Why Germany Was Supposed To Be Drawn in the Group of Death and Why It Escaped

Millions of football fans all over the world cast their eyes toward Leipzig, Germany, to follow the 2006 FIFA World Cup Draw December 9, 2005. Prior to the draw, 32 teams qualified for the World Cup. The draw divides those teams into eight groups, labeled A through H, of four teams each. Each group of four plays a roundrobin—every team plays every other team, for a total of six games within the group—and the top two teams in each group advance to the next stage. The question we want to raise here is about the mathematical fairness of the draw. Did all the top teams have the same chance of being placed in a group with a difficult opponent? To answer this question, we will take a look at the FIFA procedure for the draw. FIFA Rules