2014 World Cup draw out: Sierra Leone grouped with Tunisia & two others
Leone Stars (Photo credit: Fred Claye)
Sierra
Leone have played Tunisia, Cape Verde
Island and Equatorial
Guinea before but not Madagascar.
52 out of 53 African countries entered for the draw, Mauritania failed to enter the
race.
The 28 highest ranked teams in the FIFA July ranking including Sierra Leone
made it directly to the group stage and have been drawn in to ten different
pools to have four teams each whilst the 24 lowest ranked teams have been
paired off in to 12 two-legged ties.
The 12 winners will join the 28 highest ranked teams to complete it to 40 teams
in the group stage to be played in a round robin basis.
The winner in each of the ten groups will qualify for the final round of the
qualifiers. The ten teams will be paired in to five two-legged ties and the
five winners will qualify to represent Africa at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals
in Brazil.
The Preliminary round matches are scheduled to take place in November this year
whilst the group stage matches are due from 1st June 2012 to 10th September
2013. The matches in the final round are to be played in the periods 11-15
October and 15-19 November 2013.
203 countries from all over the world entered for competition but only 31 will
qualify to join the host Brazil
in the finals.
African Zone Draw
Group A: South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic,
Somalia or Ethiopia
Group B: Tunisia, Cape Verde
Islands, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar
Group C: Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco,
Gambia, Chad or Tanzania
Group D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan,
Lesotho or Burundi
Group E: Burkina Faso, Gabon,
Niger, Sao Tome e Principe or Congo
Group F: Nigeria, Malawi,
Seychelles or Kenya, Djibouti or Namibia
Group G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe,
Comoros or Mozambique
Group H: Algeria, Mali, Benin,
Eritrea or Rwanda
Group I: Cameroon, Libya,
Guinea-Bissau or Togo, Swaziland or Congo DR
Group J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola,
Mauritius or Liberia
