By Durosimi Thomas BBC Sport, Tunis

Hammouda ben Ammar (left) is hoping Jan Peeters' team will back Tunisia's bid

Inspectors from world football's governing body Fifa have wrapped up a five-day visit to Tunisia to assess the nation's capability to host the 2010 World Cup finals.

Yet the north Africans will have their work cut out to convince Fifa that the 2010 World Cup should be co-hosted between themselves and Libya.

Following their tour of eight venues across Tunisia, World Cup inspection head Jan Peeters said his team had treated the north African nation as single bidders.

The Belgian added that the inspection team will also treat Libya, with whom the Tunisians hope to present a joint bid, as an individual case.

"Our mandate from Fifa is to inspect five bids," Peeters said at a press conference on Wednesday evening.

"We are here to do our jobs as inspectors - to watch and note our findings and to see whether Tunisia's bid corresponds with Fifa requirements."

It is up to the executive committee to decide the issue of co-hosting Fifa inspection head Jan Peeters

"The issue of a joint bid is a political one between the governments of Tunisia and Libya - they will decide how they can co-host the event."

It now seems that the Tunisians and Libyans will have to push their case before the Fifa executive if the possibility of co-hosting is to be considered seriously.

"(Fifa president) Sepp Blatter has spoken openly against a joint bid but maybe it is up to the executive committee to decide the issue of co-hosting," Peeters added.

Hammouda ben Ammar, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation, agreed with Peeters but hinted that the joint bid is still on.

"The inspectors are not qualified to talk about a joint bid, but after they visit Libya in January then it will be the executive committee of Fifa who decide on the joint bid," ben Ammar explained.

"Even though the Fifa inspectors are not allowed to talk about their findings, we observed they were surprised to find so many things in order here."

Our mandate from Fifa is to inspect five bids Jan Peeters

Fifa inspectors are not allowed to comments about bids so as not to pre-empt the outcome of the bidding process.

Peeters, who heads the Belgian Football Association, said his report will be ready within a few days and that it will not be affected by Tunisia's hosting of next month's Nations Cup finals.

"Our report on Tunisia will be ready well before the Nations Cup begins . . but all five bids will be presented to the Fifa executive at the same time," the Belgian football head said.

Five countries are bidding to host the 2010 World Cup, the first time the tournament will be held in Africa.

Fifa inspectors have already visited Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia, and will travel to the two remaining bidding countries - Egypt and Libya - in the new year.

The Fifa executive will announce the winning bid on 15 May 2004.