{"id":470801,"date":"2011-07-31T04:31:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T04:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/31\/2014-qual-draw-as-it-happened\/"},"modified":"2011-07-31T04:31:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T04:31:44","slug":"2014-qual-draw-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/2014-qual-draw-as-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 qual draw as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"157.968053492\">\n<p>30 July 2011<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the qualification rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place place on Saturday night and MTNFootball.com\u00a0brought you all the fixtures and groups as they were named.<\/p>\n<p>Have your say on our <strong>FACEBOOK<\/strong> page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball<\/a><br \/><strong><br \/>DRAW AS IT HAPPENED<br \/><\/strong><strong><br \/>19h59:<\/strong> That concludes the draw for tonight. Defending champions Spain\u00a0have been drawn with France\u00a0on the road\u00a0to Brazil 2014, that is perhaps the\u00a0big story of the evening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h40:<\/strong> 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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<br \/><\/strong>Croatia<br \/>Serbia<br \/>Belgium<br \/>Scotland<br \/>Macedonia<br \/>Wales<br \/><strong><br \/>Group B<br \/><\/strong>Italy<br \/>Denmark<br \/>Czech Republic<br \/>Bulgaria<br \/>Armenia<br \/>Malta<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<\/strong><br \/>Germany<br \/>Sweden<br \/>Republic of Ireland<br \/>Austria<br \/>Faroe Islands<br \/>Kazakhstan<br \/><strong><br \/>Group D<br \/><\/strong>Netherlands<br \/>Turkey<br \/>Hungary<br \/>Romania<br \/>Estonia<br \/>Andorra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E<\/strong><br \/>Norway<br \/>Slovenia<br \/>Switzerland<br \/>Albania<br \/>Cyprus<br \/>Iceland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group F<\/strong><br \/>Portugal<br \/>Russia<br \/>Israel<br \/>Northern Ireland<br \/>Azerbaijan<br \/>Luxembourg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G<br \/><\/strong>Greece<br \/>Slovakia<br \/>Bosnia-Herzegovina<br \/>Lithuania<br \/>Latvia<br \/>Liechtenstein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H<\/strong><br \/>England<br \/>Montenegro<br \/>Ukraine<br \/>Poland<br \/>Moldova<br \/>San Marino<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group I<\/strong><br \/>Spain<br \/>France<br \/>Belarus<br \/>Georgia<br \/>Finland<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h36:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h30:<\/strong> That leaves just Europe to come, there are 53 countries to be drawn so this might take a while!<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h27:<\/strong> Here we go with Oceania:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<br \/><\/strong>Vanuatu<br \/>New Caledonia<br \/>Winner Round One<br \/>Tahiti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><br \/>Fiji<br \/>New Zealand<br \/>Solomons Islands<br \/>Papua New Guinea<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h23:<\/strong> The next confederation drawn will be Oceania, which has two pools of four teams each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h19:<\/strong> A musical interlude so we can all draw some breath. It has been a\u00a0frenetic evening so far, make sure you let us know your thoughts on our Facebook page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>19h14:<\/strong> The third round of North, Central America and Caribbean to be drawn now. See 19h06 for the previous groups drawn:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<\/strong><br \/>USA<br \/>Jamaica<br \/>Winner Group E<br \/>Winner Group F<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><br \/>Mexico<br \/>Costa Rica<br \/>Winner Group A<br \/>Winner Group B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<br \/><\/strong>Honduras<br \/>Cuba<br \/>Winner Group D<br \/>Winner Group C<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h06:<\/strong> 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:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<\/strong><br \/>El Salvador<br \/>Suriname<br \/>Cayman Islands<br \/>Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><br \/>Trinidad &#038; Tobago<br \/>Guyana<br \/>Barbados<br \/>Bermuda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<\/strong><br \/>Panama<br \/>Dominica<br \/>Nicaragua<br \/>Bahamas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D<\/strong><br \/>Canada<br \/>St Kitts and Nevis<br \/>Puerto Rica<br \/>St Lucia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E<br \/><\/strong>Grenada<br \/>Guatemala<br \/>St Vincent\/Grenadines<br \/>Belize<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group F<\/strong><br \/>Haiti<br \/>Antigua &#038; Barbuda<br \/>Curacao<br \/>US Virgin Islands<\/p>\n<p><strong>19h04:<\/strong> 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 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h45:<\/strong> ASIA&#8217;s draw is next up and it is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<br \/><\/strong>China<br \/>Jordan<br \/>Iraq<br \/>Singapore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<\/strong><br \/>Korea Republic<br \/>Kuwait<br \/>UAE<br \/>Lebanon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<br \/><\/strong>Japan<br \/>Uzbekistan<br \/>Syria<br \/>Korea DPR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D<br \/><\/strong>Australia<br \/>Saudi Arabia<br \/>Oman<br \/>Thailand<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E<br \/><\/strong>Iran<br \/>Qatar<br \/>Bahrain<br \/>Indonesia<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h33:<\/strong> The groups stage will now be done for AFRICA:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A<br \/><\/strong>South Africa<br \/>Botswana<br \/>Central African Republic<br \/>Somalia\u00a0or\u00a0Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B<br \/><\/strong>Tunisia<br \/>Cape Verde Islands<br \/>Sierra Leone<br \/>Equatorial Guinea\u00a0or Madagascar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C<br \/><\/strong>Cote d&#8217;Ivoire<br \/>Morocco<br \/>Gambia<br \/>Chad\u00a0or Tanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D<br \/><\/strong>Ghana<br \/>Zambia<br \/>Sudan<br \/>Lesotho\u00a0or Burundi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E<br \/><\/strong>Burkina Faso<br \/>Gabon<br \/>Niger<br \/>Sao Tome e Principe\u00a0or Congo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group