Monday, June 23, 2008

Uganda 0 - Angola 0

Uganda visited Angola in the penultimate African qualifier of the month of June. Nothing spectacular occurred in this match, scoring-wise or behavior-wise, so June 23, 2008 will down go down in history as producing no World Cup qualifying scores. The scoreless tie keeps the two participants in a tie for second in Group C with seven points, two behind leaders Benin. Angola are currently second on goal differential.

The game was delayed by one day because the officials from Nigeria were unable to arrive on time.

Current group leaders:
Nigeria (clinched Round Two)

A. Cameroon
B. Guinea
C. Benin
E. Ghana
F. Sénégal
G. Côte d’Ivoire
H. Morocco
I. Burkina Faso
J. Mali
K. Swaziland
L. Democratic Republic of the Congo

Standings of the current second-place teams:
1. Kenya 7 +4
2. Egypt 6 +2
3. Rwanda 6 +1
4. Tunisia 6 +1
5. Angola 4 +1 (tiebreaker over Uganda)
6. Zambia 4 0
7. Botswana 4 -3
8. Congo 3 -1
9. Cape Verde 3 -1
9. Algeria 3 -1
11. Libya 3 -2
12. South Africa 1 -3 (tiebreaker over Sierra Leone)

Cape Verde and Libya have both played twice against the fourth-place teams in their respective groups, so their point totals reflect their other two games played. The other ten teams have three games counting toward this ranking.

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