2014 WC: Fixtures for 2nd round of matches in group stage of African qualifiers

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With little time to rest, African teams return to action this weekend as the second round of group matches are scheduled to be played in the qualifying series for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The opening group matches of the African qualifying were played last weekend, with 40 teams in action across the continent.

The teams are campaigning for the 2014 World Cup ticket in 10 groups of four teams each.

The top two in each group will advance to the third and final round of the qualifiers, where they will be divided into five groups of four teams each.

Only the winner of each group will qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals, to be hosted by Brazil.

Following are the full fixtures for the 2nd round of group matches:

Blantyre               Malawi Vs Nigeria
Gaborone            Botswana Vs South Africa
Ndola                  Zambia Vs Ghana
Libreville             Gabon Vs Burkina Faso
Pointe Noire        Congo Vs Niger
Kampala             Uganda Vs Senegal
Praia                   Cape Verde Islands Vs Tunisia
Malabo               Equatorial Guinea Vs Sierra Leone
Windhoek           Namibia Vs Kenya
Marrakech          Morocco Vs Côte d'Ivoire
Maseru               Lesotho Vs Sudan
Maputo              Mozambique Vs Zimbabwe
Kigali                 Rwanda Vs Benin
Kinshasa            Congo DR Vs Togo
Addis Ababa     Ethiopia Vs Central African Republic
Dar Es Salaam  Tanzania Vs Gambia
Monrovia          Liberia Vs Angola
Conakry           Guinea Vs Egypt
Sfax                 Libya Vs Cameroon
Ouagadougou  Mali Vs Algeria
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