Zimbabwe Warriors face Egypt in FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers

Zimbabwe were handed a relatively easy World Cup qualifiers draw after being placed in Group E along with Guinea, Egypt and either Mozambique or Comoros in the penultimate round on Saturday.

The Warriors were given a bye into the second round, given their position in FIFA's ranking for national teams.

They will contest with Guinea and Egypt, Egypt is the only team that has had a chance to qualified for the World Cup, Gunea and either Mozambique or Comoros have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

Mozambique and Comoros meet in the first round to determine who would who join the aforementioned teams in Group E.

Zimbabwe must finish on top of the group to reach the final round, where a draw would pair them with one of the other group winners to play a two-legged tie for a place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Egypt, the seven-time African champions' last competitive game with Zimbabwe was in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, where they won 2-1 in their opening match of the tournament.

Zimbabwe and 23 other nations will fight for just 12 spots to advance to a group qualifying campaign. For The Warriors to qualify they have to see off the challenge against African giants Egypt who are ranked 37, Guinea ranked 68 and Mozambique ranked 103 or Comoros ranked 175.


GROUP A
South Africa
Botswana
Central African Republic
Somalia/Ethiopia

GROUP B
Tunisia
Cape Verde
Sierra Leone
Equitorial Guinea/Madagascar

GROUP C
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Gambia
Chad/Tanzania

GROUP D
Ghana
Zambia
Sudan
Lesotho/Burundi

GROUP E
Burkina Faso
Gabon
Niger
Sao Tome/Congo

GROUP F
Nigeria
Malawi
Seychelles/Kenya
Djibouti/Namibia

GROUP G
Egypt
Guinea
Zimbabwe
Comoros/Mozambique

GROUP H
Algeria
Mali
Benin
Eritrea/Rwanda

GROUP I
Cameroon
Libya
Guinea-Bissau/Togo
Swaziland/DR Congo

GROUP J
Senegal
Uganda
Angola
Mauritius/Liberia