Brazil, Spain, Britain kept apart in Olympic draw

Brazil, Spain, Britain kept apart in Olympic draw

Published Apr. 23, 2012 10:30 p.m. ET

Brazil, Spain, Britain and Mexico have been chosen as seeded teams for the men's Olympic soccer tournament and will be kept apart at Tuesday's group-stage draw. The draw will separate European and Latin American teams.

In the 12-team women's draw, Olympic champion United States, world champion Japan and Britain are the seeded and will be kept apart in the four groups.

Britain, with a men's team at the Olympics for the first time since 1960, will lead Group A. World champion Spain will headline Group D. Brazil - the best men's soccer team in Olympic history - is the seeded team in Group C.

Senegal became the last of the 16 teams to qualify. It beat Oman 2-0 on Monday in the final qualifier at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, one of the six host venues for the games.

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