Friday's draw pits defending champion Spain against the Netherlands for its opening World Cup game, a repeat of the 2010 final, while host Brazil faces a relatively easy path to the knockout stage.

Mandela, the former South Africa president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on Thursday. His last major public appearance was at the World Cup final in Johannesburg in July 2010.

South Africa staged a slick and glitzy ceremony on Friday for the World Cup draw and Nelson Mandela said his country was humbled to host the soccer spectacular for the first time on the continent.