Surprises at African Nations Cup Qualifiers

Matches were played saturday and sunday for the final rounds of qualifications for the African Nations Cup holding in South Africa 2013. There were a few surprises but the big guns also were able to make it to the finals. Below is the results from the qualifcations and the countries that qualified.

 

Uganda 1-0 Zambia (Agg: 1-1)

Zambia win 9-8 on penalties. 

The Defender Champions just made it via penalties.

Senegal vs Ivory Coast - match abandoned

The match was abondoned after Ivory Coast scored their second goal via a penalty from Drogba in the 76 minutes. Ivory Coast certain to go through.

Malawi 0-1 Ghana (Agg: 0-3)

Ghana was the first nation to qualify.

Botswana 1-4 Mali (Agg: 1-7)

Mali qualified with a heavy goals aggregate. 

Nigeria 6-1 Liberia (Agg: 8-3)

Nigeria scored in the very first minutes and went on to score 5 more goals to qualify. Calabar has become a good home to the Super Eagles.

Tunisia 0-0 Sierra Leone (Agg 2-2)

Tunisia went through on away goals rule. As they were held to a goal-less draw by Sierra Leona at home.

Morocco 4-0 Mozambique (Agg 4-2)

Morocco beat Mozambique to qualify.

Cameroon 2-1 Cape Verde (Agg: 2-3)

The big shock of the qualifers was the elimination of Cameroon, even the return of four time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto'o and a change of Coach could not salvage what had been a disaster for the host nation as Cape Verde, a country with a population of about 500,000, after having won the first tie 2-0, strengthened their position after only 22 minutes of the return game when Portuguese-based striker Heldon scored with a free-kick. So Cameroon for the first time, will now miss two African Nations Cup in a row. How are the mighty fallen.

Ethiopia 2-0 Sudan (Agg: 5-5)

Ethiopia qualify on the away goal rule.

Angola 2-0 Zimbabwe (Agg: 3-3)

Angola also qualify on the away goal rule.

Niger 2-0 Guinea (Agg: 2-1)

Niger qualified only for their second African Nations cup after late goals.

Togo 2-1 Gabon (Agg: 3-2)

Togo qualified on goals aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea 2-1 DR Congo (Agg: 2-5)

DR Congo qualifed after having won the first tie by 4 goals to nil.

Burkina Faso 3-1 Central African Republic (3-2)

Burkina Faso qualified on a 3-2 aggregate.

Algeria 2-0 Libya (3-0)

Algeria qualified beating Libya home and away.

So there you have it, all the countries that qualified for the 2013 African Nations Cup holding in South African.

Zambia

Ivory Coast      Awaiting confirmation from CAF

Ghana

Mali

Nigeria

Tunisia

Morocco

Cape Verde

Ethiopia

Angola

Niger

Togo

DR Congo

Burkina Faso

Algeria and host

South Africa.