Egypt will face Central Africa in the second preliminary round of the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifiers
The Draw for the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations was conducted on Friday by the sub-committee of the Africa Cup of nations organising committee in Malabo.
Procedures
47 engaged countries, South Africa Host country automatically qualified which makes 46 teams involved to qualify to the final tournament
16 teams that qualified to CAN Orange 2012 will get an automatic bye from the first two rounds and enter directly in the final round of qualifiers that begins after CAN Orange 2012
30 countries will take part of the qualifiers from the start:
Preliminary Round 1:
The lowest ranked 4 teams (Swaziland, Sao Tome, Seychelles, and Lesotho) will meet in first and second leg to qualify 2 teams
Preliminary Round 2
2 qualified teams and 26 others making 28 countries will meet in first and second leg to qualify 14 teams
FINAL ROUND
AFTER CAN Orange 2012, the 16 teams that qualified to the CAN Orange 2012 and the 14 teams that qualified from Preliminary round 2 will meet in first and second leg formula to qualify 15 countries , and south Africa is qualified as host country. The Final Round will be played in September and October 2012.
Draw results:
Preliminary Round 1:
Seychelles v Swaziland (Win 1/2)
Sao Tome v Lesotho (Win 3/4)
Preliminary Round 2
Central Africa v Egypt
Ethiopia v Benin
Rwanda v Nigeria
Congo v Uganda
Burundi v Zimbabwe
Algeria v Gambia
Kenya v Togo
Win 3/ 4 v Sierra Leone
Guinea Bissau v Cameroon
Chad v Malawi
Win 1/ 2 v RD Congo
Tanzania v Mozambique
Madagascar v Cape Verde
Liberia v Namibia
