Groups and Standings
The 12 group winners and 8 best runners-up will advance to Round Three. The 20 teams will then be grouped into 5 round-robin, home-and-away groups of 4 teams.
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Cameroon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Cape Verde Islands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tanzania | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Mauritius | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Nigeria * | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Botswana | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Madagascar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | |
| Rwanda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |
| Mauritania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | |
| Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Burundi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Seychelles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
* Teams in bold have qualified for the next stage




