African World Cup Qualifying Groups

voldemort · 11-26-2007, 10:47 AM

Stage 2 of the CAF (Africa) World Cup Qualifying campaign was drawn today at a gala ceremony in Durban.

With the pre-preliminary round already complete, hopefuls from across the continent will join top seeds such as Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon for the second of three Stages.

There are twelve groups of four taking part, and the twelve group winners shall advance to Stage 3 along with the eight best-runners up.

From there, the 20 remaining teams will be split into five groups of four for a qualification battle that also serves to determine who will play at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.

The four group winners in Stage 3 advance ot the World Cup, and they're joined by second and third place from each group at the Cup of Nations.

This means that South Africa will actually take part in the WC qualifying campaign despite being hosts of the World Cup, and Angola will do likewise in spite of being in the Cup of Nations.

Angola will compete only for a World Cup place while South Africa will obviously play only towards a spot in the Cup of Nations.

Those groups in full:

Group 1

Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Tanzania
Mauritius

Group 2

Guinea
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Kenya

Group 3

Angola
Benin
Uganda
Niger

Group 4

Nigeria
South Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone

Group 5

Ghana
Libya
Gabon
Lesotho

Group 6

Senegal
Algeria
Liberia
Gambia

Group 7

Coite D’Ivoire
Mozambique
Botswana
Madagascar

Group 8

Morocco
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Mauritania

Group 9

Tunisia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Seychelles

Group 10

Mali
Congo
Sudan
Chad

Group 11

Togo
Zambia
Eritrea
Swaziland

Group 12

Egypt
Congo DR
Malawi
Djibouti.

source:goal.com

11-26-2007, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
voldemort Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,183	African World Cup Qualifying Groups Stage 2 of the CAF (Africa) World Cup Qualifying campaign was drawn today at a gala ceremony in Durban. With the pre-preliminary round already complete, hopefuls from across the continent will join top seeds such as Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon for the second of three Stages. There are twelve groups of four taking part, and the twelve group winners shall advance to Stage 3 along with the eight best-runners up. From there, the 20 remaining teams will be split into five groups of four for a qualification battle that also serves to determine who will play at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola. The four group winners in Stage 3 advance ot the World Cup, and they're joined by second and third place from each group at the Cup of Nations. This means that South Africa will actually take part in the WC qualifying campaign despite being hosts of the World Cup, and Angola will do likewise in spite of being in the Cup of Nations. Angola will compete only for a World Cup place while South Africa will obviously play only towards a spot in the Cup of Nations. Those groups in full: Group 1 Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Tanzania Mauritius Group 2 Guinea Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Group 3 Angola Benin Uganda Niger Group 4 Nigeria South Africa Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone Group 5 Ghana Libya Gabon Lesotho Group 6 Senegal Algeria Liberia Gambia Group 7 Coite D’Ivoire Mozambique Botswana Madagascar Group 8 Morocco Ethiopia Rwanda Mauritania Group 9 Tunisia Burkina Faso Burundi Seychelles Group 10 Mali Congo Sudan Chad Group 11 Togo Zambia Eritrea Swaziland Group 12 Egypt Congo DR Malawi Djibouti. source:goal.com