CAF - 1998 FIFA World Cup France '98

	1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARY COMPETITION

Updated: October 11, 1997

SECOND ROUND

**PARTICIPATING TEAMS:**
Angola Burkina Faso Cameroon Congo Egypt	Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia	Morocco Namibia Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa	Togo Tunisia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe

NOTE: Each Second Round group winner qualifies for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

GROUP 1
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Nigeria	6	4	1	1	10:4	13
Guinea	6	4	0	2	10:5	12
Kenya	6	3	1	2	11:12	10
Burkina Faso	6	0	0	6	7:17	0

RESULTS GROUP 1:
(NGA-BFA-GUI-KEN)

09.11.96 Lagos, NGA       16:00 Nigeria vs. Burkina Faso      2:0 (0:0) YENGO (COG)
10.11.96 Conakry GUI      16:30 Guinea vs. Kenya             3:1 (2:1) KOURADJI (ALG)
12.01.97 Nairobi, KEN     16:00 Kenya vs. Nigeria            1:1 (1:0) AL-ZEID (KSA)
12.01.97 Ouagadougou      16:00 Burkina Faso vs. Guinea              0:2 (0:2) SINKO (CIV)
05.04.97 Lagos            16:00 Nigeria vs. Guinea           2:1 (0:0) BELQOLA (MOR)
06.04.97 Nairobi          16:00 Kenya vs. Burkina Faso       4:3 (0:2) YENGO (COG)
27.04.97 Nairobi          16:00 Kenya vs. Guinea             1:0 (1:0) MASEMBE (UGA)
27.04.97 Ouagadougou      16:00 Burkina Faso vs. Nigeria      1:2 (0:1) FERID (TUN)
07.06.97 Lagos            16:00 Nigeria vs. Kenya            3:0 (2:0) LIM KEE CHONG (MUS)
08.06.97 Conakry GUI      16:30 Guinea vs. Burkina Faso       3:1 (2:1) YENGO (COG)
16.08.97 Bobo Dioulasso   16:00 Burkina Faso vs. Kenya        2:4 (1:2) CODJIA (BEN)
17.08.97 Conakry GUI      16:30 Guinea vs. Nigeria            1:0 (0:0) QUARTEY (GHA)

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GROUP 2
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10:1	16
Egypt	6	3	1	2	15:5	10
Liberia	6	1	1	4	2:10	4
Namibia	6	1	1	4	6:17	4

RESULTS GROUP 2:
(LBR-TUN-EGY-NAM)


08.11.96  Cairo, EGY      *15:15 Egypt vs. Namibia       7:1 (4:1) MAGASSA (MLI)
10.11.96  Accra, GHA       15:30 Liberia vs. Tunisia          0:1 (0:0) DIRAMBA (GAB)
11.01.97  Windhoek         16:00 Namibia vs. Liberia         0:0       MATHABELA (RSA)
12.01.97  Tunis, TUN       14:00 Tunisia vs. Egypt           1:0 (1:0) OKADA (JPN)
06.04.97  Accra, GHA       15:00 Liberia vs. Egypt           1:0 (1:0) SINKO (CIV)
06.04.97* Windhoek     15:00 Namibia vs. Tunisia         1:2 (0:1) JAKY (MDG)
26.04.97  Windhoek         15:00 Namibia vs. Egypt           2:3 (0:0) AKA (CMR)
27.04.97  Tunis, TUN       16:00 Tunisia vs. Liberia         2:0 (0:0) CAMARA (GUI)
08.06.97  Monrovia*        15:00 Liberia vs. Namibia             1:2 (1:1) DIRAMBA (GAB)
08.06.97  Cairo            20:15 Egypt vs. Tunisia           0:0       DAHO (ALG)
17.08.97* Tunis            19:00 Tunisia vs. Namibia          4:0 (2:0) AHMED MOHAMED (SDN)
17.08.97* Cairo            20:15 Egypt vs. Liberia            5:0 (2:0) TIBEBU (ETH)

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GROUP 3
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-South Africa	6	4	1	1	7:3	13
Congo	6	3	1	2	5:5	10
Zambia	6	2	2	2	7:6	8
Congo DR	6	0	2	4	4:9	2

RESULTS GROUP 3:
(COG-ZAM-RSA-ZAI)

09.11.96  Johannesburg    15:00 South Africa vs. Zaire       1:0 (0:0) BELQOLA (MOR)
10.11.96  Pointe-Noire    16:30 Congo vs. Zambia             1:0 (1:0) MASEMBE (UGA)
11.01.97  Lusaka          15:00 Zambia vs. South Africa              0:0       FARES (SYR)
12.01.97  Kinshasa        15:30 Zaire vs. Congo                      1:1 (1:1) BOUCHARDEAU (NIG)
06.04.97  Pointe-Noire    15:00 Congo vs. South Africa       2:0 (0:0) MAGASSA (MLI)
09.04.97* Harare, ZIM*    15:30 Zaire vs. Zambia              2:2 (1:1) LIM KEE CHONG (MUS)
27.04.97  Lomé, TOG*      15:30 Zaire vs. South Africa           1:2 (1:1) OBAFEMI (NGA)
27.04.97  Lusaka          15:00 Zambia vs. Congo             3:0 (1:0) MAGASSA (MLI)
08.06.97  Pointe-Noire    15:30 Congo vs. Congo DR            1:0 (0:0) CAMARA (GUI)
08.06.97  Johannesburg    15:00 South Africa vs. Zambia              3:0 (2:0) GHANDOUR (EGY)
16.08.97* Lusaka      15:00 Zambia vs. Congo DR           2-0 (1-0) SENAI (BWA)
16.08.97  Johannesburg    15:30 South Africa vs. Congo        1-0 (1-0) MASEMBE (UGA)

