The draw for the 2014 Men’s World Cup has completed, and there are a number of teams who will not be pleased with the outcome. Chief amongst them, perhaps, are the Netherlands, whose first match in Group B is against the team that defeated them in the 2010 final, Spain. more...

The draw for the 2014 Men’s World Cup will commence at 16:00 UTC on FRI 06 DEC 2013, following a procedure set out by FIFA earlier in the week. Although each group will contain one seeded team and either one or two UEFA teams, little further can be known until the draw completes. more...

A quick summary of action around the second legs of the CAF playoffs on SAT 16-TUE 19 NOV 2013. Series aggregate results are shown below. more...

A quick summary of action around the first legs of the CAF playoffs on SAT 12-TUE 15 OCT 2013. more...

The draw for the CAF playoffs was completed on MON 16 SEP 2013, and the Black Stars of Ghana will likely be least pleased with the outcome, as they must face Egypt, the only team to complete the group phase with a perfect 18 points. Egypt coach Bob BRADLEY therefore has an opportunity for a rematch against the Ghana side that eliminated his United States team from the 2010 Men’s World Cup. more...

The seeded teams for the CAF playoffs have been announced. Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia, and Nigeria received top seedings due to their positions in the FIFA rankings of SEP 2013, and each will face an opponent from the second pot. The draw will be held MON 16 SEP 2013 at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. more...

A quick summary of action around the CAF group phase on FRI 06-TUE 10 SEP 2013. more...

A quick summary of action around the CAF group phase on WED 12-SUN 16 JUN 2013. more...

A quick summary of action around the CAF group phase on WED 05-SUN 09 JUN 2013. more...

A quick summary of action around the CAF group phase on the weekend of SAT 09-SUN 10 JUN 2012. more...

A suddenly competitive Botswana side, having just earned qualification to next year’s African Nations Cup, are to battle neighbours South Africa in CAF Group A on their route to the 2014 Men’s World Cup. Other CAF highlights include Morocco’s attempt to return to the world stage by taking on Côte d’Ivoire in Group C, and 2006 qualifiers Togo having to fight through a preliminary round series with Guinea-Bissau just to make it to CAF group I with Cameroon and Libya. The first placed team in each group must then fight one another in the playoffs for the five CAF places at Brazil 2014. more...

At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the CAF preliminary round and group phase will be made. The 24 lowest ranked teams are assigned to Pots 5 and 6; each of the 12 preliminary round pairings will contain one team from each pot. Each series winner is assigned a slot in either Pot 3 or 4, behind the 28 teams that earned a bye into the group phase. The ten groups will each be assigned one team from each of the first four pots. Each group’s winner progresses to the playoffs that will decide the Men’s World Cup places; these will be drawn later. more...

The CAF qualifying format for the 2014 Men’s World Cup represents a break from recent tradition. The campaign begins with a preliminary round in which the 24 lowest ranked teams play off for 12 places in the group phase. Here, they join the 28 highest ranked teams to form ten groups of four teams each. In a new wrinkle, the group winners must then play off for the five places in Brazil. The 28 teams to receive byes into the group phase will be determined based on the FIFA world rankings for JUL 2011. more...