From: mukasa@panix.com (Michael K Mukasa)
Subject: Re: WC94: AFRICA changes to qualifying groups
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:30:09 GMT

In <1993Jan27.215528.365@emr1.emr.ca> halchuk@seismo.emr.ca (Steve Halchuk) writes:

>At the request of a few, here are the changes that have occurred to 
>the African WC qualifying groups. None of the 9 groups have remained
>constant since the original draw in December 1992. Only 2 of the 9
>groups still have 4 teams competing. Perhaps the African FA should
>consider larger groups (6 groups of 6, top 2 advance to 3 groups of 4
>with the winner advancing, possibly?) so the loss of 1 or even 2 teams
>is not so drastic. In the present situation, two of the following four
>teams - Zimbabwe, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia - will not advance even
>though they have all played well while Guinea (through no fault of
>their own) will almost assuredly advance after having trounced Kenya 4
>- 0 (Kenya will need a 5 goal miracle to save themselves). Playing only
>one good match should not have the same merit as playing 4 or 5 good
>matches. Perhaps some teams should be seeded with a bye to later rounds
>as in the CONCACAF zone. Of course, hindsight is 20 - 20 and the
>African FA could not have foreseen the large number of withdrawals but
>a better structure to qualifying should be considered in order to
>minimize the political/economic problems that are likely to occur. 

>Despite all this complaining, I am still looking forward to the next
>set of matches to be played this weekend (Jan 30/31)

>Stephen

>CHANGES TO AFRICAN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUPS SINCE DECEMBER 1992

>ORIGINAL DRAW                                PRESENT FORM

>Africa Group A                               Africa Group A  
>Ghana		                             Ghana
>Algeria		                             Algeria
>Burundi		                             Burundi
>Uganda         Uganda withdrew

>Africa Group B                               Africa Group B  
>Cameroon	                             Cameroon
>Swaziland	                             Swaziland
>Zaire         		                     Zaire
>Liberia        Liberia withdrew

>Africa Group C                               Africa Group C  
>Zimbabwe	                             Zimbabwe
>Egypt		                             Egypt
>Angola		                             Angola
>Sierra Leone Sierra Leone replaced by Togo   Togo

>Africa Group D                               Africa Group D  
>Nigeria		                             Nigeria
>Congo    	                             South Africa
>Libya     	                             Congo
>Sao Tome e Principe   Libya suspended
>                      Sao Tome e Principe replaced by South Africa

>Africa Group E                               Africa Group E
>Cote d'Ivoire	                             Cote d'Ivoire
>Niger		                             Niger
>Botswana	                             Botswana
>Sudan          Sudan withdrew

>Africa Group F                               Africa Group F  
>Morocco 	                             Morocco
>Tunisia		                             Tunisia
>Ethiopia 	                             Ethiopia
>Malawi         Malawi replaced by Benin      Benin

>Africa Group G                               Africa Group G
>Gabon		                             Gabon
>Senegal 	                             Senegal
>Mozambique	                             Mozambique
>Mauritania     Mauritania withdrew

>Africa Group H                               Africa Group H
>Madagascar	                             Madagascar
>Zambia	                                     Zambia
>Namibia 	                             Namibia
>Tanzania       Tanzania withdrew

>Africa Group I                               Africa Group I
>Guinea		                             Guinea
>Kenya                                        Kenya
>Mali           Mali and Gambia withdrew
>Gambia



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> +============+     | S. Halchuk, halchuk@seismo.emr.ca
> |  o \0\     |}    |"I've never been asked, 
> |      \     | }   | And I've never replied
> |      \\    |  }  | If I supported Glasgow Rangers" :-) The Pogues
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