With African World Cup Qualifying entering its final weekend, here’s a chance to look back at the entire qualifying campaign up to now.

First Round, First Leg

May 31, 1996 in Nouakchott Mauritania 0 Burkina Faso 0. Att.: 8,000. June 1 in Blantyre Malawi 0 South Africa 1. Goal: Tinkler 20. Att.: 7,000. June 1 in Banjul Gambia 2 Liberia 1. Goals: Corr pen. 15, Sillah 62; Debbah pen. 35. Att.: 20,000. June 1 in Kampala Uganda 0 Angola 2. Goals: Paulao pen. 35, pen. 60. Att.: 25,000. June 1 in Bissau Guinea-Bissau 3 Guinea 2. Goals: Nony 34, 38, Co 88; T.Camara 46, 47. Att.: 40,000. June 1 in Windhoek Namibia 2 Mozambique 0. Goals: Hoeseb 25, Ortman 88. Att.: 10,000. June 2 in Bujumbura Burundi 1 Sierra Leone 0. Goal: Wembo 87. Att.: 10,000. June 2 in Brazzaville Congo 2 Ivory Coast 0. Goals: Miere 40, Imboula 88. Att.: 5,000. June 2 in Nairobi Kenya 3 Algeria 1. Goals: Kwarula 55, Motego pen. 63, Otieno 87; Zarouki 78. Att.: 30,000. June 2 in Lome Togo 2 Senegal 1. Goals: Bzima 3, Noussoudyin 88; O.Traore 80. Att.: 20,000. June 2 in Curepipe Mauritius 1 Zaire 5. Goals: Mocude pen. 64; Emeka 1, Ngonge 15, Tondelwa 60, Ekaki 75, 81. Att.: 10,000. June 2 in Antananarivo Madagascar 1 Zimbabwe 2. Goals: Tana 26; Sawu 70, 89. Att.: 20,000. June 2 in Mbabam Swaziland 0 Gabon 1. Goal: Ogandaga 5. Att.: 20,000. June 2 in Khartoum Sudan 2 Zambia 0. Goals: Mustafa 12, El Nur 52. Att.: 10,000. June 2 in Kigali Rwanda 1 Tunisia 3. Goals: Mupenzi 49; Sellimi 43, 47, Ben Slimane 57. Att.: 10,000. June 8 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0 Ghana 0. Att.: 15,000.

First Round, Second Leg

June 14 in Algiers Algeria 1 Kenya 0. Goal: Tasfaout 81. Att.: 50,000. ò Kenya wins 3-2 on aggregate. June 15 in Johannesburg So. Africa 3 Malawi 0. Goals: Bartlett, 4, 43, Moshoeu 38. Att.: n/a. ò So. Africa wins 4-0 on aggregate. June 15 in Dakar Senegal 1 Togo 1. Goals: M.Diallo 30; Gnavor 84. Att.: 15,000. ò Togo wins 3-2 on aggregate. June 15 in Freetown Sierra Leone 0 Burundi 1. Goal: M’Boye 30. Att.: 5,000. ò Burundi wins 2-0 on aggregate. Note: Burundi later withdraws, and Sierra Leoen advances in its place. June 16 in Maputo Mozambique 1 Namibia 1. Goals: Macamo 25; Ortman 84. Att.: 30,000. ò Namibia wins 3-1 on aggregate. June 16 in Kinshasa Zaire 2 Mauritius 0. Goals: Ngonge 45, Tondelwa 90. Att.: 45,000. ò Zaire wins 7-1 on aggregate. June 16 in Harare Zimbabwe 2 Madagascar 2. Goals: Zviripayi 52, Takawira 69; Ratoanaivo 23, Rasoanairo 67. Att.: n/a. ò Zimbabwe wins 4-3 on aggregate. June 16 in Lusaka Zambia 3 Sudan 0. Goal: Lota 13, 82, Mwelwa 40. Att.: 30,000. ò Zambia wins 3-2 on aggregate. June 16 in Libreville Gabon 2 Swaziland 0. Goals: Makaya 28, Yala 60. Att.: 20,000. ò Gabon wins 3-0 on aggregate. June 16 in Abidjan Ivory Coast 1 Congo 1. Goals: Lassina 40; Imboula 75. Att.: 15,000. ò Congo wins 3-1 on aggregate. June 16 in Luanda Angola 3 Uganda 1. Goals: Paulao 1, 58, Paulo Silva 7; Kizito 3. Att.: 80,000. ò Angola wins 5-1 on aggregate. June 16 in Tunis Tunisia 2 Rwanda 0. Goals: Rekhissa 17, Sellimi pen. 46. Att.: 18,000. ò Tunisia wins 5-1 on aggregate. June 16 in Conakry Guinea 3 Guinea Bissau 1. Goals: Soumah 33, 59, Bangoura 61; Sebastien 47. Att.: n/a. ò Guinea wins 5-4 on aggregate. June 17 in Accra Ghana 2 Tanzania 1. Goals: Johnson 70, Arhinful 81; Hussein 71. Att.: 45,000. ò Ghana wins 2-1 on aggregate. June 23 in Accra, Ghana Liberia 4 Gambia 0. Goals: Clarke 25, Weah 79, Makor 87, Debbah 90. Att.: 25,000. ò Liberia wins 5-2 on aggregate.

