World Cup Draw: France land Swiss

Friday 9 December, 2005

Raymond Domenech’s France have been pooled with Switzerland, South Korea and Togo in Group G for next summer’s World Cup.

Les Bleus successfully avoided another major team and will be confident of qualifying as one of the section’s top two sides.

They face a Switzerland side that held them to two draws in the qualifying campaign, while Monaco striker Emmanuel Adebayor will lead Togo’s challenge.

Draw in full:

GROUP G
France
Switzerland
South Korea
Togo

Les Bleus fixtures:
France v Switzerland 13/6 (Stuttgart)
France v South Korea 18/6 (Leipzig)
France v Togo 23/6 (Cologne)

GROUP A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

GROUP B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden

GROUP C
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Holland

GROUP D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal

GROUP E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic

GROUP F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan

GROUP H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia