{"id":472754,"date":"2011-08-01T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/01\/warriors-pitted-against-djibouti\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:48:49","slug":"warriors-pitted-against-djibouti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/01\/warriors-pitted-against-djibouti\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Pitted Against Djibouti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.7092391304\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newera.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newera180.jpg\" alt=\"New Era (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit New Era (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 August 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Windhoek \u2014 The Brave Warriors will start their 2014 Brazil World Cup dream against Djibouti in the preliminary knockout matches set to kick off in November this year.<\/p>\n<p>The draw, conducted by Brazil&#8217;s current and former football greats and witnessed by the NFA&#8217;s Tim Isaacs in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, has Namibia playing their first leg in Djibouti, and their second leg in Windhoek between November 11 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>There will be 12 knockout matches at this stage, with the 12 winners joining the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which will consist of 10 groups of four countries.<\/p>\n<p>If Namibia advances, they will join Malawi and Nigeria in Group F, with either the Seychelles or Kenya also set to join this group.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of each group &#8211; matches held between June 2012 and September 2013 &#8211; will advance to a third round of five two-legged knockout ties, while the five winners of these ties &#8211; held in October and November 2013 &#8211; will advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>A record 203 teams will be competing in the preliminary competition for Brazil 2014 &#8211; a number that will be whittled down to the 31 who will join the hosts for the 20th FIFA World Cup finals, which kick off on Thursday June 12, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201108010987.html\" title=\"Warriors Pitted Against Djibouti\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warriors Pitted Against Djibouti<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 August 2011 Windhoek \u2014 The Brave Warriors will start their 2014 Brazil World Cup dream against Djibouti in the preliminary knockout matches set to kick off in November this year. The draw, conducted by Brazil&#8217;s current and former football greats and witnessed by the NFA&#8217;s Tim Isaacs in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, has Namibia playing their first leg in Djibouti, and their second leg in Windhoek between November 11 and 15. There will be 12 knockout matches at this stage, with the 12 winners joining the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which will consist of 10 groups of four countries. If Namibia advances, they will join Malawi and Nigeria in Group F, with either the Seychelles or Kenya also set to join this group. The winners of each group &#8211; matches held between June 2012 and September 2013 &#8211; will advance to a third round of five two-legged knockout ties, while the five winners of these ties &#8211; held in October and November 2013 &#8211; will advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. A record 203 teams will be competing in the preliminary competition for Brazil 2014 &#8211; a number that will be whittled down to the 31 who will join the hosts for the 20th FIFA World Cup finals, which kick off on Thursday June 12, 2014. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/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-472754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warriors Pitted Against Djibouti - 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\/08\/01\/warriors-pitted-against-djibouti\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Warriors Pitted Against Djibouti - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"1 August 2011 Windhoek \u2014 The Brave Warriors will start their 2014 Brazil World Cup dream against Djibouti in the preliminary knockout matches set to kick off in November this year. 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