Ten Africa nations that topped their respective groups in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers will know their last hurdles later this afternoon as the draw for the play offs takes place in Cairo. Of the ten, eight nations have been to the World’s biggest national soccer event before while two will be aiming at making a maiden appearance. The eight include Algeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia while Burkina Faso and Ethiopia are the only sides in search for a first appearance. A noon ceremony at the Cairo headquarters of the Confederation of African Football will create five two-leg ties between 5 highest ranked teams and the remaining 5 sides. The Draw ceremony will be attended by FIFA Vice President who is also the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Issa Hayatou, FIFA Director of Competitions, Mustapha Fahmy. The Angolan Ambassador in Egypt will also attend as will the national football team coaches of Egypt (Bob Bradley) and Burkina Faso (Paul Put). According to FIFA, Gordon Savic, Head of FIFA World Cup & Olympic Qualifiers Competitions, will conduct the draw with the assistance of CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani. There will also be a draw for each match to determine which team plays host first. The home and away play-off matches to find the five (5) African representatives at the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 will be played during: 11-15 October 2013: 1st leg and 15-19 November 2013: 2nd leg. POT 1 - SEEDED TEAMS: POT 2 - NON SEEDED TEAMS Ivory Coast Egypt Ghana Burkina Faso Algeria Cameroon Nigeria Senegal Tunisia Ethiopia
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:32:42 +0000