Afcon 2013 Draw: Zimbabwe Warriors face Angola

by Sports reporter

2012 July 05 21:13:00 | 5859 Views

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final qualifying round draw took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday night, with the 30 countries remaining in the qualifiers discovering who their opponents would be.

Zimbabwe Warriors were drawn to play Southern African rivals Angola.

Zimbabwe will be at home in the first leg on the weekend on September 7 to 9, with the return leg set for Angola during the weekend on October 12 to 14.

The full draw: First leg - September 7-9

In other draws, other CECAFA representatives Sudan and Ethiopia will have to face each other. The most interesting draw however saw giants Ivory Coast face Senegal.

Full draw.
Zambia Vs Uganda
Nigeria Vs Liberia
Mozambique Vs Morocco.
Ghana Vs Malawi.
Gabon Vs Togo.
DR. Congo Vs E. Guinea.
Niger Vs Guinea.
Libya Vs Algeria.
Mali Vs Botswana.
Sierra Leone Vs Tunisia.
Senegal Vs Ivory Coast
Ethiopia Vs Sudan.
CAR Vs Burkina Faso.
Uganda Vs Zambia .
Cape Verde Vs Cameron.

As host nation, South Africa qualifies automatically, leaving 15 spots open for the remaining national teams, as they play their opponents over two legs to decide the victor and qualifier for the 2013 Afcon.

The 30 teams were divided into two pots ahead of the draw. Pot A contained all the seeded teams based on their performances at the last three Afcon editions. This included Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia and Zambia.

Pot B contained the likes of Botswana, Cape Verde Islands, Central Africa Republic, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, DR Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The biggest gasp of the night was reserved for the moment when Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire were revealed as opponents in the final round of qualifying, setting up a classic of African football.

Afcon

Source: Byo24Sports