About 8, 000 delegates are expected to attend the conference at Birmingham's InternationalConventionCentre, where security will be much tighter than in previous years.
However, England also face tough matches against Ukraine and Belarus - and there were gasps in the audience at Durban's InternationalConventionCentre as the group was completed.
The star-studded draw ceremony, held at the Cape Town InternationalConventionCentre, began with a video message from revered former South Africa president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela.