German football legend Franz Beckenbauer attends the draw ceremony along with chancellor Angela Merkel

Pele and former German World Cup-winning captain Lothar Mattaeus are given a tremendous reception by the audience

England are the first nation to be selected from the draw and go into group B

Sven-Goran Eriksson's side will face Trinidad & Tobago, Paraguay and - as they did in 2002 - his native Sweden

"It is not an easy group but it could have been worse - I am happy," Eriksson declares

German model Heidi Klum co-hosts the ceremony - Germany will play Costa Rica, Ecuador and Poland in their group

Uefa's Lennart Johannsen greets ex-France star Michel Platini, whose country face Switzerland, South Korea and Togo