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30 July 2011<\/p>\n

The draw for the African qualification section for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been made with a number of tasty clashes to look forward too.<\/p>\n

African qualification gets underway this November with two legged ties involving the bottom 24 rankeg sides according to the FIFA World Rankings and the teams were drawn out of the hat as follows:<\/p>\n

Match 1:<\/strong> Seychelles vs Kenya
Match 2:<\/strong> Guinea-Bissau vs Togo
Match 3:<\/strong> Djibouti vs Namibia
Match 4:<\/strong> Mauritius vs Liberia
Match 5:<\/strong> Comoros vs Mozambique
Match 6:<\/strong> Equatorial Guinea vs Madagascar
Match 7:<\/strong> Somalia vs Ethiopia
Match 8:<\/strong> Lesotho vs Burundi
Match 9:<\/strong> Eritrea vs Rwanda
Match 10:<\/strong> Swaziland vs DR Congo
Match 11:<\/strong> Sao Tome e Principe vs Congo
Match 12:<\/strong> Chad vs Tanzania<\/p>\n

The winners of those ties will then advance to the group stages, where they have been pooled with the remaining 28 sides in the competition into 10 groups of four teams.<\/p>\n

Egypt have a tough opponent in Guinea in their pool, while one of Cote d\u2019Ivoire or Morocco will be knocked out at this stage.<\/p>\n

Ghana will again meet Sudan in the qualifiers, as they did for the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, while Nigeria will feel confident with just Malawi the major obstacle in their pool.<\/p>\n

The matches will start in June 2012 and the groups were drawn as follows:<\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong>
South Africa
Botswana
Central African Republic
Somalia\u00a0or\u00a0Ethiopia<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong>
Tunisia
Cape Verde Islands
Sierra Leone
Equatorial Guinea\u00a0or Madagascar<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong>
Cote d’Ivoire
Morocco
Gambia
Chad\u00a0or Tanzania<\/p>\n

Group D<\/strong>
Ghana
Zambia
Sudan
Lesotho\u00a0or Burundi<\/p>\n

Group E<\/strong>
Burkina Faso
Gabon
Niger
Sao Tome e Principe\u00a0or Congo<\/p>\n

Group F
<\/strong>Nigeria
Malawi
Seychelles\u00a0or Kenya
Djibouti\u00a0or Namibia<\/p>\n

Group G
<\/strong>Egypt
Guinea
Zimbabwe
Comoros\u00a0or Mozambique<\/p>\n

Group H<\/strong>
Algeria
Mali
Benin
Eritrea\u00a0or Rwanda<\/p>\n

Group I<\/strong>
Cameroon
Libya
Guinea-Bissau\u00a0or Togo
Swaziland\u00a0or DR Congo<\/p>\n

Group J<\/strong>
Senegal
Uganda
Angola
Mauritius\u00a0or Liberia \u00a0<\/p>\n

The top sides in these pools will then advance to the third qualifying round and will be paired in five two-legged knockout matches to decide Africa\u2019s five entrants to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

30 July 2011 The draw for the African qualification section for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been made with a number of tasty clashes to look forward too. African qualification gets underway this November with two legged ties involving the bottom 24 rankeg sides according to the FIFA World Rankings and the teams were drawn out of the hat 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 The winners of those ties will then advance to the group stages, where they have been pooled with the remaining 28 sides in the competition into 10 groups of four teams. Egypt have a tough opponent in Guinea in their pool, while one of Cote d\u2019Ivoire or Morocco will be knocked out at this stage. Ghana will again meet Sudan in the qualifiers, as they did for the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, while Nigeria will feel confident with just Malawi the major obstacle in their pool. The matches will start in June 2012 and the groups were drawn as follows: 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 \u00a0 The top sides in these pools will then advance to the third qualifying round and will be paired in five two-legged knockout matches to decide Africa\u2019s five entrants to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nAfrica\u2019s 2014 draw is known - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/africas-2014-draw-is-known\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Africa\u2019s 2014 draw is known - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"30 July 2011 The draw for the African qualification section for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been made with a number of tasty clashes to look forward too. 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