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Last updated: 8 December, 10:16am

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Korea Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Winner play-off Path D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Last updated: 31 December, 9:17am

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Angola	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1

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