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 * | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 | |
| Cape Verde Islands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Mauritius | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Nigeria * | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Sierra Leone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Madagascar | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Mozambique | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Botswana | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | |
| Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| Burundi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Seychelles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
* Teams in bold have qualified for the next stage




