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World Cup Draws:
Cranes draw Benin, Angola and Niger
Uganda’s ambitious endeavour to participate in the 2010 World Cup
kicked-off on a vibrant note after the
Cranes’ avoided Africa’s traditional superpowers during the preliminary World
Cup draws held in Durban,
South Africa 25th November 2007.
Group 1
Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands
Tanzania, Mauritius
Group 2
Guinea, Zimbabwe
Namibia, Kenya
Group 3
Angola
Benin
Uganda
Niger
Group
4
Nigeria,
South Africa
Eq. Guinea, Sierra Leone
Group 5
Ghana,
Libya,
Gabon,
Lesotho
Group 6
Senegal, Algeria, Liberia
Gambia
Group 7
Ivory Coast, Mozambique
Botswana, Madagascar
Group 8
Morocco, Ethiopia, Rwanda
Mauritania
Group 9
Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Burundi
Seychelles
Group 10
Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad
Group 11
Togo,
Zambia, Eritrea, Swaz’d
Group 12
Egypt,
DR Congo
Malawi,
Djibouti
Group winners
and 8 best runners-up will advance to third round.
Round three:
The 20 teams from round two will be grouped in 5 groups of four in home
and away format
- 5 group winners qualify for the World Cup South Africa to participate in WC
as hosts. (Africa will have six teams in 2010WC).
UGANDA has been
handed a fair World Cup draw. The Cranes, who have been drawn to play in
Group 3 with 2010 African Nations Cup hosts Angola, Benin and Niger, however
face two daunting trips to
West Africa.
Uganda beat
Niger 3-1 in their last qualifier for the Ghana 2008 African Nations Cup but
were held to a goalless draw in the first fixture in Niamey.
Several Cranes
fans will be delighted to avoid continental heavyweights Nigeria, Cameroon and
Ivory Coast.
North African giants Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco also often give Uganda a
bloody nose.
Angola is the
seeded team in the group, but is only ranked eleventh in Africa, so Togo
(ranked 12th) is the only team weaker than Angola that Uganda could have
wished for.
South Africa
was meanwhile drawn to play
Nigeria.