Final Round

Group 1

Nov. 9, 1996 in Lagos Nigeria 2 Burkina Faso 0. Goals: Amokachi 46, 75. Att.: 55,000. Nov. 10 in Conakry Guinea 3 Kenya 1. Goals: T. Camara 17, F.Camara 33, Wandel 83; Okoth 7. Att.: n/a. Jan. 12, 1997 in Nairobi Kenya 1 Nigeria 1. Goals: Simiyu 25; Akpoborie 48. Att.: 60,000. Jan. 12 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0 Guinea 2. Goals: Oulare 16, Wendel 43. Att.: 25,000. April 5 in Lagos Nigeria 2 Guinea 1. Goals: Amokachi 65, 76; T.Camara 86. Att.: 50,000. April 6 in Nairobi Kenya 4 Burkina Faso 3. Goals: Okoth 52, 59, 82, Were 67; Zongo 15, 65, Sanou pen. 40. Att.: 25,000. April 27 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1 Nigeria 2. Goals: Zongo 76; own goal 40, Amunike 58. Att.: 20,000. April 27 in Nairobi Kenya 1 Guinea 0. Goals: Otieno pen. 3. Att.: 55,000. June 7 in Lagos Nigeria 3 Kenya 0. Goals: Oliseh 12, Amunike 43, Oruma 81. Half: 2-0. Att.: 50,000. June 8 in Conakry Guinea 3 Burkina Faso 1. Goals: F.Camara pen. 10, own goal 24, Oulare 56; Zongo 9. Half: 2-1. Att.: n/a.

STANDINGS

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P
*Nigeria 5 4 1 0 10 3 13
Guinea 5 3 0 2 9 5 9
Kenya 5 2 1 2 7 10 7
Burkina F. 5 0 0 5 5 13 0
* clinched berth in finals. Aug. 17 — Guinea vs. Nigeria; Burkina Faso vs. Kenya.

Group 2

Nov. 8, 1996 in Cairo Egypt 7 Namibia 1. Goals: Maher 1, 15, 70, A. Hassan 11, I. Hassan 35, H. Hassan 73, 84; Shivute 25. Att.: 30,000. Nov. 10 in Accra, Ghana Liberia 0 Tunisia 1. Goal: Bouazizi 88. Att.: 45,000. Jan. 11, 1997 in Windhoek Namibia 0 Liberia 0. Att.: n/a. Jan. 12 in Tunis Tunisia 1 Egypt 0. Goal: Beya 10. Att.: 40,000. April 6 in Accra, Ghana Liberia 1 Egypt 0. Goal: Weah 29. Att.: 20,000. April 6 in Windhoek Namibia 1 Tunisia 2. Goals: Ouseb 75; Hicheri 15, Badra 68. Att.: n/a. April 26 in Windhoek Namibia 2 Egypt 3. Goals: Utoni 61, Ouseb pen. 87; Kassaba pen. 76, H.Hassan 80, Alhadi 89. Att.: n/a. April 27 in Tunis Tunisia 2 Liberia 0. Goals: Sellimi pen. 60, Badra 78. Att.: 38,000. June 8 in Cairo Egypt 0 Tunisia 0. Att.: 29,000. June 8 in Monrovia Liberia 1 Namibia 2. Goals: Daye 8; Shivute 36, Khob 80. Att.: 40,000.

STANDINGS

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P
*Tunisia 5 4 1 0 6 1 13
Egypt 5 2 1 2 10 5 7
Liberia 5 1 1 3 2 5 4
Namibia 5 1 1 3 6 13 4
* clinched berth in finals. Aug. 17 — Egypt vs. Liberia, Tunisia vs. Namibia

