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Soccer News of Thursday, 2 January 2003

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All-Africa Games football factfile

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 1 (AFP) - Factfile for 2003 All-Africa Games football qualifying competition:

Zone 1

Libya v Algeria

First leg: Jan 24-26, second: Feb 21-23

Zone 2

First round

Senegal 4 Guinea 3 (1-1 home, 3-2 away)

Mali walkover, Mauritania withdrew

Second round

Senegal v Mali

First leg: Jan 24-26, second: Feb 21-23

Zone 3

Preliminary round

Liberia walkover, Benin withdrew

Togo walkover, Niger withdrew

First round

Ghana walkover, Liberia withdrew

Ivory Coast walkover, Togo withdrew

Second round

Ghana v Ivory Coast

First leg: Jan 24-26, second: Feb 21-23

Zone 4

First round

Rwanda walkover, Congo withdrew

Second round

Cameroon (holders) v Rwanda

First leg: Jan 24-26, second: Feb 21-23

Zone 5

Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda withdrew from round-robin tournament in Egypt claiming hosts reneged on promise to pay travel expenses

Egypt 0 Kenya 0

Kenya 1 Egypt 2

Both matches in Egypt

Egypt win 2-1 on aggregate and qualify for finals

Zone 6

Preliminary round

Swaziland 1 Namibia 3

Botswana 3 Lesotho 1

First round

Zimbabwe 2 Mozambique 1

Zambia 3 Namibia 2

South Africa 4 Malawi 4 (2-2 2-2, South Africa won 4-3 on penalties)

Angola 5 Botswana 2

Second round

Zimbabwe v Zambia

South Africa v Angola

First leg: Jan 24-26, second: Feb 21-23

Zone 7

No entrants

Hosts Nigeria, Egypt, winners of Zone 1, 2, 3 and 4 and winners of two Zone 6 matches qualify for finals in Abuja from Oct 4-18

Leading scorer

4 - Daniel Bocande (Sen)

Previous tournaments

1965 (Brazzaville) - 1. Congo, 2. Mali, 3. Ivory Coast

1973 (Lagos) - 1. Nigeria, 2. Guinea, 3. Egypt

1978 (Algiers) - 1. Algeria, 2. Nigeria, 3. Ghana

1987 (Nairobi) - 1. Egypt, 2. Kenya, 3. Malawi

1991 (Cairo) - 1. Cameroon, 2. Tunisia, 3. Nigeria

1995 (Harare) - 1. Egypt, 2. Zimbabwe, 3. Nigeria

1999 (Johannesburg) - 1. Cameroon, 2. Zambia, 3. South Africa

Note: Qualifying rounds and finals of 2003 edition restricted to players born on or after January 1 1981