As the countdown for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final continues, SBS will broadcast the final draw LIVE on SBS ONE and
streamed online on Saturday 7 December from 2.45am AEDT
(WA audience joins the coverage at 12.45am local time).
The draw will commence at 3am AEDT with the 32 nations - including Australia of course - to find out who their adversaries and groups are. It will be a time not only for coaches and players, but for the millions of anxious fans located in all corners of the world.
SBS football host Les Murray will be live in Bahia, Brazil, as the draw is announced, with several FIFA World Cup stars assisting with the draw including Zinedine Zidane (France), Sir Geoff Hurst (England), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) and Mario Kempes (Argentina).
“On this day, Planet Football will have its eyes trained on Bahia’s Costa do Sauipe," FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke wrote in one of his columns.
"The group draw is in itself an event, with television audiences in the hundreds of millions around the entire world, the same number we see for a FIFA World Cup match.”
Scott McIntyre will be live in studio with SBS Chief Football Analyst Craig Foster and former Socceroos midfielder Jason Culina to give their thoughts and analysis on the draw.
SBS will hear from Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou immediately after the draw for his reaction on the Socceroos fixture.
SBS will also be providing live social updates via Twitter and Facebook and there is a repeat of the broadcast later in the day at 5.30pm on SBS ONE.
And next year SBS will broadcast all 64 matches from the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final LIVE and EXCLUSIVE to Australian audiences.
