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17 May 2011<\/p>\n

A record African entry for the 2014 World Cup finals has been announced and the qualification process will begin before the end of this year, the Confederation of African Football said.<\/p>\n

Only Mauritania has failed to enter from Africa\u2019s 53-member countries, who will each be attempting to fill one of the five places reserved for the continent at the tournament in Brazil.<\/p>\n

For the first time in more than two decades, knockout matches will be used to determine the five African finalists, adding a more dramatic finish to the qualifying process towards the end of 2013.<\/p>\n

There will be three stages of preliminaries in the African zone, CAF said after a meeting of its executive committee in Cairo.<\/p>\n

The 24 bottom-ranked teams would play off against each other in 12 two-legged ties in November, immediately reducing the number of teams in the preliminary process.<\/p>\n

The 40 remaining countries will then be divided into 10 groups for a group phase from June next year to September 2013.<\/p>\n

The 10 group winners go onto compete in the final play-offs, which will be five two-legged ties and will determine who qualifies for Brazil.<\/p>\n

The announcement of Africa\u2019s preliminary process for the 2014 finals follows on similar announcements from Asia, Concacaf and Europe in recent months.<\/p>\n

World Cup qualifying will get underway in the Caribbean on June 3, more than a month before the World Cup draw is conducted in Rio de Janeiro on July 30.<\/p>\n

Asia has already held a qualify draw for the early stages of its preliminaries, which get underway on June 29.<\/p>\n

2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stage 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Round for 24 bottom FIFA ranked teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/11\/11 1st Leg
15\/11\/11 2nd Leg<\/p>\n

Stage 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group phase \u2013 10 groups of 4 teams (12 teams from Stage 1 + 28 teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n

01-05\/06\/12 Match Day 1
08-12\/06\/12 Match Day 2
22-26\/03\/13 Match Day 3
07-11\/06\/13 Match Day 4
14-18\/06\/13 Match Day 5
06-10\/09\/13 Match Day 6<\/p>\n

Stage 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Play-off phase \u2013 5 matches Home & Away 10 teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

11-15\/10\/13 1st Leg
15-19\/11\/13 2nd Leg<\/p>\n

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