Ghana Awaits World Cup Draw

The eyes of football followers and connoisseurs in Ghana and the rest of the world will tomorrow turn to South Africa where the Preliminary Draw for the 2010 World Cup will be held.

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke is the Master of Ceremony (MC) for the event, which begins at 15:00 GMT with the Stage Three draw for the Asian Zone.

The North, Central America and Caribbean Zone is the next confederation to come under the spotlight, with the first three stages of their preliminary campaign decided upon in Durban.

Approximately an hour into proceedings, Europe will be buzzing with anticipation when its 53 teams are divided into nine qualifying groups, before the evening rounds off with the draw for the African Zone, where 48 teams will be placed into 12 groups of four teams.