Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angola/Guinea: CAN 2012 Excites African Continent This Weekend

Luanda — The African continent will be in frenetic motion this weekend with the kick-off of the qualifiers for the Africa Nations Cup (CAN2012), set to take place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

This is despite the fact that three rounds for group K have already taken place.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) delayed the opening of qualifiers in July this year, due to the inclusion of Togo in group K, which has the highest number of teams (5). Angola's national team will be seeking its sixth appearance in the event, having for that purpose travelled to Kampala, to play Uganda in a group J qualifier match at weekend. Guinea Bissau and Kenya will play in Bissau for the same group.

Below is the fixture for the matches:

Group A

Cape Verde - Mali

Liberia - Zimbabwe

Group B

Nigeria - Madagascar

Ethiopia - Guinea Conakry

Group C

Mozambique - Libya

Zambia - Comore

Group D

Algeria - Tanzania

Morocco - Central African Republic

Group E

DR Congo - Senegal

Mauritius - Cameroon

Group F

Mauritania (a) - Burkina Faso

Gambia - Namibia

(a) - Mauritania (withdrew)

Group G

South Africa - Niger

Egypt - Sierra Leone

Group H

Cote d'Ivoire - Rwanda

Benin - Burundi

Group I

Sudan - Congo Brazzaville

Swaziland - Ghana

Group J

Guinea Bissau - Kenya

Uganda - Angola

Group K

Results:

1st Round (1/7/10)

Chad - Togo 2-2

Tunisia - Botswana 0-1

09/07/10

Togo - Malawi 1-1

Botswana 1-0 Chad 1-0

11/08/10

Chad - Tunisia 1-3

Malawi - Botswana 1-1

4/09/10

Tunisia - Malawi

Botswana - Togo

The group is led by Botswana with seven points, four ahead of Tunisia in the second position.

Togo (2), Malawi (2) and Chad (1).


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