African World Cup play-offs draw - LIVE
Live coverage of the draw for the African
zone play-offs involving 10 teams in the
2014 World Cup qualifiers. The teams are
anxiously waiting to find out their rivals in
the last hurdle on the road to Brazil and
Goal is on hand to bring you all the
coverage from Cairo
Hosted by Kent Mensah|@kentmensah
Monday, September 16, 2013 9:55:00 AM
Africa/Lagos
11:25 AM WAT
9/16/13
So here are the drawn games:
Ivory Coast v Senegal
Ethiopia v Nigeria
Tunisia v Cameroon
Ghana v Egypt
Burkina Faso v Algeria
11:23 AM WAT
9/16/13
Burkina Faso are going to host Algeria in
October.
11:22 AM WAT
9/16/13
Ghana draw Egypt and will play at home
in October. This is going to be a cracker
and a repetition of the final of the 2010
Afcon
11:21 AM WAT
9/16/13
Tunisia are to host Cameroon. Wow...
that's going to be a mouth full.
11:20 AM WAT
9/16/13
Nigeria are to visit Ethiopia in October.
The Super Eagles, the reigning African
champions will face the Walia Eagles
11:18 AM WAT
9/16/13
Ivory Coast are first out of Pot 1 and the
Elephants will face Senegal. The Teranga
Lions are playing away from home.
11:16 AM WAT
9/16/13
As we wait, here's another relevant
information to note, the five highest-
ranking group winners comprise Pot 1
(Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and
Tunisia) and the other five lowest-ranking
group winners comprise Pot 2 (Egypt,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal and
Ethiopia)
11:13 AM WAT
9/16/13
Gordon Savic, Head of FIFA World Cup &
Olympic Qualifiers Competitions, is
conducting the draw with the assistance
of CAF Secretary General, Hicham El
Amrani.
11:10 AM WAT
9/16/13
The draw procedure is currently being
explained as we have mentioned earlier.
Here's it once again: Draw Procedures:
1.One ball from Pot 1 and one ball from
Pot 2 will be drawn and placed into a
central pot
2.The two draw balls will be stirred, then
drawn one by one
3.The first ball drawn from the central pot
will be the home team for the first leg; the
second ball drawn from the central pot
will be the home team for the second leg
4.Steps 1-3 will be repeated for the
remaining four balls in each pot
11:07 AM
9/16/13
Playoff Format:
- 5 home-and-away playoff series
- Playoff dates:
- 11-15 October 2013: 1st leg
- 15- 19 November 2013: 2nd leg
- 5 playoff series winners qualify for 2014
FIFA World Cup
10:57 AM WAT
9/16/13
Draw Procedures:
1.One ball from Pot 1 and one ball from
Pot 2 will be drawn and placed into a
central pot
2.The two draw balls will be stirred, then
drawn one by one
3.The first ball drawn from the central pot
will be the home team for the first leg; the
second ball drawn from the central pot
will be the home team for the second leg
4.Steps 1-3 will be repeated for the
remaining four balls in each pot
10:52 AM WAT
9/16/13
Pot 2 contains the non-seeded teams:
Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal
and Ethiopia. Only two sides in this group
have never been to the World Cup before
– The Stallions of Burkina Faso and the
Walia Antelopes of Ethiopia
10:45 AM WAT
9/16/13
POT 1 features the seeded teams who are
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and
Tunisia. They have all had a taste of the
global showpiece.
10:38 AM WAT
9/16/13
The 10 teams are Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Burkina
Faso, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cameroon.
They will be drawn for two-leg ties, with
the winners going to the finals in Brazil.

we need this thread on front page please. it's going on live in Cairo

It is a nice pairing for the Eagles and I hope we dont get complacent about Ethiopia.I expect Eagles to scale through and I'm also sure the Ethiopians will give the African Champions a run for their money.

nerodenero: It is a nice pairing for the Eagles and I hope we dont get complacent about Ethiopia.I expect Eagles to scale through and I'm also sure the Ethiopians will give the African Champions a run for their money.

Ya, no team in this play-offs is a push over. I pray Ethiopia doesn't pull up d biggest upset

I pity Ghana mehnn!

Congrats Nigeria