With ten teams already qualified for next year’s Africa Cup
of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, six places will now be decided on Wednesday.
Equatorial Guinea have qualified automatically for the
tournament to be played between January 17 and February 8 after they replaced
Morocco as the host country.
Nine other countries have booked their passage to Equatorial
Guinea after five rounds of qualifying matches at the weekend.
They are Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands,
Gabon, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
Nigeria and Congo are locked in Group A for the remaining
ticket as they have seven points apiece, but the Super Eagles enjoy the
advantage of having whipped out a 3-2 loss they suffered at the hands of the
Red Devils three months ago courtesy of the 2-0 win they recorded in
Pointe-Noire at the weekend.
A home win of whatever shade at the brand-new Akwa Ibom
International Stadium in Uyo for Nigeria against group winners South Africa
will guarantee them an 18th appearance at the final tournament. This is
notwithstanding what Congo manage in Sudan also on Wednesday.
The draw for the biennial competition will be staged in
Malabo on December 3.
Contenders for other six places at a glance:
Group A (1 place): Nigeria, Congo Brazzaville
Group B (1 place): Mali, Malawi, Ethiopia
Group D (1 place): Cote d’Ivoire, DRC Congo
Group E (2 places): Ghana, Uganda, Guinea, Togo
Group B (1 place): Mali, Malawi, Ethiopia
Group D (1 place): Cote d’Ivoire, DRC Congo
Group E (2 places): Ghana, Uganda, Guinea, Togo
Best third-place team: Guinea lead with one match day left on
Wednes, November 19.
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