In 6e and last day of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations (CAN), the already qualified Eagles of Mali corrected Eswatini 6 goals to 0 on Tuesday at the 26 Mars stadium in Bamako. With 14 points, the Eagles finish at the top of Group I.
No quarter for Eswatini. In 6e and last day of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations-CAN- Football, the Eagles already qualified were Tuesday at the March 26 stadium in Bamako mercilessly with Eswatini, swept away 6 goals to 0. The visitors did not almost did not exist in this meeting. Indeed, Djigui Diarra and his teammates, decided to finish in style at home, very quickly took charge of the operations by opening the score from the 7e minute by El Bilal Touré.
Mali will score five more goals by Nénè Dorgelès at 17°, 23° and 76e minutes, Kamory Doumbia at 42° minute and Mamadou Doumbia at 89° minute. Since 1975 against Mauritania, the Eagles had not won with such a score. This large victory allows Mali, which had only scored four goals until this final day, to improve its goal average. In terms of accounting, the Eagles’ playoff record is largely positive with 14 points (four wins, 2 draws and zero losses), 10 goals scored and only one goal conceded.
Captain Yves Bissouma and his comrades finished at the head of Group I of the qualifiers with 14 points ahead of Mozambique, who defeated Guinea-Bissau, with 11 points. Guinea Bissau and Eswatini with 04 and 02 points respectively finish in 3e et 4e places. It’s number 10e rank qualification of Mali, which has not missed a final phase of the CAN since 2008 in Ghana. In the land of the Atlas Lions, the Eagles will be at their 14e participation in the most prestigious competition of the Confederation of African Football (CAN). The Eagles’ best performance remains the final played and lost against Congo in 1972 in Cameroon.
The list of 24 qualified countries:
-Morocco (host country)
-Burkina Faso
-Cameroon
-Algeria
-Senegal
-Angola
-RD Congo
-Egypt
-Equatorial Guinea
-Ivory Coast
-South Africa
-Uganda
-Gabon
-Tunisia
-Nigeria
-Mali
-Zimbabwe
-Zambia
-Comoros
-Benign
-Sudan
-Tanzania
-Botswana
-Mozambique
The 35e CAN, as a reminder, will be played in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. Initially scheduled for June and July 2025, it was postponed so as not to coincide with the 32-team Club World Cup that Fifa is organizing in the United States from June 15 to July 13. CAF has not yet set the date of the draw for the group stage of the competition.
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