Fifa president Sepp Blatter will hear the bids

Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia will make a 30-minute presentation to a panel that includes Fifa president Sepp Blatter starting at 1100 GMT.

Nigeria had been in line to be the sixth country to present their case, but they pulled out of the running on Monday.

The presentations will provide details of plans and documentation, including government guarantees and commercial contracts.

South Africa, considered the favourites to win the bid, have been drawn to make the first presentation.

Inspections

The documents will be followed by inspection visits of the candidate countries by a Fifa delegation in October, led by Belgian football federation president Jan Peeters.

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The delegation will begin in Morocco.

The final decision will be made by Fifa's executive committee in Paris next May.

South Africa, who lost a controversial vote to Germany in the race to host the 2006 finals, have produced a document of 1,000 pages, revealed officials.

"The book is your proposal to Fifa on how you are going to manage the event from a sporting point of view as well as from a business point of view," explained South Africa 2010 Bid Company chief executive officer Danny Jordaan.

"It's very important that you demonstrate your ability to put together a successful event.

"I am very happy with the document. I think its an improvement on 2006."

Morocco, who are bidding for the fourth time and considered strong challengers, also expressed their confidence in their bid documentation, describing it as "solid and very thorough".

"We have tried to shake out the negatives from our previous losing bids," said Saad Kettani, chairman of Association Morocco 2010, the organisation running the country's bid.

Egypt have employed French consultations in the compilation of their document, officials said.

Floundering campaign

Libya and Tunisia have been scheduled to make separate presentations on Tuesday despite announcing a joint bid earlier this month.

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Last week, officials of both countries said they would have little chance on their own because they lack the necessary infrastructure and stadium capacity.

But they believe they present a viable candidacy together.

Fifa have yet to formally comment on the joint bid plan but Blatter has already claimed that co-hosting was not an option.

Several of the bidding countries are expected to include sporting and film celebrities in their official delegations.

Actor Omar Shariff is part of the Egyptian delegation while Morocco are to include tennis star Younes El Aynaoui and athlete Hicham El Guerrouj in their publicity campaign.

Two former African Footballers of the Year, Abedi Pele and George Weah, are to travel to Zurich as part of South Africa's campaign.