Potential African Zone play-off pairings for Brazil 2014: Nigeria may face Cameroon while Algeria may battle Egypt....

CC Global Sports Desk

Current FIFA ranking to the right and seeding per African (FIFA) rankings in parenthesis to the left

(5)Cape Verde – ranked 36^th

(4)Nigeria ranked 35^th

(3)Algeria ranked 34^th

(8)Egypt ranked 61^st

(7)Cameroon ranked 51^st

(1)Ivory Coast ranked 18^th

(9)Senegal ranked 78^th

(6)Burkina Faso ranked 48^th

(2)Ghana ranked 24^th

(10)Ethiopia ranked 102^nd

By virtue of the above (current FIFA rankings pending any changes later in week of 9/9/13, playoff pairings should be as follows:

a)   Ivory Coast vs. Ethiopia (1 vs. 10)

        b) Ghana vs. Senegal (2 vs. 9)

        c) Algeria vs. Egypt (3 vs. 8)

        d) Nigeria vs. Cameroon (4 vs. 7)

        e) Cape Verde vs. Burkina Faso (5 vs. 6)

        The latest FIFA rankings will be out later this week after the final round of matches during the week and if nothing changes, one can expect the potential match-ups to be as indicated (above) and should provide a thrilling finale to the qualifying rounds.