Morocco plays Gambia in World Cup preliminary match

Morocco will play Gambia in a preliminary match for the 2002 World Cup, to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

The away match will be played in Gambia and the return game in Morocco.

Morocco was drawn in group A of seeded nations, alongside Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal and Togo.

Algeria will play Cape Verde, while Tunisia will meet Mauritania.

Africa was drawn in two five groups of 25 seeded nations, who will play another group of 25 "weaker" teams.

The 25 teams that will survive the first round (one two-leg match) will be drawn into 5 groups of 5. the Five nations that will top the five groups will qualify for the World Cup finals.