Anxious wait as Africa readies for World Cup draw

{{Ghana and nine other African sides will discover on Monday which country they must defeat to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.}}

The Black Stars together with Ivory Coast, Algeria, Nigeria and Tunisia are seeded for a play-off draw with Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal and Ethiopia, all unseeded.

Monday’s draw ceremony will be held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Two-leg ties will be played between seeded and unseeded sides with the five aggregate winners going to the finals in Brazil.

Also a separate draw will determine who plays at home first.

The first legs are scheduled for October 11-15 and return matches for November 15-19.

Top five seeds in Pot 1

1. Ivory Coast

2. Ghana

3. Algeria

4. Nigeria

5. Tunisia

Unseeded five in Pot 2

6. Egypt

7. Burkina Faso

8. Cameroon

9. Senegal

10. Ethiopia

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