Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has booked Ivory Coast's place in next year's World Cup.

The Ivorians, needing only a draw with the bottom-placed team in African qualifying Group E, had to come from behind after the hosts took a surprise 64th minute lead through Jacob Ngwira.

Drogba's immediate intervention from the substitutes' bench put the favourites back on course and they held out for the point they needed.

The result brought an end to the Ivorians' 100 percent run in the group but confirmed a second successive trip to the World Cup for the west African nation.