Preliminary round : Djibouti - Somalia 0-1 Equatorial Guinea withdrew in the preliminary round against Congo. Mauritania also withdrew . First round (First Leg) : Gabon - DR Congo 1-2 Burkina Faso - Ghana 0-0 Algeria - Libya 1-0 Niger - Nigeria 2-0 ! Malawi - Mozambique 3-0 Zambia - Mozambique 3-0 Botswana - South Africa 0-0 Seychelles - Namibia 1-0 Eritrea and Ethiopia withdrew.
So what is this competition about Jonny? Does this lead into the next African cup? What is the format??
This is a competition for only home based players , the teams can only field players from the local league. Congo DR won first edition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Championship_of_Nations Here is the format : http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CHAN fixtures_110909_doc.pdf Some teams will be fielding almost same team in qualifiers for African Cup but other teams have all NT players in foreign leagues . Results : Tanzania - Somalia 6-0 (correction) Uganda - Burundi 4-0 Uganda to next round. Angola - Madagascar 2-0 Angola to next round. Mozambique - Malawi 1-0 Malawi to next round. South Africa - Bostwana 2-1 South Africa to next round.
Cameroon qualify for CHAN, Nigeria walk tight rope http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8590697.stm
Oh what a great idea, except that it is home and away leg knockouts instead of spreading about in a pool group. I know an ex-clubmate who plays for the Namibia team, shame they didn't get though.
Thye hav eto limit the costs I guess , anyway the finals been expanded from 8 to 16 teams now. Results today : Nigeria - Niger 0-0 . Niger qualified for finals ! Ghana - Burkina Faso 1-0. Ghana qualified for finals.
Sierra Leone - Senegal 1-0 , 3-4 on PK`s . Senegal to finals. Zimbabwe - Swaziland 3-0. Zimbawe to Second round. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8590697.stm
1.5 Tanzania - Rwanda 1-1 22.5 Angola - Malawi 1-1 Uganda - Kenya 1-0 Seychelles - Zimbabwe 2-4 23.5 South Africa - Zambia Congo withdrew , Gabon to CHAN finals
Zambia - South Africa 1-1 . South Africa to finals. Angola - Malawi 2-0 . Angola to finals http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8724255.stm Morocco - Tunisia 2-2 . Tunisia to finals
Tunisia beat Angola in the CHAN final in Sudan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9408044.stm Hosts Sudan win third place trophy at CHAN http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9407795.stm