A quick summary of action around the CAF preliminary round on TUE 15-WED 16 NOV 2011. Series aggregate results are shown below.
» Togo 02-01 Guinea-Bissau: After a 1-1 first leg, Serge GAKPE scored two minutes in, and his Togolese teammates, including Emmanuel ADEBAYOR for the first time in eighteen months, held on for the win.
» Madagascar 02-03 Equatorial Guinea: Donvalla ELONGUE scored midway through the first half to mount Eq Guinea to a 3-0 aggregate lead; YVAN and Ferdinand RAMANAMAHEFA scored for the Malagasy in the second half, but they were still two more goals short of advancing.
» Burundi 02-03 Lesotho: Yamin NDIKUMANA scored on a penalty two minutes from time to level the second leg at 2-2, but Lesotho moved through having won the first leg.
» Rwanda 04-02 Eritrea: The Wasps had a successful return home with three goals in the second leg.
» Congo 06-01 São Tomé-Príncipe: Playing for little more than pride after a 5-0 home loss, São Tomé-Prín turned in a respectable performance in Pointe-Noire, as Orlando GANDO scored their first goal since returning to international football following an eight year gap.
» Tanzania 02-02 Chad [02-01 away goals]: Chad’s Mahamat AHMAT LABO scored a 48th minute goal that proved decisive in this leg. But the Taifa Stars survive thanks to their two away goals last weekend.
× Eliminated: Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, São Tomé-Prín, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland
» Advance to group phase: Congo, Congo DR, Eq Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo