A day after David Notoane announced his 40-man preliminary squad for the upcoming Olympics event, there's an update from FIFA on the draw.
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The world governing body confirmed in a statement on Friday that all 16-teams that have qualified for Tokyo 2020, which was initially scheduled for last year but halted by the Coronavirus pandemic, will know their opponents on Tuesday.
How this will be determined is by "the men's teams allocated into four pots based on a ranking built according to performances at the past five Olympic football tournaments".
South Africa has only ever been to two events prior, the 2000 Sydney showpiece and Brazil in 2016 before qualification to Tokyo.
FIFA's explanation is below.
The 16 sides will be drawn into four groups of four (Groups A to D), and the pot allocation for the Men's Olympic Football Tournament is as follows:
Pot 1: Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Korea Republic
Pot 2: Mexico, Germany, Honduras, Spain
Pot 3: Egypt, New Zealand, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa
Pot 4: Australia, Saudi Arabia, France, Romania
No group should have more than one team from the same confederation, and in South Africa's case that's CAF, meaning Notoane's side will not face Cote d'Ivoire.
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