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CAF matchday 4 recap
[TUE 12 JUN 2012 – 05:46:02 UTC]
CAF matchday 3 recap
[MON 04 JUN 2012 – 05:30:01 UTC]
Security concerns force closure of two CAF matches
[THU 17 MAY 2012 – 01:54:01 UTC]
CAF matchday 2 recap
[THU 17 NOV 2011 – 08:47:25 UTC]
CAF matchday 1 recap
[SUN 13 NOV 2011 – 01:07:40 UTC]
Mauritius pull out; Liberia receive bye
[FRI 11 NOV 2011 – 16:18:47 UTC]
Mauritius have withdrawn from their
CAF preliminary round encounter with
Liberia, giving Liberia an automatic place in the next round. According to reports, the Mauritius Football Association could not afford to field a squad for the two leg series. Liberia therefore complete the
Group J lineup, joining
Senegal,
Uganda, and
Angola.
Upstart Botswana to face S Africa in CAF qualifiers
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 20:47:08 UTC]
Qualifying draw set to decide fates
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:37:42 UTC]
The draw for the Brazil 2014
qualifiers begins at 18:00 UTC on S
AT 30 J
UL 2011, as more than 100 nations are due to discover their path to the Men’s World Cup. The proceedings in Rio de Janeiro begin with the drawing of pairs for the intercontinental
playoffs that will involve teams from
CONCACAF,
CONMEBOL, the
AFC, and the
OFC. The teams will then be drawn into their groups one confederation at a time, beginning with
CAF and proceeding with the AFC, CONCACAF, the OFC, and finally
UEFA. See the separate news items for each confederation’s draw procedure and seedings.
CAF qualifying draw procedure
[SAT 30 JUL 2011 – 06:27:36 UTC]
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...CAF qualifying format
[MON 06 JUN 2011 – 01:57:59 UTC]
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 J
UL 2011.
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