Rwanda gets bye into second round

The national U-17 team has been exempted from the first round of the U-17 African Championship qualifiers whose finals will be held in Niger in 2015. Other countries exempted from the first round include; Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia. Burundi will lock horns with DR Congo; Kenya face South Sudan, Uganda play away to Seychelles, while Sudan will face Egypt. The first round first leg matches will be played on June 13-15 and the second leg two weeks later. The second round, first leg matches are scheduled for the weekend of July 18-20 with the second leg set for on August 1-3. Rwanda, who reached the final of the 2011 edition staged in Kigali, will face the winner between Uganda and Seychelles. Should Rwanda progress to the third round, they will need to dispatch the winner between Zambia and Botswana. The third round will be played in September this year. Rwanda participated in the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time in 2011, having finished second in the 2011 African U-17 Championship on home soil. However, they were eliminated in the group stages after suffering defeat against England and Uruguay, and playing out a draw against Canada. First round Burundi vs DR Congo Guinea Bissau vs Togo Gambia vs Guinea Kenya vs South Sudan Cameroon vs Central Africa Libya vs Mauritania Mozambique vs Namibia Seychelles vs Uganda Liberia vs Sierra Leone Egypt vs Sudan

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Rwanda gets bye into second round