.
Following this, there will be a draw for the positions of each team in each group, excluding the seeds. The seeds will automatically take 'Position 1', with the other teams being drawn at random for Positions 2, 3 and 4. The Position decides in which order the teams play each other and in which cities.
Pot 1 (top eight seeds): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay.
Pot 2: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador.
Pot 3: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras.
Pot 4: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, France.
The countries have been placed in pots dependent on their geographical region.
The unseeded South American countries and the qualifiers from Africa are in Pot 2, Pot 3 is made up of the teams from Asia and North and Central America and the nine unseeded teams from Europe are in Pot 4.
However, England could yet be moved into Pot 2.
It had been widely reported that there would be eight teams in Pot 4 - with France moved into another pot as the lowest-ranked European team at the cut-off point in October.
However, football's world governing body Fifa announced on Tuesday that a pre-draw will take place before the main draw and one country will be moved into Pot 2.
After one European team from Pot 4 is moved into Pot 2 at random (to make the pots even), the draw can begin.
Each pot is drawn one ball at a time into each group - so the eight top seeds (Pot 1) will be drawn randomly into the eight groups, from A to H in order, with the exception of hosts Brazil, who are definitely in Group A.
Following this, the teams from Pot 2 will be drawn at random into each group, however there are caveats. The European team that is moved to Pot 2 will only be put in a group with one of the four South American seeds. These South American seeds will be put into a temporary Pot X. One of these four teams will be drawn, and that is the group the European team will be put in. The rest of the teams in Pot 2 will then be drawn at random into Groups A to H in order (skipping the Group which the European team has already been drawn in). If one of the two unseeded South American teams are drawn into a Group with a seeded South American side, that Group will be skipped and they will be placed in the next available Group.
Pot 3 is then drawn into each group, from A to H in order, before the same is done for Pot 4.
Following this, there will be a draw for the positions of each team in each group, excluding the seeds. The seeds will automatically take 'Position 1', with the other teams being drawn at random for Positions 2, 3 and 4. The Position decides in which order the teams play each other and in which cities.
