{"id":11569,"date":"2012-06-17T23:30:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/soccer-two-former-champions-advance-in-nations-cup\/"},"modified":"2012-06-17T23:30:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T21:30:14","slug":"soccer-two-former-champions-advance-in-nations-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/soccer-two-former-champions-advance-in-nations-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Two former champions advance in Nations Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CAPE TOWN, June 17<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Ethiopia and the Democratic<br \/>\nRepublic of Congo joined the list of former African Nations Cup<br \/>\nwinners through to the final round of qualifiers for the 2013<br \/>\nfinals on Sunday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia continued their sudden revival over the last month<br \/>\nas they drew away in Benin to advance on the away goals rule<br \/>\nwhile the Congolese had a routine win over the Seychelles,<br \/>\nAfrica&#8217;s smallest nation.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also advancing after Sunday&#8217;s matches were Mozambique, Togo<br \/>\nand Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia, who have made an impressive start to World Cup<br \/>\nqualifying over the last fortnight, were again successful in the<br \/>\nNations Cup as Adnane Girma scored the decisive away goal in<br \/>\nCotonou. The 1-1 draw on Sunday followed a goalless tie in<br \/>\nAddis Ababa in February in the first leg.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congo beat the Seychelles 3-0 in Kinshasa with goals from<br \/>\nDieumerci Mbokani,Issama Mpeka and Deo Kanda. They progress 7-0<br \/>\non aggregate.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>German-based striker Knowledge Musona scored a 36th minute<br \/>\nto give 10-man Zimbabwe a narrow 1-0 home triumph over Burundi<br \/>\nand advance on the away goals rule. They had lost February&#8217;s<br \/>\nfirst leg away 2-1.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Togo won in the same fashion over Kenya in Lome thanks to<br \/>\nSerge Gakpe&#8217;s second half winner.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mozambique eliminated Tanzania in a dramatic post-tie<br \/>\npenalty shootout after they ended 2-2 on aggregate. Mozambique<br \/>\nwon 8-7 on penalties in Maputo.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Progressing earlier on the weekend were former champions<br \/>\nAlgeria, Cameroon, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 14 winners of the first round ties go to the final round<br \/>\nwhere they will be paired against the 16 teams who competed at<br \/>\nthe 2012 Nations Cup, also to be played over two legs later this<br \/>\nyear. The draw is scheduled for July 5.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Mark Gleeson; Editing by John Mehaffey)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE TOWN, June 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo joined the list of former African Nations Cup winners through to the final round of qualifiers for the 2013 finals on Sunday. 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