The balls roll into the pots in Tuesday’s draw for the final group phase of the African qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games football tournament, conducted in Zurich.

In the men’s grouping, Ghana are placed in Group A together with West African rivals - Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa.

Ghana, Mali and Morocco who were all at the 2004 Athens Games were kept apart in the draw for the continents qualifying series.

The qualifiers will be played in a league format between June and March 2008. The three group winners qualify for the final tournament at the Beijing Games.

Ghana’s Black Meteors are gunning for second successive berth at the Olympics after edging out Burkina Faso on a 5-0 aggregate scoreline over two legs last month.

Men’s Competition Groupings:

Group A: Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa Group B: Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Zambia Group C: Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea, Morocco

Ghana will play away to Nigeria in the first leg on June 3 before taking on Ethiopia on home grounds on August 22.

The Black Meteors end the first round in Group A with against South Africa away on the weekend of September 8-9.

Below is Ghana's match schedule in the men's qualifiers:

GROUP A

On June 2-3: Nigeria v Ghana

On August 22: Ghana v Ethiopia

On September 8-9: South Africa v Ghana

On October 12-13: Ghana v South Africa

On November 17-18: Ghana v Nigeria

On March 26, 2008: Ethiopia v Ghana