36 entrants: five qualify
First-Round Byes
Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco
First-Round Pairings
(home teams for opening leg listed first)
Sudan vs.
Zambia
Namibia vs. Mozambique
Tanzania vs. Ghana
Swaziland vs. Gabon
Uganda vs. Angola
Mauritius vs. Zaire
Malawi vs. South Africa
Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe
Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea
Rwanda vs. Tunisia
Congo vs. Ivory Coast
Kenya vs. Algeria
Burundi vs. Sierra Leone
Mauritania vs. Burkina Faso
Togo vs. Senegal
Gambia vs. Liberia
The 20 teams in the second round will be drawn into five groups of four, with each group winner qualifying for France ’98.