{"id":648,"date":"2009-12-04T20:57:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T19:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2009-12-05T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:35:19","slug":"england-drawn-in-group-c-with-usa-algeria-and-slovenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/04\/england-drawn-in-group-c-with-usa-algeria-and-slovenia\/","title":{"rendered":"England Drawn in Group C with USA, Algeria, and Slovenia"},"content":{"rendered":"
The World Cup draw has just been completed about 90 minutes ago, and whilst England have been given a fairly decent draw from a footballing point of view (avoiding France, Portugal, and Ivory Coast) the journey sees them cover over 2000 km just in the group stage, and to get to the final by road fans would be covering over 6,000km!<\/div>\n
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City<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\nDate<\/td>\nType<\/td>\nTeam 1<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nTeam 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rustenburg<\/td>\nRoyal Bafokeng<\/td>\n12 June, 20:30<\/td>\nGroup C<\/td>\nEngland<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Town<\/td>\nGreen Point<\/td>\n18 June, 20:30<\/td>\nGroup C<\/td>\nEngland<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nAlgeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Elizabeth<\/td>\nNelson Mandela Bay<\/td>\n23 June, 16:00<\/td>\nGroup C<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nEngland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Group stage driving distance between host cities for England fans: 2183 km<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And then if we get through the group…<\/p>\n

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City<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\nDate<\/td>\nType<\/td>\nTeam 1<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nTeam 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rustenburg<\/td>\nRoyal Bafokeng<\/td>\n26 June, 20:30<\/td>\nRound of 16 (3)<\/td>\nWinner Group C<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\n2nd Group D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johannesburg<\/td>\nSoccer City<\/td>\n2 July, 20:30<\/td>\nQuarter Final (A)<\/td>\nWinner Game 1<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nWinner Game 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Town<\/td>\nGreen Point<\/td>\n6 July, 20:30<\/td>\nSemi Final (I)<\/td>\nWinner QF A<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nWinner QF C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johannesburg<\/td>\nSoccer City<\/td>\n11 July, 20:30<\/td>\nFinal<\/td>\nWinner SF I<\/td>\nvs<\/td>\nWinner SF II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Total driving distance between host cities (both group & knockout stages): 6105 km<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The full list of groups are:<\/p><\/div>\n

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Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France.<\/div>\n
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece.<\/div>\n
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia.
\nGroup D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana.
\nGroup E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon.
\nGroup F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia.
\nGroup G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal.
\nGroup H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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