At Poptimism last night we held the draw for the 2010 Pop World Cup. If you’re playing, and would like to know who you’ll be managing, details are below! The names – where I don’t know you already – are drawn from the original thread.

Group A
SOUTH AFRICA: Isabel Ewing
MEXICO: Tom (not me)
URUGUAY: Jim D
FRANCE: Alex Macpherson

Group B
ARGENTINA: Jonathan Bogart
SOUTH KOREA: Chris
NIGERIA: Matt DC
GREECE: Birdseed

Group C
ENGLAND: Bec
USA: Pete
ALGERIA: Martin Skidmore
SLOVENIA: Kat Stevens

Group D
GERMANY: Andrew Hickey
AUSTRALIA: ChrisB
GHANA: Ben Graham
SERBIA: Ruudboy

Group E
HOLLAND: Iain Forrester
JAPAN: Dasal Abayaratne
CAMEROON: Weston Debevec
DENMARK: Rob Hakimian

Group F
ITALY: Marna
NEW ZEALAND: Steve Mannion
PARAGUAY: Talia
SLOVAKIA: Julio

Group G
BRAZIL: Chris Ambrose
NORTH KOREA: Mark Sinker
IVORY COAST: Wichita Lineman
PORTUGAL: Job De Wit

Group H
SPAIN: Alberto
HONDURAS: CarsmileSteve
CHILE: Jel
SWITZERLAND: Justfanoe

If you’re playing, I’ll email you by the end of next week with more details and an idea of when you need to get your songs in – nothing until the end of January, though. But for now I’m off on holiday!