Group 1, First round
at Orlando Stadium South Africa (0) 2 (Steve Lekoelea 68, Siyabonga Nomvete 77) Algeria 0) 0; At Rand Stadium: Uganda (0) 2 (Morley Byekwaso 48, Willy Kyambadde 53) Mali (0) 0 Second round At Orlando Stadium South Africa (1) 4 (Nomvete 66, 76, Hareaipha Marumo 30, Patrick Mbuthu 90) Mali (1) 1 (Soumaila Coulibaly 1); At Rand Stadium: Algeria (1) 2 (Ali Bendebka 34, Reda Ben Hadjejilali 80) Uganda (0) 0
Standings
(Played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
South Africa 2 2 0 0 6 1 6
Algeria 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Uganda 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
Mali 2 0 0 2 1 6 0
Fixtures:
September 13 – South Africa v Uganda, Orlando Stadium; Algeria v Mali, Rand Stadium. Both 3pm
Group 2
First round fixtures at Orlando Stadium: Zambia (2) 4 (Fourmankan Traore 26-og, Abraham Mwamba 27, Cosmas Banda 55, Dudley Fichite 74) Cote d’Ivoire (0) 0
At Rand Stadium: Cameroon (2) 3 (Innocent Hanga 7, Parfait Mbida 19, Ze Albert Meyongue 89) Mauritius (0) 0
Second round
at Orlando Stadium: Cameroon (1) 2 (Etienne Kibonglam 40, Gaspard Abeka 72) Zambia (0) 0; At Rand Stadium: Cote d’Ivoire (1) 3 (Adama Kone 33, 55, Miezan Koffi 88) Mauritius (0) 2 Patrick Naboth 72, Jean Marc Ithier 74)
Standings
Played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)
Cameroon 2 2 0 0 5 0 6
Zambia 2 1 0 1 4 2 3
Cote d’Ivoire 2 1 0 1 3 6 3
Mauritius 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
Fixtures
September 14 – Cameroon v Cote d’Ivoire, Rand Stadium; Mauritius v Zambia, Orlando Stadium. Both 3pm
Group winners and runners-up qualify for semi-final
Fifth, seventh-place play-offs:
September 16 – Venues and times to be announced
Semi-finals:
September 17 – Group 1 winners v Group 2 runners-up, Orlando Stadium 3pm; Group 2 winners v Group 1 runners-up, Rand Stadium 6pm
Third-place play-off and final:
September 19, Johannesburg Stadium Noon and 3pm
Previous champions
1965 – Congo
1973 – Nigeria
1978 – Algeria
1987 – Egypt
1991 – Cameroon
1995 – Egypt