Tournament host and automatic qualifier: Equatorial Guinea Preliminary Round Match Day 1: 30 November - 2 December 2007 Match Day 2: 14-16 December 2007 First listed plays first leg at home Tunisia - Egypt Morocco - Algeria Burundi - Congo Zimbabwe - Zambia Eritrea - Tanazania Botswana - Namibia Guinea - Benin Senegal - Cote d'Ivoire preliminary round byes: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, RD Congo, Mali First Round Match Day 1: 22-24 February 2008 Match Day 2: 7-9 March 2008 First listed plays first leg at home Tunisia-Egypt winner - Morocco-Algeria winner Burundi-Congo winner - RD Congo Zimbabwe-Zambia winner - South Africa Eritrea-Tanazania winner - Cameroon Botswana-Namibia winner - Nigeria Guinea-Benin winner - Mali Senegal-Cote d'Ivoire winner - Ghana No dates provided for tournament http://www.cafonline50.com/?lng=1&cmpt=40&module=media&idrub=94793&idnews=82115
Tanzania squad for away leg at Eritrea Fatuma Bushiri,Fatuma Omary,Mwanaidi Yusuph,Pulkaria Chalaji,Mwapewa Mtumwa,Sophia Mwasikili,Flora Kayanda,Asha Rashid,Mary Masatu,Mwanaidi Abdalah,Amina Mwinchumu,Mwanahamisi Omary,Neema Munishi,Fatuma Mustapha,Nelly Fortunatus,Tina Victor,Ester Chabruma and Fadhila Hamadi. http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/newz.php?id=1442
16 December Algeria - Morocco 2-1 , Algeria advance Namibia - Botswana 6-1 , Namibia advance Tanzania - Eritrea 1-0 , Tanzania advance Zambia - Zimbawe 2-3, Zimbabwe advance Next round , Feb 22-24 and March 7-9 Tunisia - Algeria Congo - DR Congo South Africa - Zimbabwe Cameroon - Tanzania Nigeria - Namibia Mali - Guinea Ghana - Cote d´Ivoire Winners to final stage in Equatorial Guinea
Friday : Namibia - Nigeria 0-3 http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/spor...208&ptitle=Falcons Thrash Namibia 3-0 At Home
Zimbabwe - South Africa 1-4 http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=1051&cat=5 Tanzania - Cameroon 0-3 http://dailynews.habarileo.co.tz/sports/?id=3215 Cote d`Ivoire - Ghana 1-1
Congo 4:1 DR Congo Guinea 0:8 Mali Ghana's coaches replaced after first leg draw with Ivory Coast. http://www.cafonline.com/?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=&TNews=1&idrub=96532&idnews=82916
Today : Tunisia - Algeria 2-1 . Tunisia qualified for finals. South Africa - Zimbabwe 2-0. South Africa qualified.
Tunisia only started playing in April 2006, less than 2 years ago, and this was only their 12th match ever. Great achievement for them to reach a continental finals in their first attempt. The winning goal was scored in the 91st minute.
Nigeria 10:1 Namibia Nigeria qualify with a 13-1 aggregate score. http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/spor...Thrash Namibian Gladiators 10-1&cpdate=090308