World Cup 2006 qualifying predictions - October

[Paul]

You can find the rules here. This month the African qualifying starts with the first leg of the preliminary round. The second leg will be played in November and the winners will join Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia,
Ivory Coast, Congo-Kinshasa, Marocco and Egypt for the group draw in Frankfurt on 5 December 2003. Don't forget to post your predictions for the five African countries that will qualify for the World Cup if you didn't already post them in September. Here are the matches:

Friday, 10-10-2003 - Sunday, 12-10-2003:
Equatorial Guinea - Togo
Zimbabwe - Mauritania
Somalia - Ghana
Seychelles - Zambia
Chad - Angola
Guinea Bissau - Mali
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya
Niger - Algeria
Tanzania - Kenya
Burkina Faso - Central Africa
Madagascar - Benin
Ethiopia - Malawi
Guinea - Mozambique
Botswana - Lesotho
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone
Sudan - Eritrea
Swaziland - Cape Verde
Uganda - Mauritius
Rwanda - Namibia
Gambia - Liberia
Burundi - Gabon

The current standings:

 1 Kitschum           11
 2 Big Crunch         10
 2 Paul               10
 4 Chilean President   9
 4 OneFootInTheGrave   9
 4 Zopperoni           9
 7 JCG                 8
 8 Bas                 7
 9 Wille               6
10 Locutus             5
10 Fergus Horkan       5
10 MikeH               5
13 Kaos XIII           4
13 Wernazuma III       4
13 Al'Kimiya           4

[MikeH]

All 1-0 home wins.

[Ecthy]

Yes, after winning the 2002 winter olympics and being second in the world cup, GERMANY will also host the next world cup. Be proud of your masters.

But since I suck at predictions, this is all I can contribute so far

[Ecthy]

ok, now I saw Mike's post so there's another idea for a post

That was one easy-made guess, Mike

[MikeH]

I don't know enough about African football.

[Ecthy]

African football doesn't matter enough to know anything about it.

[Paul]

My predictions:
Equatorial Guinea - Togo 1-2
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 3-0
Somalia - Ghana 0-2
Seychelles - Zambia 0-2
Chad - Angola 1-1
Guinea Bissau - Mali 0-3
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-3
Niger - Algeria 0-1
Tanzania - Kenya 0-3
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 3-0
Madagascar - Benin 1-1
Ethiopia - Malawi 2-0
Guinea - Mozambique 2-0
Botswana - Lesotho 2-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 1-1
Sudan - Eritrea 2-0
Swaziland - Cape Verde 2-0
Uganda - Mauritius 2-0
Rwanda - Namibia 2-0
Gambia - Liberia 2-1
Burundi - Gabon 0-2

[Zopperoni]

African Qualifiers
Cameroon
Senegal
Nigeria
Tunisia
Egypt


First matches
Equatorial Guinea - Togo 0-1
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 2-1
Somalia - Ghana 0-2
Seychelles - Zambia 0-2
Chad - Angola 2-1
Guinea Bissau - Mali 0-2
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-2
Niger - Algeria 0-0
Tanzania - Kenya 0-2
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 2-1
Madagascar - Benin 1-0
Ethiopia - Malawi 2-0
Guinea - Mozambique 2-1
Botswana - Lesotho 2-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 1-1
Sudan - Eritrea 2-0
Swaziland - Cape Verde 1-0
Uganda - Mauritius 2-0
Rwanda - Namibia 1-1
Gambia - Liberia 1-1
Burundi - Gabon 0-1

[Wernazuma III]

Re: World Cup 2006 qualifying predictions - October

Friday, 10-10-2003 - Sunday, 12-10-2003:
Equatorial Guinea - Togo 0-2
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 3-0
Somalia - Ghana 0-4
Seychelles - Zambia 0-8
Chad - Angola 0-1
Guinea Bissau - Mali 0-2
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-5
Niger - Algeria 0-3
Tanzania - Kenya 0-1
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 1-0
Madagascar - Benin 0-1
Ethiopia - Malawi 1-1
Guinea - Mozambique 0-1
Botswana - Lesotho 3-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 1-0
Sudan - Eritrea 2-0
Swaziland - Cape Verde 1-0
Uganda - Mauritius 4-0
Rwanda - Namibia 2-0
Gambia - Liberia 0-0
Burundi - Gabon 0-1

I love predicting such exotic games

[Al'Kimiya]

