London 2012 Olympic Soccer Tournament Draw Created
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(PRWEB) April 24, 2012
The draws for the London 2012 Olympic Soccer Event took area at Wembley Stadium today (Tuesday 24 April) confirming the Group Levels for the mens and womens tournaments.
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*International stars just take element in official draw occasion at Wembley Stadium
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*Stuart Pearces Staff GBs males drawn towards Senegal, Uruguay and United Arab Emirates and Hope Powells females placed in a group with New Zealand, Cameroon and Brazil
*Spain to enjoy Japan in their very first video game although Brazil will take on Egypt
Brazilian legend, and a former Olympic bronze medalist at the Atlanta 1996 Games, Ronaldo, was a single of a number of figures from the globe of soccer who carried out the draw which saw Stuart Pearces Crew GBs guys drawn towards Senegal, Uruguay and United Arab Emirates and Hope Powells girls put in a team with New Zealand, Cameroon and Brazil .
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Other highlights in the mens tournament noticed Spain drawn versus Japan, Morocco and Honduras whilst Brazil will just take on Egypt, Belarus and New Zealand. In the womens tournament, USA, gold medallists in 2008, will deal with Columbia, France and North Korea and Japan, winners of the 2011 FIFA Womens Planet Cup, had been matched with Canada, Sweden and South Africa.
The event will kick off two times before the London 2012 Opening Ceremony when Team GB females perform New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. With matches getting played at venues across the Uk the tournaments stand for a amazing possibility for soccer enthusiasts to see the worlds very best gamers in the womens event and some of the stars of tomorrow in the mens tournament.
LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: Now that the attracts for the Olympic Football Tournament have taken location, supporters can begin to get excited about the remarkable spectacle, the extraordinary groups and planet class people in equally the mens and womens tournaments that will be coming to Great Britain this summer season.
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With matches taking location throughout England as well as in Scotland and Wales, and with tickets even now obtainable, soccer also offers folks with a exclusive possibility to nevertheless appreciate the Olympic experience this summer time.
Tickets for the soccer tournament will go on sale in early Might.
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For pictures from todays draw, be sure to stick to this website link:
http://mm.gettyimages.com/mm/nicePath/locog?nav=pr166616682
Notes to editors:
For more details remember to contact the London 2012 Press Business office.
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The Throughout the world Olympic Partners who assist the London 2012 Olympic Game titles and the National Olympic Committees close to the globe are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonalds, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
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LOCOG has 7 domestic Tier One Companions – adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are 7 domestic Tier Two Supporters Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook dinner and UPS. There are now 20-eight domestic Tier A few Suppliers and Providers Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outside, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken United kingdom, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, Naturel VALLEY, Up coming, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Programs, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames H2o, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.
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There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Game titles-only Associate, Sainsburys and 1 domestic Tier A few Paralympic Game titles-only Provider, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Game titles also acknowledges the help of the Countrywide Lottery.
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About Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB is happy to partner the London 2012 ticketing programme and is supporting communities all in excess of Britain on their journey to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Online games. To uncover out far more about its London 2012 programmes pay a visit to Lloydstsb.com/London2012
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