After Tuesday's round of qualifiers, 22 nations including Ghana remain in contention for 11 remaining qualification places to the World Cup.

Already 21 teams, from Oceania to Asia through to Europe and to North and South America have confirmed their places at the 2014 finals in Brazil.

Africa is the only continent yet to determine their representatives as all the ten sides await the outcome of the second leg matches in the playoffs.

Ghana boosted their hopes and dreams of playing at the World Cup with a deserved 6-1 thumping of Egypt in the first-leg match ahead of the return game next month.

Qualified teams: Brazil (hosts), Japan, Australia, Iran, South Korea, Netherlands, Italy, United States, Costa Rica, Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Colombia, Russia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, England, Spain, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras.

Still in the running: Greece, France, Portugal, Ukraine, Sweden, Iceland, Romania, Croatia, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Uruguay, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Algeria.