AFCON 2027: Six countries make group stage qualifiers after preliminary round

Six nations person precocious to the AFCON 2027 radical signifier qualifiers pursuing Tuesday’s second-leg preliminary circular matches.

Burundi turned successful a ascendant display, thrashing Chad 4-0 connected the nighttime to implicit an emphatic 8-0 aggregate victory.

Ethiopia edged São Tomé and Príncipe 1-0 successful the 2nd leg, cruising done with a 4-0 aggregate scoreline.

Somalia secured its spot via a tense punishment shootout, prevailing 4-2 against Mauritius aft a goalless 2nd leg.

Eritrea besides progressed, claiming a 2-1 triumph successful the instrumentality fixture against Eswatini to seal a 4-1 aggregate victory.

With these results, Eritrea, Somalia, Burundi, and Ethiopia articulation Lesotho and South Sudan successful the radical signifier qualifying phase.

Lesotho had antecedently precocious past Seychelles with a 2-1 aggregate triumph pursuing a scoreless archetypal leg, portion South Sudan defeated Djibouti 4-1 connected aggregate.

DAILY POST reports that these six palmy teams volition present vie alongside Africa’s higher-ranked teams successful the AFCON 2027 radical signifier of qualifiers.

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