On June 9th, for group G in Kampala in Uganda, Mali beat South Sudan 3 goals to 1. After opening the scoring with a goal by Boubacar Koyaté, in the 29th minute, South Sudan finally tilted once morest Mali who equalized in the 58th minute, a goal by Mohamed Camara. Then Sékou Koïta and Alio Dieng scored in added time following the 90th minute.
Later in the day, Ethiopia beat Egypt 2-0 at the Bingu National Stadium in Malawi.
Guinea managed at the last moment, goal realized by Naby Keïta in the 91st minute, to beat Malawi, at home, at the Lansana Conté stadium in Conakry.
All the countries in this group D now have the same number of points: 3!
In Group H, Côte d’Ivoire and Lesotho leave with a draw. Côte d’Ivoire remains at the top of its group with 4 points.
Another match, counting for the first day, was played in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, for Group C between Burundi and Cameroon which scored the only goal of the match, in the 30th minute by Karl Toko Ekambi.
On Wednesday June 8, Geny Catamo, a Mozambique winger, converted his team’s only shot on target, once morest Benin. Efficient. Thanks to this victory, the selection of Reinildo, defender of Atletico Madrid, takes second place in group L, just behind the Senegalese leader. Benin ranks last, with a score of 0 in two games.
In the other game of the evening, Sudan also showed efficiency, as Waleed Bakhet Hamid and Mohamed Abdelrahman scored two goals, on their team’s only two shots on target.
Jonathan Bolingi Mpangi’s goal in the final seconds was not enough.
Sudan score their first three points in Group I and sit third, just one point behind Gabon, who drew with Mauritania at the top of the group.
See also: CAN 2023 qualifiers: all the results of the 1st day
The partial results of the 2nd day
– June 5
Madagascar 1-1 Angola [Groupe E]
RCA 1-1 Ghana [Groupe E]
Botswana 0-0 Tunisia [Groupe J]
– June 6
Equatorial Guinea 2-0 Libya [Groupe J]
– June 7
Eswatini 1-3 Burkina Faso [Groupe B]
Cap Vert 1-0 Togo [Groupe B]
Zambia 2-1 Comoros [Groupe H]
Rwanda 0-1 Senegal [Groupe L]
– June 8
Uganda 1-1 Niger [Groupe F]
Tanzania 0-2 Algeria [Groupe F]
Congo 1-0 Gambia [Groupe G]
Gabon 0-0 Mauritania [Groupe I]
Sudan 2-1 DRC [Groupe I]
Benin 0-1 Mozambique [Groupe L]
– June 9
South Sudan 1-3 Mali [Groupe G]
Burundi 0-1 Cameroon [Groupe C]
Guinea 1 – 0 Malawi [Groupe D]
Ethiopia 2 – 0 Egypt [Groupe D]
Lesotho 0- 0 Ivory Coast [Groupe H]
– June 13
Sao Tome and Principe – Nigeria [Groupe A] 3 p.m. Paris time (UT +2H)
Sierra Leone – Guinea-Bissau [Groupe A] 6 p.m. Paris time (UT +2H)
Liberia – Morocco [Groupe K] 9 p.m. Paris time (UT +2H)
Summary of the 12 groups
Group A: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe.
Group B: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Togo, Swaziland.
Group C: Cameroon, Namibia, Burundi (Kenya excluded).
Group D: Egypt, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia.
Group E: Ghana, Madagascar, Angola, Central African Republic.
Group F: Algeria, Uganda, Niger, Tanzania.
Group G: Mali, Congo, Gambia, South Sudan.
Group H: Ivory Coast, Zambia, Comoros, Lesotho.
Group I: DR Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Sudan.
Group J: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Botswana.
Group K: Morocco, South Africa, Liberia (excluding Zimbabwe).
Group L: Senegal, Benin, Mozambique, Rwanda.