The first two days of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers ended on Monday 13 June. Sport News Africa brings you all the results and scorers.
This Monday 13 June marks the end of the first two days of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Côte d'Ivoire. Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Morocco and Algeria have won their two matches this June. With five goals including a four-goal haul against Sao Tome and Principe, Victor Osimhen leads the scoring charts ahead of Sadio Mané, who scored a hat-trick against Benin. It should be noted that Kenya (pool C) and Zimbabwe (pool K) have been excluded from the qualifications.
Program Day 1
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Angola 2-1 Central African Republic
Goals: M'Bala Nzola (72nd), Dala Gelson (76th) for Angola, Samuel Nlend (32nd) for Central African Republic
Libya 1-0 Botswana
Goal: Saleh Al Taher (53rd)
Ghana 3-0 Madagascar
Goals: Mohammed Kudus (53rd), Felix Afena-Gyan (56th) and Osman Bukari (86th)
Thursday 02 June 2022
Mozambique 1-1 Rwanda
Goals: Blaise Nishimwe (65') for Rwanda, Stanley Ratifo (67') for Mozambique
Tunisia 4-0 Equatorial Guinea
Goals: Sliti (56'), Jaziri (77') and Msakni (80', 85') for Tunisia
Friday 03 June 2022
Comoros 2-0 Lesotho
Youssouf M'Changama (60th) and Benjaloud Youssouf (81st) for Comoros
Togo 2-2 Eswatini
Goals: Placca (20th); Kodjo Laba (86th) for Togo and Ndzinisa (84th), Ngwenya (90+5) for Eswatini
Burkina Faso 2-0 Cape Verde
Goals: Hassane Bandé (56th); Dango Ouattara (88th) for Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast 3-1 Zambia
Goals: Serge Aurier (67th); Christian Kouamé (76th); Ibrahima Sangaré (89th) for Ivory Coast and Patson Daka (90+4) for Zambia
Saturday 04 June 2022
Namibia 1-1 Burundi
Goals: Peter Shalulile (10th) for Namibia and Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana for Burundi (88th)
Niger 1-1 Tanzania
Goals: George Mpole Mwaigomole (1st) for Tanzania and Daniel Sosah for Niger (26th)
Gambia 1-0 South Sudan
Goal: Ablie Jallow (45th+4)
Algeria 2-0 Uganda
Goals: Aissa Mandi (28th), Youcef Belaili (60th) for Algeria
Mali 4-0 Congo
Goals: Mohamed Camara (1st), El Bilal Touré (20th, 40th) and Kalifa Coulibaly (44th) for Mali
Mauritania 3-0 Sudan
Goals: Aboubakar Kamara (27th, 30th), Abdallahi Mahmoud (77th) for Mauritania
Senegal 3-1 Benin
Goals: Sadio Mané (12th sp, 22nd, 60th sp) for Senegal and Olaitan for Benin (88th)
Congo DR 0-1 Gabon
Goal : Shavy Babicka (23rd) for Gabon
Sunday 05 June 2022
Malawi 2-1 Ethiopia
Goals: Mhango (10th sp and 34th sp) for Malawi and Nasir (68th sp) for Ethiopia
Egypt 1-0 Guinea
Goal: Mostafa Mohamed (87th)
Thursday 09 June 2022
Guinea-Bissau 5-1 Sao Tome and Principe
Goals: Semedo (40th), Gano (50th and 58th), Banjaqui (80th) and Jorginho (87th) for Guinea-Bissau and Viegas (21st) for Sao Tome and Principe
Nigeria 2-1 Sierra Leone
Goals: Iwobi (16th) and Osimhen (41st) for Nigeria and J. Morsay (11th) for Sierra Leone
Morocco 2-1 South Africa
Goals: En-Nesyri (51st) and El Kaabi (87th) for Morocco, and Foster (8th) for South Africa
Day 2
Sunday 05 June 2022
Central African Republic 1-1 Ghana
Goals: Kudus (17th) for Ghana and Namnganda (41st) for Central African Republic
Botswana 0-0 Tunisia
Madagascar 1-1 Angola
Goals: Rakotoharimalala (36th) for Madagascar and Gelson (43rd) for Angola
Monday 6 June 2022
Equatorial Guinea 2-0 Libya
Goals: Mohammed Touhami (CSC, 51st) and Federico Bikoro (84th) for Equatorial Guinea
Tuesday 07 June 2022
Eswatini 1-3 Burkina Faso
Goals: Sabelo Ndzinisa (64th) for Eswatini, Dango Ouattara (69th and 75th) and Stephane Aziz (85th) for Burkina Faso
Zambia 2-1 Comoros
Goals: Fardou Ben (13th) for Comoros, Enock Mwepu (42nd+2nd) Kings Kangwa (88th) for Comoros
Cape Verde 2-0 Togo
Goals: Julio Tavares (10th) and Jamiro Monteiro (90+4)
Rwanda 0-1 Senegal
Goal: Sadio Mané (90th+8 sp)
Wednesday 08 June 2022
Kenya - Namibia (Cancelled)
Uganda 1-1 Niger
Tanzania 0-2 Algeria
Goals: Ramy Bensebaini (45th+2) and Mohamed El Amine Amoura (89th)
Congo 1-0 Gambia
Goal: Antoine Makoumbou (74th)
Gabon 0-0 Mauritania
Sudan 2-1 DR Congo
Goals: Waleed Bakhet Hamid (16') and Mohamed Abdelrahman (86th) for Sudan and Bolingi for DR Congo (90th)
Benin 0-1 Mozambique
Goal: Geny Catamo (38th) for Mozambique
Thursday 9 June 2022
South Sudan 1-3 Mali
Goals: Boubakar Kouyate (29th) for South Sudan; Mohamed Camara (58th), Sékou Koïta (90th) and Aliou Dieng (90th) for Mali
Ethiopia 2-0 Egypt
Goals: Hotessa (21st) and Bekele (39th)
Lesotho 0-0 Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea 1-0 Malawi
Goal: Naby Keita (90th+1)
Burundi 0-1 Cameroon
Goal: Karl Toko Ekambi for Cameroon (30th)
Thursday 9 June 2022
South Sudan 1-3 Mali
Goals: Boubakar Kouyate (29th) for South Sudan; Mohamed Camara (58th), Sékou Koïta (90th) and Aliou Dieng (90th) for Mali
Ethiopia 2-0 Egypt
Goals: Hotessa (21st) and Bekele (39th)
Lesotho 0-0 Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea 1-0 Malawi
Goal: Naby Keita (90th+1)
Burundi 0-1 Cameroon
Goal: Karl Toko Ekambi for Cameroon (30th)
Monday 13 June 2022
Sao Tome and Principe 0-10 Nigeria
Osimhen (9', 48', 65', 84'), Moffi (43', 60'), Etebo (55'), Lookman (63'), Emmanuel Dennis (90+2')
Sierra Leone 2-2 Guinea-Bissau
Kargbo (77') and Kamara (88') for Sierra Leone; Jorginho (47', 52') for Guinea Bissau
Liberia 0-2 Morocco
Fayçal Fajr (56') and Youssef En-Nesyri (58') for Morocco