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GROUP 4
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Cameroon	6	4	2	0	10:4	14
Angola	6	2	4	0	7:4	10
Zimbabwe	6	1	1	4	6:7	4
Togo	6	1	1	4	6:14	4

RESULTS GROUP 4:
(AGO-ZIM-TGO-CMR)

10.11.96 Luanda           15:30 Angola vs. Zimbabwe          2:1 (1:0) GHANDOUR (EGY)
10.11.96 Lome, TGO        16:00 Togo vs. Cameroon            2:4 (0:2) LIM KEE CHONG (MUS)
12.01.97 Yaoundé          15:30 Cameroon vs. Angola          0:0       BELQOLA (MOR)
12.01.97 Harare ZIM       15:00 Zimbabwe vs. Togo            3:0 (2:0) YENGO (COG)
06.04.97 Luanda           15:00 Angola vs. Togo                      3:1 (2:1) OKOAMPAH (GHA)
06.04.97 Yaounde*         15:30 Cameroon vs. Zimbabwe            1:0 (0:0) DIRAMBA (GAB)
27.04.97 Yaoundé          16:00 Cameroon vs. Togo            2:0 (0:0) BOUCHARDEAU (NIG)
27.04.97 Harare ZIM       15:00 Zimbabwe vs. Angola          0:0       McLEOD (RSA)
08.06.97 Luanda           15:00 Angola vs. Cameroon           1:1 (0:0)        MASEMBE (UGA)
08.06.97 Lome, TGO        16:00 Togo vs. Zimbabwe            2:1 (2:0) SINKO (CIV)
17.08.97 Lome, TGO       *14:00 Togo vs. Angola                   1:1 (0:1) MAGASSA (MLI)
17.08.97 Harare ZIM      *16:00 Zimbabwe vs. Cameroon             1:2 (0:0) GHANDOUR (EGY)

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GROUP 5
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Morocco	6	5	1	0	14:2	16
Sierra Leone	5	2	1	2	4:6	7
Ghana	6	1	3	2	7:7	6
Gabon	5	0	1	4	1:11	1

RESULTS GROUP 5:
(GAB-GHA-MOR-SLE)

09.11.96 Rabat, MOR    (*)18:00 Morocco vs. Sierra Leone      4:0 (1:0) OLANIYAN (NGA)
10.11.96 Libreville, GAB  16:00 Gabon vs. Ghana                      1:1 (0:0) McLEOD (RSA)
11.01.97 Freetown         16:30 Sierra Leone vs. Gabon       1:0 (0:0) OLANIYAN (NGA)
12.01.97 Kumasi           14:30 Ghana vs. Morocco            2:2 (0:1) BUJSAIM (UAE)
05.04.97 Freetown         16:30 Sierra Leone vs. Ghana       1:1 (0:1) BOUCHARDEAU (NIG)
06.04.97 Libreville       16:00 Gabon vs. Morocco             0:4 (0:4) MASEMBE (UGA)
26.04.97 Freetown         16:30 Sierra Leone vs. Morocco      0:1 (0:1) NDOYE (SEN)
27.04.97 Accra            15:00 Ghana vs. Gabon                      3:0 (1:0) SHINNAWI (EGY)
07.06.97*Casablanca       20:00 Morocco vs. Ghana        1:0 (0:0) MAGASSA (MLI)
08.06.97 Libreville       16:00 Gabon vs. Sierra Leone        postponed BOUCHARDEAU (NIG)
17.08.97 Casablanca       20:00 Morocco vs. Gabon             2:0 (2:0) MOUSSA (EGY)
17.08.97 Obuasi*          15:00 Ghana vs. Sierra Leone        0:2 (0:1)  ESSIMI MBENGUE (CMR)
26.10.97 Libreville       16:00 Gabon vs. Sierra Leone

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(*) NOTE: Change of date, venue or kick-off time.

FIRST ROUND

Of the 36 participating teams, 4 were exempted from the first round: Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt.