Group 3

Nov. 9, 1996 in Johannesburg South Africa 1 Zaire 0. Goal: Masinga 72. Att.: 65,000. Nov. 10 in Pointe-Noire Congo 1 Zambia 0. Goal: Niere 41. Att.: 40,000. Jan. 11, 1997 in Lusaka Zambia 0 South Africa 0. Att.: 50,000. Jan. 12 in Kinshaha Zaire 1 Congo 1. Goals: n/a. Att.: n/a. April 6 in Pointe Noire Congo 2 South Africa 0. Goals: Younga 59, 65. Att.: n/a. April 9 in Harare, Zimbabwe Zaire 2 Zambia 2. Goals: Sunda 29, Bazamba 50; Malitoli 21, Tembo 81. Att.: 20,000. April 27 in Lone, Togo Zaire 1 South Africa 2. Goals: Tumba 25; Khumalo 21, Masinga 71. Att.: 6,000. Att.: n/a. April 27 in Lusaka Zambia 3 Congo 0. Goals: Lota 40, Johnston Bwalya 88, Miti 89. Att.: n/a. June 8 in Johannesburg South Africa 3 Zambia 0. Goals: Mkhalele 9, Masinga 16, Williams 74. Att.: 70,000. June 8 in Pointe Noire Congo 1 Dem. Rep. of Congo 0. Goal: n/a. Att.: 20,000.

STANDINGS

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P
South Africa 5 3 1 1 6 3 10
Congo 5 3 1 1 5 4 10
Zambia 5 1 2 2 5 6 5
DR Congo 5 0 2 3 4 7 2
Note: Zaire changed its name to Democratic Republic of Congo. Aug. 17 — South Africa vs. Congo, Zambia vs. DR Congo

Group 4

Nov. 10, 1996 in Lome Togo 2 Cameroon 4. Goals: Fiawoo 51, Tadjou pen. 83; Tchami 18, 30, Mboma 53, Misse-Misse 68. Att.: 20,000. Nov. 10 in Luanda Angola 2 Zimbabwe 1. Goals: Akwa 42, Paulao 54; Sawu 60. Att.: n/a. Jan. 12, 1997 in Yaounde Cameroon 0 Angola 0. Att.: 75,000. Jan. in Harare Zimbabwe 3 Togo 0. Goals: Chihuri 23, Takawira 28, pen. 49. Att.: 40,000. April 6 in Luanda Angola 3 Togo 1. Goals: Paulao 30, Akwa pen. 45, Sousa 55; Sheeba 21. Att.: 25,000. April 6 in Yaounde Cameroon 1 Zimbabwe 0. Goal: Tchoutang 82. Att.: 80,000. April 27 in Harare Zimbabwe 0 Angola 0. Att.: 40,000. April 27 in Douala Cameroon 2 Togo 0. Goals: Tchoutang 85, Mboma 88. Att.: 30,000. June 8 in Luanda Angola 1 Cameroon 1. Goals: Akwa 55; MBoma 54. Att.: 60,000. June 8 in Lome Togo 2 Zimbabwe 1. Goals: B.Salou 8, 20; Takawira pen. 71. Att.: n/a.

STANDINGS

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P
Cameroon 5 3 2 0 8 3 11
Angola 5 2 3 0 6 3 9
Zimbabwe 5 1 1 3 5 5 4
Togo 5 1 0 4 5 13 3
Aug. 17 — Togo vs. Angola, Zimbabwe vs. Cameroon.

Group 5

Nov. 9, 1996 in Rabat Morocco 4 Sierra Leone 0. Goals: Hababi 18, Raghib 50, 55, Fertout 57. Att.: 30,000. Nov. 10 in Libreville Gabon 1 Ghana 1. Goals: N’Guema 65; Abedi Pele 66. Att.: 45,000. Jan. 11, 1997 in Freetown Sierra Leone 1 Gabon 0. Goal: Kanu 46. Att.: 40,000. Jan. 12 in Kumasi Ghana 2 Morocco 2. Goals: Johnson 85, Kuffour 90; Bassir 41, Hadji 80. Att.: 80,000. April 5 in Freetown Sierra Leone 1 Ghana 1. Goals: L.Kamara pen. 88; own goal 23. Att.: 70,000. April 6 in Libreville Gabon 0 Morocco 4. Goals: Bassir 10, 12, Bahja 44, 45. Att.: 30,000. April 26 in Freetown Sierra Leone 0 Morocco 1. Goal: Bassir 40. Att.: 40,000. April 26 in Accra Ghana 3 Gabon 0. Goals: Aboagye 42, Gargo 60, pen. 63. Att.: 15,000. June 7 in Casablanca Morocco 1 Ghana 0. Goal: Raghib 77. Half: 0-0. Att.: 90,000.

STANDINGS

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P
*Morocco 5 4 1 0 12 2 13
Ghana 5 1 3 1 7 5 6
S. Leone 4 1 1 2 2 6 4
Gabon 4 0 1 3 1 9 1
* clinched berth in finals. Aug. 17 — Morocco vs. Gabon, Ghana vs. Sierra Leone