World Cup draws are out!

The much awaited draws for the third and final rounds of the World Cup Qualifiers for African group teams are finally out. Last Wednesday FIFA made the draws in Zurich for the last 20 teams. There are 5 groups, each having 4 teams. The winner of each group joins South Africa in the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa and the African Cup of Nations in Angola. This will see 6 teams from African play in the world Cup. This will be the highest number of teams ever to represent the African Continent in the World Cup. South Africa automatically qualifies because they are hosting the tournament. The second and the third team in each group only qualify for the African Cup of Nations.

Cameroun, Nigeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Ghana were each seeded after topping their second round groups. The final draws are as follows:

Group A Consists of Cameroun, Togo, Morocco and Gabon

Group B Comprises Nigeria, Kenya, Tunisia and Mozambique

Group C includes Egypt, Rwanda, Algeria and Zambia

Group D is made of Ghana, Benin, Mali and Sudan.

Group E  has Ivory Coast, Malawi, Burkina Fasso and Guinea

Kenya starts its World Cup Campaign at home against Tunisia on the weekend of the 28th-29th of March 2009 while Mozambique hosts Nigeria .

The Harambee Stars then go away to Nigeria on the weekend of the 6th-7th of June while Tunisia plays hosts to Mozambique.

The weekend of the 20th-21st June will see Kenya take on Mozambique in Nairobi while Tunisia welcomes Nigeria.

The 5th-6th of September will see Nigeria welcome Tunisia while Mozambique hosts Kenya.

The 10th-11 of October will pit Nigeria against Mozambique in Nigeria while Kenya travels to Tunisia.

The 14th-15th of November will be the last weekend of the qualifiers when Kenya is expected to play host to Nigeria in Nairobi while Mozambique will be inviting Tunisia in Maputo.

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