2013 Africa Cup of Nations: Ethiopia advances on away goal rule.
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.ÂÂ
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: 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.
