Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – The Ethiopian national soccer team aka “Walias” are drawn to play against Benin in the 2013 African Nations Cup Preliminary Round 2, according to a report posted on CAFOnline.com.
The Draw for the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations was conducted on Friday by the sub-committee of the Africa Cup of Nations Organizing Committee here.
Procedures
47 engaged countries, South Africa Host country automatically qualified which makes 46 teams involved to qualify to the final tournament.
16 teams that qualified to CAN Orange 2012 will get an automatic bye from the first two rounds and enter directly in the final round of qualifiers that begins after CAN Orange 2012
30 countries will take part of the qualifiers from the start:
Preliminary Round 1:
The lowest ranked 4 teams (Swaziland, Sao Tome, Seychelles, and Lesotho) will meet in first and second leg to qualify 2 teams.
Seychelles v Swaziland (Win 1/2)
Sao Tome v Lesotho (Win 3/4)
Preliminary Round 2
2 qualified teams and 26 others making 28 countries will meet in first and second leg to qualify 14 teams.
Ethiopia v Benin
Rwanda v Nigeria
Congo v Uganda
Burundi v Zimbabwe
Algeria v Gambia
Kenya v Togo
Win 3/ 4 v Sierra Leone
Guinea Bissau v Cameroon
Chad v Malawi
Win 1/ 2 v RD Congo
Tanzania v Mozambique
Central Africa v Egypt
Madagascar v Cape Verde
Liberia v Namibia
FINAL ROUND
After CAN Orange 2012, the 16 teams that qualified to the CAN Orange 2012 and the 14 teams that qualified from Preliminary round 2 will meet in first and second leg formula to qualify 15 countries, and South Africa is qualified as host country.
The Final Round will be played in September and October 2012.
NB: Match dates to be played first half of 2012 and exact dates to be communicated later.
A 0-0 draw with Somalia? This is hilarious! Kemir gn we Ethiopians should be banned not only from playing football but also from watching it. That is it…. I said it. 0-0 with Somalia! This must be a joke.
Hi
I really want to keep up with live events for the WCQ v Somalia.
Does anybody know of a stream showing these matches or a way I can get a minute by minute report?
Good luck to the Ethiopian National team from an Ethiopia fan in England!!
it seems that there are some people in EFF or government want Ethiopian football to be in this level and not to improve. it is not understandable that once the team is showing some improvement, some people kill that hope purposely. i have read from the coach mail to all that he has as we strong believe in our players and their quality. what they need is some one who can help them to produce their talent and also they need settlement.
Honestly, I have given up in Ethiopian Football improving its standard. The football governing body firing and hiring coaches every two months is ridiculous, how are ever going to qualify for a major tournament, if they keep doing that?? This people don’t understand the importance of stability, who are we to fire and sack coaches every two months. FFS! Even countries like England, France have stood by their coaches for long time because changing coaches will never help the team/players. They would have to adapt to new system all the time.
It really makes me angry because the one and only time I believed we had a good coach (Tom Saintfiet) and could possibly qualify for a major tournament; they break their promises and let him go. The most annoying thing about this is we have a world cup qualifier in few weeks. Ahh well, I don’t think Ethiopia will qualify to the Nations Cup let alone the World Cup, but one can never stop dreaming.
I realy dont understand this…..