30 July 2011
The draw for the qualification rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place place on Saturday night and MTNFootball.com brought you all the fixtures and groups as they were named.
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DRAW AS IT HAPPENED
19h59: That concludes the draw for tonight. Defending champions Spain have been drawn with France on the road to Brazil 2014, that is perhaps the big story of the evening!
19h40: We are under way with Europe, there are nine groups, with the winners automatically advancing to the final and the eight best second-placed finishers meeting in a play-off to decide the final four:
Group A
Croatia
Serbia
Belgium
Scotland
Macedonia
Wales
Group B
Italy
Denmark
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Armenia
Malta
Group C
Germany
Sweden
Republic of Ireland
Austria
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan
Group D
Netherlands
Turkey
Hungary
Romania
Estonia
Andorra
Group E
Norway
Slovenia
Switzerland
Albania
Cyprus
Iceland
Group F
Portugal
Russia
Israel
Northern Ireland
Azerbaijan
Luxembourg
Group G
Greece
Slovakia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Lithuania
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Group H
England
Montenegro
Ukraine
Poland
Moldova
San Marino
Group I
Spain
France
Belarus
Georgia
Finland
19h36: There is quite a build-up to the European qualifiers draw. Having rushed through the rest of the programme, there is no doubt where FIFA believe the importance of tonight is.
19h30: That leaves just Europe to come, there are 53 countries to be drawn so this might take a while!
19h27: Here we go with Oceania:
Group A
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
Winner Round One
Tahiti
Group B
Fiji
New Zealand
Solomons Islands
Papua New Guinea
19h23: The next confederation drawn will be Oceania, which has two pools of four teams each.
19h19: A musical interlude so we can all draw some breath. It has been a frenetic evening so far, make sure you let us know your thoughts on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/mtnfootball
19h14: The third round of North, Central America and Caribbean to be drawn now. See 19h06 for the previous groups drawn:
Group A
USA
Jamaica
Winner Group E
Winner Group F
Group B
Mexico
Costa Rica
Winner Group A
Winner Group B
Group C
Honduras
Cuba
Winner Group D
Winner Group C
19h06: Here we go with North, Central America and Caribbean. USA, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Cuba and Costa Rica all have a bye into the next round:
Group A
El Salvador
Suriname
Cayman Islands
Dominican Republic
Group B
Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana
Barbados
Bermuda
Group C
Panama
Dominica
Nicaragua
Bahamas
Group D
Canada
St Kitts and Nevis
Puerto Rica
St Lucia
Group E
Grenada
Guatemala
St Vincent/Grenadines
Belize
Group F
Haiti
Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao
US Virgin Islands
19h04: North, Central America and Caribbean are up next. They have six groups of four teams to draw at this stage. And it is about to start …
18h45: ASIA’s draw is next up and it is as follows:
Group A
China
Jordan
Iraq
Singapore
Group B
Korea Republic
Kuwait
UAE
Lebanon
Group C
Japan
Uzbekistan
Syria
Korea DPR
Group D
Australia
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Thailand
Group E
Iran
Qatar
Bahrain
Indonesia
18h33: The groups stage will now be done for AFRICA:
Group A
South Africa
Botswana
Central African Republic
Somalia or Ethiopia
Group B
Tunisia
Cape Verde Islands
Sierra Leone
Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar
Group C
Cote d’Ivoire
Morocco
Gambia
Chad or Tanzania
Group D
Ghana
Zambia
Sudan
Lesotho or Burundi
Group E
Burkina Faso
Gabon
Niger
Sao Tome e Principe or Congo
Group F
Nigeria
Malawi
Seychelles or Kenya
Djibouti or Namibia
Group G
Egypt
Guinea
Zimbabwe
Comoros or Mozambique
Group H
Algeria
Mali
Benin
Eritrea or Rwanda
Group I
Cameroon
Libya
Guinea-Bissau or Togo
Swaziland or DR Congo
Group J
Senegal
Uganda
Angola
Mauritius or Liberia
18:25: The 24 lowest ranked sides in Africa will play over two legs for a place in the group stages. Those matches are as follows:
Match 1: Seychelles vs Kenya
Match 2: Guinea-Bissau vs Togo
Match 3: Djibouti vs Namibia
Match 4: Mauritius vs Liberia
Match 5: Comoros vs Mozambique
Match 6: Equatorial Guinea vs Madagascar
Match 7: Somalia vs Ethiopia
Match 8: Lesotho vs Burundi
Match 9: Eritrea vs Rwanda
Match 10: Swaziland vs DR Congo
Match 11: Sao Tome e Principe vs Congo
Match 12: Chad vs Tanzania
18h23: Now up AFRICA!
18h22: The first draw of the night in the inter-continental play-off, to see who plays who:
The fifth-placed side in Asia will play North, Central America and Caribbean, while the fifth-best side in South America takes on the Oceania representative.
18h20: Draw master will be FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, as he was four years ago in Durban.
18h17: The president’s speech is over and we are now looking back at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Ah, the memories …
18h11: The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, takes to the podium to give her thoughts.
18h09: Blatter is thanking all in Brazil for their work ahead of the finals, but is also making a few unguarded hints about the need to move forward with preparations at pace …
18h02: The ceremony begins with a speech from FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
17h50: Welcome to our live coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup draw with the ceremony to begin at 18h00 GMT. There will be the usual pomp and speeches before we get to the real action, but stay with us and feel free to comment to on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/mtnfootball