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The race for a place at the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire started on Tuesday 1 June. Three matches are on the menu for this first day. And three are already over with the victory of Ghana, Angola and Libya over Madagascar, Central African Republic and Botswana respectively. Note that Kenya [pool] and Zimbabwe [pool K] have been excluded from the qualifications.
Program 1st day
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 12:00 Mauritius
Nigeria 16:00 Sierra Leone
Morocco 19:00 South Africa
Program 2nd day
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 7pm DR Congo
Benin 7pm Mozambique
Thursday 9 June 2022
South Sudan 12:00 Mali
Ethiopia 16:00 Egypt
Lesotho 17:00 Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea 17:00 Malawi
Burundi 19:00 Cameroon
Monday 13 June 2022
South Africa 13:00 Zimbabwe
Mauritius 13:00 Nigeria
Sierra Leone 16:00 Guinea-Bissau
Liberia 19:00 Morocco