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Liberia out of Cup
NEW YORK: Liberia has joined 10
other African nations which have with
drawn from qualifying for the 1994
World Cup, the most ever from the
region, a FIFA official has confirmed.
Liberia has withdrawn because of the
civil war in that country. This leaves
Group B of the Africa region's first
round qualifying with three teams,
Cameroon, Zaire and Swaziland.
Besides Liberia, other countries to
withdraw since 37 entered the Decem
ber 1991 World Cup qualifying draw
are: Burkino Faso, Gambia, Libya, Ma
li, Malawi, Mauritania, Sao Tome c
Principe, Sierrc Leone, Sudan and
Uganda. Three nations were allowed
late entry: Benin, Namibia and South
Africa.
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