Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss next year’s Africa Cup of Nations after Tanzania’s 1-0 victory over Guinea on Tuesday saw the home side qualify at the expense of visitors.
The Botswana and the Mozambique grabbed the last qualifying places to complete the list of 24 teams who will participate in the tournament at Morocco.
Stanley Ratifo scored early in the second half to give Mozambique a 2-1 victory in Guinea-Bissauending the home team’s hopes of securing the runner-up spot behind the Maliwinner of Group I, who ended his campaign with a 6-0 rout against in Eswatinilast in the group.
Botswana ended a 12-year wait for its second participation in the African Cup obtaining a 1-1 draw against Egyptalready qualified. Omaatla Kebatho’s early goal in Cairo was enough for Botswana to finish second in Group C, one point ahead of Mauritaniawho beat the Cap-Vert 1-0 in the other group match.
Seven-time champions Egypt finish with 14 points from six matches, followed by Botswana with eight points, Mauritania with seven points and Cape Verde with four points.
The Guinea needed just one point for their final Group H match in Tanzaniabut the visitors seemed to want to play equal and were surprised in the 61st minute when Simon Msuva scored with a diving header, sparking wild celebrations among the home fans.
Thanks to this victory, Tanzania moves to second place in the ranking, one point ahead of Guinea, and qualifies for the second round, behind RDCgroup winner. This is the fourth time Taifa Stars have qualified for the tournament.
The Ghanafour-time champions, failed to qualify for the first time since 2004. The Black Stars’ campaign ended on Monday with a 2-1 home defeat against Niger. The team thus finds itself in last place in group F, without any victory.
The Sudan qualified on Monday thanks to a 0-0 draw against Angolawinner of the group, who had already assured his qualification for a long time.
The Benign also qualified on Monday thanks to a 0-0 draw in Libya and finished second behind Nigeriawho had already qualified before losing their last group match 2-1 at home against Rwanda.
THE Comorosthe ZambiaMali and Zimbabwe ensured their qualification on Friday, while Nigeria, the Tunisia, South Africa, Ugandathe Equatorial Guinea and the Gabon won their place on Thursday.
Morocco, host country, Ivory Coastreigning champion, the Burkina FasoEgypt, Algeria, Congo, Cameroon, Senegal and Angola were already qualified before the penultimate round of the qualifiers.
Morocco will host the African Cup, from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.
