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england have been drawn against their euro 2008 nemeses croatia for the 2010 world cup south africa qualifiers.
it gives england a chance to avenge last week's defeat by croatia which eliminated them from next summer's euro 2008 finals in austria and switzerland.
ukraine, belarus, kazakhstan and andorra are the other group six teams.
scotland have been paired in a group with holland, wales will face russia and germany, while northern ireland face czech republic and poland.
republic of ireland were drawn in group eight along with world champions italy and bulgaria.
france, runners-up from the 2006 finals, have been placed in a group with romania and serbia.
the winners of each european group will qualify for the finals automatically and the best eight runners-up play off for four more qualifying berths.
croatia england wc 2010 world cup soccer football south africa hrvatska slaven bilic david beckham zinedine zidane thierry henry bojan krkic nikola vlasic zvonimir boban raul ronaldo ronaldinho obedi pele roger milla lampard totti francesco stotish eire ireland karembau tigana jean paul da silva eduardo guus hiddink russia
christian karembeu
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