Africa 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Draws

Fifty two out of the 53 African Nations will vie for the 5 slots available to the continent for the 2014 Brazil World Cup. CAF will begin its qualifying campaign with a 12 two-leg knock-out tie to be played amongst the 24 lowest rank team of the continent according to the FIFA ranking.

The first round draws for the CAF are as follows and the matches are likely to be played between 11-15 November 2011.Pair 1: Seychelles vs KenyaPair 2: Guinea-Bissau vs TogoPair 3: Djibouti vs NamibiaPair 4: Mauritius vs LiberiaPair 5: Comoros vs MozambiquePair 6: Equatorial Guinea vs MadagascarPair 7: Somalia vs EthoipiaPair 8: Lesotho vs BurundiPair 9: Eritrea vs RwandaPair 10: Swaziland vs Congo DRPair 11: Sao Tome e Principe vs CongoPair 12: Chad vs Tanzania

The twelve winners from this round will join the remaining twenty eight teams to make the second round a forty team affair. The forty teams are divided into ten groups of four teams each, playing in a round robin format. The matches are likely to place between 11-15 October and 15-19 November 2013.

Group A: South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic and Somalia/EthoipiaGroup B: Tunisia, Cape Verde Island, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea/MadagascarGroup C: Cote d’Ivoire, Morocco, Gambia and Chad/TanzaniaGroup D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan and Lesotho/BurundiGroup E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger and Sao Tome e Principe/CongoGroup F: Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles/Kenya and Djibouti/NamibiaGroup G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe and Comoros/MozambiqueGroup H: Algeria, Mali, Benin and Eritrea/RwandaGroup I: Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau/Togo and Swaziland/Congo DRGroup J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola and Mauritius/Liberia

The toper of each group qualifies for the third round where they will play 5 two-leg knock-out ties. The winner directly qualifies for the world cup.

Edited by Staff Editor