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1857: Good people of the live text commentary, a running order (timings approximate): 1921: African Zone Draw. 1941: Asian Zone Draw. 1952: North American, Central and Caribbean (CONCACAF) Zone Draw. 2011: Oceania Zone Draw. 2029: European Zone Draw.
1845: The ceremony has started. And what a start it is... a "governer and mayor video". Anticipation levels sky rocket, pulses race, knees jangle. It's all happening. Ish.
1843: Erm, not quite. A couple of things to remember - there will be no draw for the South American zone as the nine teams will qualify through a one-group championship mode, while Fifa has said that it will not draw together Azerbaijan and Armenia nor Russia and Georgia because of political conflicts which could lead to fan violence during qualifying matches. And the complications only start there. Stick with me, though, and all will become clear. We can but hope.
1841: So, basically, in a ceremony kicking off at 1845 BST (1445 local time in Rio de Janeiro) we will witness before our very eyes the draws for the African; Asian; North American, Central and Caribbean; Oceanic and European zones for their 2014 World Cup qualification campaigns. In that order. Oh and also a bunch of videos, presentations, speeches and what the Fifa running order entertaingly refers to as "vignettes" (seriously). What joy. Simple, yes?
1837: And start, does the countdown, with the draw for the 2014 World Cup qualifying groups - 203 teams, playing an eventual 824 matches across the globe, in a bid to take one of 31 available places for the 2014 finals alongside hosts and automatic qualifiers Brazil. Anyone want a rundown of how it'll work? Of course you do...
1830: Now then, good summer? Let me guess... it's all well and good the sun shining, an ice cold drink in your hand and your toes dipped into the coastal waters of some far-off beachtown, but you would swap it all for some sort of football-related draw right? Aha. Well...
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