The game forms part of both teams' preparations for the 2010 edition and coach Huh Jung-moo has summoned the 34 year-old striker - star of Korea's run to the last four in 2002 - for the first time since June 2008.

Ahn, who now plays for Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide, is the Taeguk Warriors' leading goalscorer at the World Cup with three strikes to his name.

Huh has also included a number of European-based players in what is a strong squad.

Premier League pair Park Ji-sung of Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers' Lee Chung-young are in line to face the Africans, as is new Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yong.

South Korea have been drawn against Greece, Argentina and Nigeria in Group B of the 2010 World Cup.

South Korea squad to face Ivory Coast at Loftus Road on March 3:

Lee Woon-jae (Suwon) Kim Young-kwang (Ulsan) Jung Sung-ryeong (Seongnam), Cho Hong-hyong (Jeju) Kang Min-soo (Suwon) Lee jang-soo (Kashima Antlers) Cha Du-ri (Freiburg) Kwak Tae-hwi (Kyoto Sanga) Oh Beom-seok (Ulsan) Kim Dong-jin (Ulsan) Lee Young-pyo (Al Hilal), Kim Jung-woo (Gwangju) Kim Jae-sung (Pohang) Kim Bo-kyoung (Oita Trinita) Ki Sung-yong (Celtic) Shin Hyung-min (Pohang) Kim Nam-il (Tomsk) Park Ji-sung (Manchester United) Lee Chung-yong (Bolton Wanderers,) Ahn Jung-hwan (Dalian) Lee Sung-ryeol (Seoul) Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk) Lee Keun-ho (Jubilo Iwata)