RESULTS FIRST ROUND:

31.05.96  Nouakchott    17:00  Mauritania vs. Burkina Faso   0:0       FAYE (GMB)
01.06.96  Windhoek      15:00  Namibia vs. Mozambique        2:0 (1:0) AUGUSTO SILVA (AGO)
01.06.96  Blantyre      14:30  Malawi vs. South Africa       0:1 (0:1) MASEMBE (UGA)
01.06.96  Kampala       16:30  Uganda vs. Angola             0:2 (0:1) ABDULKADIR ISAA (TAN)
01.06.96  Bissau        16.30  Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea      3:2 (2:0) NDOYE (SEN)
01.06.96  Benjul        17:00  Gambia vs. Liberia            2:1 (1:1) CAMARA (GUI)
02.06.96  Mbabane       15.30  Swaziland vs. Gabon           0:1 (0:1) TANGAWARIMA (ZIM)
02.06.96  Bujumbura     15:00  Burundi vs. Sierra Leone      1:0 (0:0) AHMED MOHAMED S (SDN)
02.06.96  Antananarivo  15:00  Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe       1:2 (1:0) LIM KEE CHONG (MUS)
02.06.96  Brazzaville   15:00  Congo vs. Côte d'Ivoire       2:0 (1:0) AKA (CMR)
02.06.96  Curepipe      15:30  Mauritius vs. Zaire           1:5 (0:2) HUBERT ERIC (ILR)
02.06.96  Kigali        15:30  Rwanda vs. Tunisia            1:3 (0:1) UENKADILA (ZAI)
02.06.96  Nairobi       16:00  Kenya vs. Algeria             3:1 (0:0) TIBEBU (ETH)
02.06.96  Lome          16:00  Togo vs. Senegal              2:1 (1:0) OKOAMPAH (GHA)
02.06.96  Khartoum      19:00  Sudan vs. Zambia              2:0 (1:0) BITA (KEN)
08.06.96  Dar Es Salaam 16:00  Tanzania vs. Ghana            0:0       BAKU NDUKIZE (BDI)
14.06.96  Alger         17:00  Algeria vs. Kenya             1:0 (0:0) FERID (TUN)
15.06.96  Freetown      16:30  Sierra Leone vs. Burundi      0:1 (0:1) OLANIYAN (NGA)
15.06.96  Johannesburg  15:00  South Africa vs. Malawi       3:0 (3:0) SENAI (BWA)
15.06.96  Dakar         16:30  Senegal vs. Togo              1:1 (1:0) GASSAMA (MTN)
16.06.96  Harare        15:00  Zimbabwe vs. Madagascar       2:2 (0:1) McLEOD (RSA)
16.06.96  Lusaka        15:00  Zambia vs. Sudan              3:0 (2:0) MABUZA (SWZ)
16.06.96  Maputo        15:00  Mozambique vs. Namibia        1:1 (1:0) JAKY (MDG)
16.06.96  Luanda        15:30  Angola vs. Uganda             3:1 (2:1) HATIMBULA (ZAM)
16.06.96  Kinshasa      15:30  Zaire vs. Mauritius           2:0 (1:0) DIRAMBA (GAB)
16.06.96  Ouagadougou   16.00  Burkina Faso vs. Mauritania   2:0 (1:0) ABIKANLOU (BEN)
16.06.96  Libreville    16:00  Gabon vs. Swaziland           2:0 (1:0) YENGO (COG)
16.06.96  Abidjan       16:00  Côte d'Ivoire vs. Congo       1:1 (1:0) GHANDOUR (EGY)
16.06.96  Conakry       16:30  Guinea vs. Guinea-Bissau      3:1 (1:0) KANOUTE (MLI)
16.06.96  Tunis         18:00  Tunisia vs. Rwanda            2:0 (1:0) KOURADJI (ALG)
17.06.96  Accra         15:00  Ghana vs. Tanzania            2:1 (0:0) BOUCHARDEAU (NIG)
23.06.96  Accra*        15:00  Liberia vs. Gambia            4:0 (1:0) KAMARA (SLE)

Please note that Ghana v. Tanzania was played 17 June (the match was abandoned Sunday, June 16th).
(*) Match was played in Accra, Ghana, because of the war situation in Liberia.

South Africa shut-out Malawi 3-0 and advance on 4-0 aggregate
Togo advance to Second Round on 3-2 aggregate following 1-1 tie with Senegal.
Kenya advance to Second Round
Congo advance on 3-1 aggregate.
Zambia advance on 3-2 aggregate following 3-0 shut-out of Sudan.
Zimbabwe holds Madagascar to a 2-2 tie and advance on 4-3 total goals.
Zaire beat Mauritius 2-0 and advance on 7-1 aggregate.
Tunisia beat visiting Rwanda 2-0 and advance on 5-1 aggregate.
Burundi beat Sierra Leon 1-0 and advanced on 2-0 aggregate.
Namibia, with a 1-1 tie at Mozambique, advance on 3-1 aggregate.
Gabon beat visiting Swaziland 2-0 and advance on 3-0 aggregate.
Angola with a win at home, defeating Uganda 3-1, advance on 5-1 aggregate.
Burkina Faso beat visiting Mauritania 2-0 and advance on 2-0 aggregate.
Guinea beat visiting Guinea-Bissau 3-1 to advance on 5-4 aggregate.
Ghana advance on 2-1 aggregate.
Liberia advance on 5-2 aggregate following 4-0 shut-out of Gambia in Accra, Ghana.

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