adminVictories will secure the “Elephants” and the “Pharaohs” unassailable leads in four-team mini-leagues, and the “Walyas Antelopes” of Ethiopia and the “Carthage Eagles” of Tunisia are in a similar situation.
Amid countless permutations, even drawing might suffice for the Ivorians, Egyptians and Tunisians depending on the results of closest challengers, but sharing the points would not take the Ethiopians through.
World Cup Africa zone qualifying fixtures this weekend
Group A
Today: At Lobatse – Botswana v Central African Republic (3pm)
Tomorrow: At Addis Ababa – Ethiopia v South Africa (3pm)
Group B
Today: At Praia – Cape Verde Islands v Sierra Leone (7:30pm).
Tomorrow: At Malabo – Equatorial Guinea v Tunisia (6pm).
Group C
Today: At Marrakech – Morocco v Gambia (10pm).
Tomorrow: At Dar es Salaam – Tanzania v Ivory Coast (2pm).
Group D
Today: At Ndola – Zambia v Sudan (3pm).
Tomorrow: At Maseru – Lesotho v Ghana (3pm).
Group E
Today: At Pointe Noire – Congo Brazzaville v Burkina Faso (4:30pm); At Franceville – Gabon v Niger (5pm).
Group F
Played Wednesday: At Windhoek – Namibia 1, Nigeria 1; At Blantyre – Malawi 2, Kenya 2.
Group G
Tomorrow: At Maputo – Mozambique v Egypt (3pm); At Conakry – Guinea v Zimbabwe (7pm).
Group H
Tomorrow: At Kigali – Rwanda v Algeria (3:30pm); At Bamako – Mali v Benin (8pm).
Today: At Kampala – Uganda v Angola (3pm); At Monrovia – Liberia v Senegal (6pm).
Note: The 10 group winners qualify for final elimination round —AFP.
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