F<br \/><\/strong>Nigeria<br \/>Malawi<br \/>Seychelles\u00a0or Kenya<br \/>Djibouti\u00a0or Namibia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G<br \/><\/strong>Egypt<br \/>Guinea<br \/>Zimbabwe<br \/>Comoros\u00a0or Mozambique<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H<br \/><\/strong>Algeria<br \/>Mali<br \/>Benin<br \/>Eritrea\u00a0or Rwanda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group I<br \/><\/strong>Cameroon<br \/>Libya<br \/>Guinea-Bissau\u00a0or Togo<br \/>Swaziland\u00a0or DR Congo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group J<\/strong><br \/>Senegal<br \/>Uganda<br \/>Angola<br \/>Mauritius\u00a0or Liberia<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:25:<\/strong> The 24 lowest ranked sides in Africa will play over two legs for a place in the group stages. Those matches are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Match 1: Seychelles vs Kenya<br \/>Match 2: Guinea-Bissau vs Togo<br \/>Match 3: Djibouti vs Namibia<br \/>Match 4: Mauritius vs Liberia<br \/>Match 5: Comoros vs Mozambique<br \/>Match 6: Equatorial Guinea vs Madagascar<br \/>Match 7: Somalia vs Ethiopia<br \/>Match 8: Lesotho vs Burundi<br \/>Match 9: Eritrea vs Rwanda<br \/>Match 10: Swaziland vs DR Congo<br \/>Match 11: Sao Tome e Principe vs Congo<br \/>Match 12: Chad vs Tanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h23:<\/strong> Now up AFRICA!<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h22:<\/strong> The first draw of the night in the inter-continental play-off, to see who plays who:<br \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>18h20:<\/strong> Draw master will be FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, as he was four years ago in Durban.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h17:<\/strong> The president&#8217;s speech is over and we are now looking back at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Ah, the memories &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h11:<\/strong> The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, takes to the podium to give her thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h09:<\/strong> 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 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18h02:<\/strong> The ceremony begins with a speech from FIFA president Sepp Blatter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17h50:<\/strong> 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 <strong>Facebook page:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 July 2011 The draw for the qualification rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup took place place on Saturday night and MTNFootball.com\u00a0brought you all the fixtures and groups as they were named. Have your say on our FACEBOOK page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball DRAW AS IT HAPPENED 19h59: That concludes the draw for tonight. Defending champions Spain\u00a0have been drawn with France\u00a0on the road\u00a0to Brazil 2014, that is perhaps the\u00a0big 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\u00a0frenetic 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 &#038; 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 &#038; 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 &#8230; 18h45: ASIA&#8217;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\u00a0or\u00a0Ethiopia Group B Tunisia Cape Verde Islands Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea\u00a0or Madagascar Group C Cote d&#8217;Ivoire Morocco Gambia Chad\u00a0or Tanzania Group D Ghana Zambia Sudan Lesotho\u00a0or Burundi Group E Burkina Faso Gabon Niger Sao Tome e Principe\u00a0or Congo Group F Nigeria Malawi Seychelles\u00a0or Kenya Djibouti\u00a0or Namibia Group G Egypt Guinea Zimbabwe Comoros\u00a0or Mozambique Group H Algeria Mali Benin Eritrea\u00a0or Rwanda Group I Cameroon Libya Guinea-Bissau\u00a0or Togo Swaziland\u00a0or DR Congo Group J Senegal Uganda Angola Mauritius\u00a0or 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&#8217;s speech is over and we are now looking back at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. 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Have your say on our FACEBOOK page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball DRAW AS IT HAPPENED 19h59: That concludes the draw for tonight. Defending champions Spain\u00a0have been drawn with France\u00a0on the road\u00a0to Brazil 2014, that is perhaps the\u00a0big 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\u00a0frenetic 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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&#039;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\u00a0or\u00a0Ethiopia Group B Tunisia Cape Verde Islands Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea\u00a0or Madagascar Group C Cote d&#039;Ivoire Morocco Gambia Chad\u00a0or Tanzania Group D Ghana Zambia Sudan Lesotho\u00a0or Burundi Group E Burkina Faso Gabon Niger Sao Tome e Principe\u00a0or Congo Group F Nigeria Malawi Seychelles\u00a0or Kenya Djibouti\u00a0or Namibia Group G Egypt Guinea Zimbabwe Comoros\u00a0or Mozambique Group H Algeria Mali Benin Eritrea\u00a0or Rwanda Group I Cameroon Libya Guinea-Bissau\u00a0or Togo Swaziland\u00a0or DR Congo Group J Senegal Uganda Angola Mauritius\u00a0or 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&#039;s speech is over and we are now looking back at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. 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Have your say on our FACEBOOK page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtnfootball DRAW AS IT HAPPENED 19h59: That concludes the draw for tonight. Defending champions Spain\u00a0have been drawn with France\u00a0on the road\u00a0to Brazil 2014, that is perhaps the\u00a0big 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\u00a0frenetic 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\u00a0or\u00a0Ethiopia Group B Tunisia Cape Verde Islands Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea\u00a0or Madagascar Group C Cote d'Ivoire Morocco Gambia Chad\u00a0or Tanzania Group D Ghana Zambia Sudan Lesotho\u00a0or Burundi Group E Burkina Faso Gabon Niger Sao Tome e Principe\u00a0or Congo Group F Nigeria Malawi Seychelles\u00a0or Kenya Djibouti\u00a0or Namibia Group G Egypt Guinea Zimbabwe Comoros\u00a0or Mozambique Group H Algeria Mali Benin Eritrea\u00a0or Rwanda Group I Cameroon Libya Guinea-Bissau\u00a0or Togo Swaziland\u00a0or DR Congo Group J Senegal Uganda Angola Mauritius\u00a0or 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. 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