Neighbours Tanzania beat Guinea 1-0 at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar Es Salaam on Tuesday afternoon to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament.
Tanzania had beaten Ethiopia last week to boost their qualification chances but had to go past Guinea who had left it late on the same day to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo. The wins by both countries last week meant that Guinea was above Tanzania with two points ahead of the last group game today.
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Guinea only needed a point in the final game of the group and did well to contain their hosts for the better part of the game until the 61 minutes when experienced striker Simon Msuva popped up with the opener which proved to be the winner.
The win means Tanzania will join Uganda and Sudan in the 2025 AFCON edition set for Morocco as CECAFA representatives with the win coming just a day after six teams had confirmed their place in the showpiece.
The 22 countries qualified for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2025 are;
- Morocco
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Algeria
- DR Congo
- Senegal
- Egypt
- Angola
- Equatorial Guinea
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Uganda
- South Africa
- Gabon
- Tunisia
- Nigeria
- Zambia
- Mali
- Zimbabwe
- Comoros
- Sudan
- Benin
- Tanzania
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