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 * | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 | |
| Cape Verde Islands | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Tanzania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
| Mauritius | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Nigeria * | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | |
| South Africa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
| Sierra Leone | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Côte d'Ivoire * | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Mozambique * | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
| Madagascar | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| Botswana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Morocco * | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | |
| Rwanda * | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | |
| Mauritania | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Burkina Faso * | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 16 | |
| Tunisia * | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 13 | |
| Burundi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| Seychelles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
* Teams in bold are qualified for the next stage



