Africa will have six teams in the 2010 World Cup, FIFA announced after a two-day meeting of its Executive Committee on Wednesday (December 6th) in Zurich.
The 2010 World Cup is scheduled to be held from June 11th through July 11th in South Africa.
The qualifying competition for the African Cup of Nations will again be combined with the preliminary competition for the 2010 Cup, and will be held from October 13th and 14th 2007, FIFA said.
The preliminary draw for the 2010 finals will be held in Durban on November 23rd 2007.