In the end, only 24. The sixth and final day of qualifying for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN) begins this Sunday, March 27 and will last until Tuesday.

The match between Sudan and South Africa on Sunday constitutes a first poster and "final" for a qualifying ticket.

🇬🇳 Guinea


🇧🇫 Burkina Faso


🇰🇲 Comoros


🇪🇬 Egypt


🇬🇲 Gambia


🇬🇦 Gabon


🇬🇭 Ghana


🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea


🇿🇼 Zimbabwe


🇲🇦 Morocco


🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire


🇳🇬 Nigeria



In the # TotalAFCONQ2021's round 5, 12 additional teams booked a #TotalAFCON spot.



Who'll bag the remaining 7 tickets?

🤔 pic.twitter.com/Ni29nnO2pi

- CAF (@CAF_Online) March 27, 2021

The Sudanese must win against the "Bafana Bafana" to qualify.

This clash between former winners (in 1970 for Sudan, 1996 for South Africa) is part of the direct clashes that must award the last places for the 2021 edition postponed to next year in Cameroon (January 15-February 28 2022).

Three-time CAN winner, Nigeria qualified on Saturday after the draw (0-0) between Lesotho and Sierra Leone while Benin narrowly missed the second ticket in group L by losing at the end match against the "Super Eagles".

He will therefore have to seek at least one point on the field of Sierra Leone to qualify.

Malawi has to beat Uganda in Lilongwe if he wants to go to Cameroon next year.

For its part, Guinea Bissau will have to beat the Congo, which is ahead of it by 2 points.

Remote clashes

The other tickets are disputed in indirect clashes.

Mauritania must keep its lead against Burundi, which is ahead in direct confrontations (3-1 / 1-1).

The "Mourabitounes" go to the Central African Republic, the last of group E, the "Swallows" from Burundi to Morocco, already qualified.

One point should be enough for Cape Verde on Mozambique's ground to qualify at the expense of Rwanda.

Indeed, the island state is ahead of the Land of a Thousand Hills by two lengths and has a largely favorable goal difference (+2 against -2), and the two teams are tied between them after two 0-0.

If the Cape Verdeans take only one point, the Rwandans must win by four goals in Cameroon ...

Ethiopia only needs one point in Côte d'Ivoire to maintain its lead over Madagascar, which it dominated (4-0 / 0-1).

For now, the next CAN has only one big absentee, the DR Congo, titled in 1968 and 1974 under the names of Congo Kinshasa then Zaire.

• Countries already qualified for CAN-2022

Cameroon, host of the competition, Algeria (defending champion), Senegal, Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Comoros, Gambia, Ghana, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Nigeria.

With AFP

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