Qualifiers:
Cameroon
Senegal
Nigeria
Morocco
South Africa

Matches:
Equatorial Guinea - Togo 0-2
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 4-1
Somalia - Ghana 0-3
Seychelles - Zambia 1-3
Chad - Angola 0-3
Guinea Bissau - Mali 1-4
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-3
Niger - Algeria 0-3
Tanzania - Kenya 0-4
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 4-0
Madagascar - Benin 3-2
Ethiopia - Malawi 1-1
Guinea - Mozambique 2-1
Botswana - Lesotho 1-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 2-0
Sudan - Eritrea 2-1
Swaziland - Cape Verde 1-0
Uganda - Mauritius 2-0
Rwanda - Namibia 1-0
Gambia - Liberia 0-1
Burundi - Gabon 1-1

[Kaos XIII]

Scores are subject to change, based on the latest coup d’etat and, or civil war. Does anybody know, if Somalia is really playing at home???


African Qualifying Teams
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
South Africa
Tunisia

First Matches
10-10-03
Equatorial Guinea – Togo 0-3
Zimbabwe – Mauritania 4-0
Somalia – Ghana 0-5
Seychelles – Zambia 1-1
Chad – Angola 1-0
Guinea Bissau – Mali 1-0
Sao Tome and Principe – Libya 1-0
Niger – Algeria 1-0
Tanzania – Kenya 1-0
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 3-0
Madagascar – Benin 1-0
Ethiopia – Malawi 2-0
Guinea – Mozambique 3-1
Botswana – Lesotho 1-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 6-0
Sudan – Eritrea 2-1
Swaziland - Cape Verde 0-1
Uganda – Mauritius 2-1
Rwanda – Namibia 2-2
Gambia – Liberia 1-1
Burundi – Gabon 0-1

[MikeH]

I forgot my qualifiers...

African Qualifiers
Cameroon
Senegal
Nigeria
South Africa
Ivory Coast

[Bas]

Equatorial Guinea - Togo 0-1
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 1-0
Somalia - Ghana 0-3
Seychelles - Zambia 0-4
Chad - Angola 0-2
Guinea Bissau - Mali 0-1
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-3
Niger - Algeria 1-2
Tanzania - Kenya 2-2
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 3-1
Madagascar - Benin 1-1
Ethiopia - Malawi 1-0
Guinea - Mozambique 1-2
Botswana - Lesotho 3-0
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 0-0
Sudan - Eritrea 1-1
Swaziland - Cape Verde 0-2
Uganda - Mauritius 3-0
Rwanda - Namibia 1-1
Gambia - Liberia 0-1
Burundi - Gabon 0-2

[Dauphin]

Re: World Cup 2006 qualifying predictions - October

Friday, 10-10-2003 - Sunday, 12-10-2003:
Equatorial Guinea - Togo 1-1
Zimbabwe - Mauritania 1-0
Somalia - Ghana 0-2
Seychelles - Zambia 0-2
Chad - Angola 1-1
Guinea Bissau - Mali 1-1
Sao Tome and Principe - Libya 0-1
Niger - Algeria 1-2
Tanzania - Kenya 1-2
Burkina Faso - Central Africa 1-1
Madagascar - Benin 1-1
Ethiopia - Malawi 1-1
Guinea - Mozambique 1-1
Botswana - Lesotho 1-1
Congo-Brazzaville - Sierra Leone 1-1
Sudan - Eritrea 2-0
Swaziland - Cape Verde 2-2
Uganda - Mauritius 0-2
Rwanda - Namibia 0-2
Gambia - Liberia 1-2
Burundi - Gabon 1-2

[Paul]

Originally posted by Kaos XIII
Scores are subject to change, based on the latest coup d’etat and, or civil war. Does anybody know, if Somalia is really playing at home???

On the FIFA site it's the only match that doesn't have a venue listed, even though it's supposed to be played tomorrow. I also read somewhere else on the FIFA site that Central Africa has withdrawn. That means that Burkina Faso is already qualified for the group stage and it gives us one less match to predict.

P.S. this is also the 24 hour warning, although I haven't seen kick-off times for these matches anywhere yet, so it is possible that you have a few hours more or less to post your predictions.

Edit: after some searching I found this site, which has the following fixtures for the Somalia-Ghana matches:

14/11/2003 Ghana - Somalia
16/11/2003 Ghana - Somalia (date to be confirmed)

So it looks like both matches will be played in Ghana in November.