It would be nice to see them compete - it's probably the best chance they have of qualifying for the finals of a tournament.
FIFA`s fixtures for May are missing two matches : Guinea - Mali and Tanzania - Eritrea Could it be that two teams have withdrawn ?
While it would hardly be a shock if they have, it is a little bit of a coincidence that those two ties are the only two without a team that got a bye to this round in the initial draw (not including withdrawals). It may be that the matches haven't been entered because of this. J
2 corrections Senegal 0-1 Ghana (not 1-0) http://www.aps.sn/aps.php?page=articles&id_article=68728 DR Congo 0-2 Cameroon (not 2-0) http://www.starafrica.com/fr/sport/football/article/can-2010-rd-congo-cameroun-0-2-51210.html Today's matches: Tanzania 8-0 Eritrea Namibia 1-5 Equatorial Guinea
Correction: Tanzania 8-1 Eritrea (half-time 4-0) http://dailynews.co.tz/sports/?n=10188&cat=sports Namibia 1-5 Equatorial Guinea was also 1-5 at half-time.
so we have: Algeria 1 - Tunisia 1 Ghana 1 - Senegal 0 Cameroon 2 - Congo DR 0 Eq. Guinea 5 - Namibia 1 Tanzania 8 - Eritrea 1 and missing: Nigeria vs. Ivory Coast Mali vs. Guinea
21.05 DR Congo 0-2 Cameroon 22.05 Algeria 1-1 Tunisia 22.05 Senegal 0-1 Ghana 23.05 Tanzania 8-1 Eritrea 23.05 Namibia 1-5 Equatorial Guinea 23.05 Côte d'Ivoire 1-2 Nigeria Waiting on: 23.05 Guinea v Mali
There was talk of Guinea forfeiting the match a few weeks ago - something to do with unpaid expenses. However, there was a report yesterday on guineefoot.info that suggested that Guinea would play.
A Namibian journalist not too impressed with the Equatoguineans... http://www.namibiasport.com.na/node/12249 "The powerful visitors, who are the defending African champions, were just too strong and physical for the Namibians, while some of their players hardly looked feminine at all."
Decision time for AWC slots http://www.cafonline.com/competitio...10/news/5684-decision-time-for-awc-slots.html
Eq Guinea - Namibia is cancelled. http://www.namibian.com.na/sport/lo...010/june/article/gladiators-match-called-off/
Today (5th June) Cameroon 3-0 DR Congo (5-0 aggregate) Eritrea 3-3 Tanzania (4-11 aggregate) Tunisia 0-1 Algeria (1-2 aggregate) Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, Algeria all join South Africa in the finals. 2 other games today: Nigeria v Côte d'Ivoire Mali v Guinea 1 match tomorrow: Ghana v Senegal
so unless we see a major upset by either Ivory Coast or Senegal, the finals will have: South Africa Algeria Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Tanzania Mali Nigeria Ghana
Finals : GROUP A South Africa (hosts) Tanzania Nigeria Mali GROUP B Equatorial Guinea (holders) Cameroon Algeria Ghana http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9019250.stm
Interesting details from the link: "The flight delay is the second calamity that has hit the national women’s squad in recent days, following the suspension of Kleintjie Fredericks, Bianca Fredericks and Charmaine Swartbooi for going AWOL after the first leg in the capital. The key trio were subsequently dropped from the side and thus would not have made the trip." Bad girls on the loose ?
Time for some predictions Group A South Africa 4:1 Tanzania Nigeria 2:0 Mali South Africa 1:2 Nigeria Mali 1:0 Tanzania Mali 1:1 South Africa Tanzania 0:4 Nigeria Group B Equatorial Guinea 1:2 Cameroon Algeria 0:2 Ghana Equatorial Guinea 1:0 Algeria Ghana 1:0 Cameroon Cameroon 1:1 Algeria Ghana 0:0 Equatorial Guinea Semifinals Nigeria 5:0 Cameroon South Africa 1:2 Ghana 3rd Place South Africa 0:2 Cameroon Final Nigeria 1:0 Ghana