Panafrican News Agency

2019 U-20 AFCON qualifiers: 6 teams through to second round

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Results from matches played on Saturday in the second-leg, first-round of the 2019 CAF Under-20 African Nations Cup qualifiers, indicate that six teams have reached the second round.

They are Mauritania, Algeria, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Mozambique. The seventh qualifier from Saturday's matches is expected from the match between Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau.

According to CAF, Mauritania beat Morocco 2-1 aggregate, Algeria overwhelmed Tunisia 5-2 aggregate, Rwanda qualified on a 1-1 away goal rule against Kenya, Burundi went through on 3-0 aggregate against Ethiopia, Uganda defeated South Sudan 8-1 aggregate while Mozambique overwhelmed Seychelles 6-0 aggregate.

More qualifiers are expected to emerge on Sunday after the following matches. First-leg results are in brackets.

Togo vs Gabon (0-4)
DR Congo vs Tanzania (0-0)
Swaziland vs Malawi (0-0)
Namibia vs Botswana (0-0)

Meanwhile, Benin have qualified for the second round following the withdrawal of their first-round opponent, Liberia.

The aggregate winners will advance to the second round where Guinea, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, Sudan, Cameroon, Mali, South Africa, Angola, Congo, Senegal and Egypt have drawn bye. Also in that round is Benin by a walkover against Liberia.
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