Namibia: Warriors Poised for Easy Draw for 2014 World Cup

19 July 2011

Windhoek — Following the Brave Warriors’ recent 1-0 victory against Malawi, Namibia has moved into the seeded pot for the preliminary round draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Before the match at the Mzuzu Stadium in northern Malawi, the Warriors were obliged to engage in a friendly match and record a win before July 21 in order to improve their FIFA rankings, which could ultimately place them in the seeded pot.

During the preliminary round, Namibia will avoid countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Congo DR, Togo and Mozambique and faces the prospect of taking on minnows in the shape of Lesotho, São Tomè & Principe, Swaziland and the Seychelles.

The first round of 12 two-legged knockout encounters will be held on November 11 and 15, with the draw to be held in Brazil on July 30.

The 12 winners will join the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the 2nd round, which will consist of 10 groups of four countries.

The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – will advance to a 3rd round of five two-legged knockout matches.

The five group winners will gain automatic qualification to represent the African contintnet at the global showpeice.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup seeding CAF pots looks as follows:

Preliminary Round:

Pot 1: Mozambique, Congo DR, Togo, Liberia, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Madagascar, Namibia.

Pot 2: Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Swaziland, Comoros, Lesotho, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Mauritius, Seychelles, São Tomè & Principe.

Group Stage:

Pot 1: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Algeria, and Tunisia

Pot 2: Gabon, Libya, Morocco, Guinea, Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Cape Verde Islands

Pot 3: Benin, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Niger, Gambia, Angola

The winners of the first two match-ups from the preliminary round (in the order of the draw) will be placed in Pot 3 while the other winners will be placed in Pot 4.

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