Cotonou, Benin – The Walias of Ethiopia continued their resurgence with a 1-1 draw with Benin here today to advance to the next round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Cup.
The two teams played to a goalless draw two weeks ago in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Thus, Ethiopia made it through.
Michael Pote opened the score for Benin and Adane Girma if St. George got the equalizer for Ethiopia.
Fixtures and results of the qualifying campaign for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa.Â
Preliminary Round:
15/01/12: Sao Tome 1-0 Lesotho
22/01/12: Lesotho 0-0 Sao Tome
Sao Tome advance 1-0 on aggregate
06-08/01/12:Â Seychelles – Swaziland
Seychelles advance after Swaziland withdrew
First Round:
29/02/12: Ethiopia 0-0 Benin
15-17/06/12: Benin v Ethiopia
29/02/12: Rwanda 0-0 Nigeria
16/06/12: Nigeria 2-0 Rwanda
Nigeria win 2-0 on aggregate
29/02/12: Congo Brazzaville 3-1 Uganda
16/06/12: Uganda 4-0 Congo Brazzaville
Uganda win 5-3 on aggregate
29/02/12: Burundi 2-1 Zimbabwe
17/06/12: Zimbabwe 1-0 Burundi
Zimbabwe advances on away goal rule (2-2)
29/02/12: The Gambia 1-2 Algeria
15/06/12: Algeria 4-1 The Gambia
Algeria win 6-2 on aggregate
29/02/12: Kenya 2-1 Togo
15-17/06/12: Togo 1-0 Kenya
Togo advances on away goal rule (2-2)
29/02/12: Guinea Bissau 0-1 Cameroon
16/06/12: Cameroon 1-0 Guinea Bissau
Cameroon win 2-0 on aggregate
29/02/12: Chad 3-2 Malawi
16/06/12: Malawi 2-0 Chad
Malawi win 4-3 on aggregate
29/02/12: Tanzania 1-1 Mozambique
15-17/06/12: Mozambique 1-1 Tanzania
The two teams finished tied 2-2 on aggregate score but Mozambique advances on penalty kick (8-7)
15/06/12: Egypt 2-3 CAR
24/06/12: CAR v Egypt
First leg delayed because of political problems in Egypt
29/02/12: Madagascar 0-4 Cape Verde
15-17/06/12: Cape Verde 3-1 Madagascar
Cape Verde 7-1 on aggregate score
29/02/12: Liberia 1-0 Namibia
15-17/06/12: Namibia 0-0 Liberia
Liberia 1-0 on aggregate score
29/02/12: Sao Tome 2-1 Sierra Leone
16/06/12: Sierra Leone 4-2 Sao Tome
Sierra Leone 6-4 on aggregate score
29/02/12: Seychelles 0-4 DR Congo
15-17/06/12: DR Congo 3-0 Seychelles
DR Congo win 7-0 on aggregate
Second Round:
The draw for the next round of qualifying will be made in July and will feature the teams who have been successful this weekend, plus the winners of the tie between Egypt and CAR, and those sides who competed at this year’s Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
The winners from Round One face the 16 finalists from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations over two legs on 7-9 September and 12-14 October to decide the 15 finalists joining hosts South Africa in the 2013 finals.
I am sure that just we Ethiopians start to proud by score of our national team!THANKS SALADIN!I hope to see you in the European clubs specially in Barclay’s premier league. I Love you Denis Saladin.you are really Denis Bergcamp of Ethiopia.
any one who knows where online I can watch England vs. Ukraine?
It will be a very tought leg out much we’ll face in the final caf qualification. it might be Gana or Ivory cost …whatever the fixture will be. we must keep our winninig spirit until the last second in a pitch.
Hey moge, why are u saying that they are not going to qualify you hater. I believe in the national team is going to qualify for Africa cup of nation, and the world cup. if you don’t have good things to say about the national team shut it.
Moge,
Why are you behaving so pesimistically here, man? How the hell do you know that our team will not make it for the cup of nations and world cup? Go to your Artera and watch your Sawa boys play an ugly football. tifa kezih atamartbin
Still we need to work on HOW TO SCORE a goal….THEY MISS TOO MUCH OPPORTUNITY which are easy when i compare they scored the goals…
CONGRATULATIONS….
good luck on the NEXT ROUND not to meet GHANA,NIGERIA,COTDIVOUR,if not why not …
we can compute with them…
ETHIOPIA LEZELALEM
…PLS do history as what our LUCY DONE….
Addis Hentsa, Sisay Bacha, Coach sewnet Bishaw did what they have to do. Adane also discharged his responsibility. I think physiacal fitness work is waiting for them to be more good. we shouldn’t forget short but strong players like mesi, fabrigas &…… we have the talent but we lack only approach. In fact our confidence is coming well.
U R ON THE VERGE OF WRITING A NEW HISTORY THAT LANDMARKS THE BEGINNING OF A BRIGHT FUTURE. GO! GO AHEAD! U MUST REMAIN DETERMINED AND MEN OF ACTION, LEAVE THE HISTORY TO HISTORY BOOK AND HISTORIANS. CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO OUR NEW FOOTBALLING HISTORY. REMAIN AND WORK AS STRONG UNIT.
It is a great conscious work, the Ethiopian team has shown capacity to score and hold such a powerful team in their own territory, that is superb. Still there is a lot to be said about finishing in a sense of converting rare opportunities in such difficult game is an area Ethiopia should focus. There is still a lot to work on strikers confidence when they face the opponents goal.
I was happy the Ethiopian boys while watching this game.
Great job! the referee though… betam asafari neber, he was disgusting during the whole match. he was even shouting and probably insulting not only our boys, but the Ethiopian medical team as well! kefafi yehone dagna neber. behonim ye chibo amlak redton ashenefin!! We will make it through, that’s for sure.
This happens by chance not by competence. It is not sustainable. don’t fantasy too much..The only new thing is we do have good goal keeper. This team will not qualify for African cup of nation and world cup!!!
Wendata! endi nowe yager lidge!
Does anyone know what happened to omed okri? i dont see him on the line up
ahune were yekum
ahun radio were menamen akumuna sera bicha yesera national budenu please
The overall performance was good, considering they played away game. Addis worked his socks off..gave 110% to control the midfield area. What display!!! Sisay also was great. He looks comfortable with volley balls, which made things easier. The defensive duos in the center were amazing and quick to clear the balls. Their anticipation was perfect.I liked Minyale’s effort too…although his task was a difficult one. Adane was isolated for most part of the game, even if the goal was enough for the team to go through. All in all, I give the lads credit…the deserve to be where they are right now, as they have worked so hard. I hope they will keep the fire in the bellies and reach to the Cup of nations. Great job guys and thank y’all very much for making this happen. I am ecstatic right now…Viva Ethiopia!!!
All the time we can’t be dependant on saladin, need to work on strikers before it is too late. For sure if saladin was played the result would be very differnt, means we could won. No matter how, the result is good enough, but from now on need to work on striker can’t be depndant on saladin all the time. He did the best and also he is the best never seen before striker, may be next from Mengistu werku.
Addis Hentsa is a very good defensive midfielder. Sisay Bancha is a very calm goalie. Good defensive display.