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Slaven Bilic's men ran out 3-2 winners at Wembley in midweek to seal England's fate and the teams will get the chance to renew acquaintances when the road to South Africa begins next autumn.

The other sides in Group Six are Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

Scotland will face Holland, Norway, FYR Macedonia and Iceland in their five-team group - the Scots were placed in the smallest of the nine European groups, group nine, while the other eight groups all feature six teams.

Alex McLeish's side agonisingly missed out on qualifying for the Euro 2008 finals, and Scotland's last appearance at a major summer tournament came at the 1998 World Cup in France.

Meanwhile, John Toshack's Wales have been pitted against World Cup 2006 semi-finalists Germany in Group Four.

They also face Russia - the other side who qualified for Euro 2008 ahead of England - as well as Finland, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The Welsh are familiar with Finland, having faced them in Euro 2004 qualifying.

Northern Ireland face tough tests against Czech Republic and Poland in Group Three - Nigel Worthington's side, who narrowly missed out on qualification for the Euro 2008 finals last week, will also come up against Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino.

Managerless Republic of Ireland have been drawn in Group Eight alongside reigning World champions Italy.

They will also face Bulgaria, Georgia, Montenegro and Cyprus, to whom they suffered an humiliating 5-2 defeat against during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for Euro 2008.