2014 football World Cup draw: as it happened

Follow the live updates of the 2014 football World Cup draw that will divide the 32 teams, qualified for the next year's mega event, into eight groups of four each.

10:45 pm: This is how the teams were placed after the draw was completed:

2014 football WC draw: Spain placed in Group B with Chile, Australia and Netherlands

2014 football WC draw: Brazil placed in Group A with Mexico, Cameroon and Croatia

2014 football WC draw: Argentina placed in Group F with Nigeria, Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina

2014 football WC draw: Germany placed in Group G with Ghana, Portugal and USA

2014 football WC draw: Italy placed in Group D with Uruguay, Costa Rica and England

2014 football WC draw: France placed in Group E with Switzerland, Ecuador and Honduras

2014 football WC draw: Russia placed in Group H with Belgium, Algeria and Korea Republic

2014 football WC draw: Greece placed in Group C with Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire and Japan

10.30 pm: Brazil were placed in Group A, Spain in Group B, Colombia in Group C, Uruguay in Group D, Switzerland and Ecuador in Group E, Argentina and Nigeria in Group F, Germany and Ghana in Group G, Belgium and Algeria in Group H.

10.10 pm: "I really trust Brazil very much and I think we will be in the final," says the great Pele.

10 pm: "Scoring 15 goals in World Cups was easier for me to helping to organising it, but I'm confident that we can organise the best World Cup ever," said the Brazilian Ronaldo, who had many memorable performances at the mega event for his country.

9.45 pm: Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, spoke on the occasion, saying the next year's event would be "the World Cups of all World Cups."

9.35 pm: The draw began with a tribute to iconic figure Nelson Mandela who passed away in South Africa on Friday. A few moments silence announced for Mandela.

Here's a quick look at how it will work:

STEP 1: From the pot containing 9 European qualifiers, known as Pot 4, one team is picked at random. It is put in Pot 2, which has the 5 teams from Africa, plus Chile and Ecuador. This ensures that all 4 pots now have the same number of teams: 8.

STEP 2: The 8 teams in Pot 1 - containing hosts Brazil plus the top 7 seeded teams - are picked out one after another, starting with Brazil, and then divided into 8 groups, labeled A to H, with 1 team in each group.

How the 2014 football World Cup draw today will work

FIFA President Sepp Blatter. (Reuters)

STEP 3: One of the South American teams that was in Pot 1 - either Brazil, Argentina, Colombia or Uruguay - is designated at random.

STEP 4: The European team in Pot 2 is now put into that South American team's group.

STEP 5: Pot 2 is emptied, with its 7 remaining teams picked out one after another and divided into the groups, with one in each group.

STEP 6: The 8 teams in Pot 3 are drawn and put into the groups.

STEP 7: The 8 teams in Pot 4 are drawn and put into the groups.

Groups A to H now all have 4 teams.