results and ranking of the playoffs (J3)

Between Wednesday and Friday, the 3^e CAN 2023 qualifying day took place. Waiting for the 4^e day which begins on Sunday, find the complete results of these matches and the classification group by group.

The results of the 3^e CAN 2023 qualifying day

• Sierra Leone 2–2 Sao Tome (Group A)
• Nigeria 0-1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
• Cape Verde 0-0 Eswatini (Group B)
• Burkina Faso 1-0 Togo (Group B)
• Cameroon 1-1 Namibia (Group C)
• Egypt 2-0 Malawi (Group D)
• Guinea 2-0 Ethiopia (Group D)
• Madagascar 0-3 Central African Republic (Group E)
• Ghana 1-0 Angola (Group E)
• Uganda 0-1 Tanzania (Group F)
• Algeria 2-1 Niger (Group F)
• Mali 2-0 Gambia (Group G)
• Congo 1-2 South Sudan (Group G)
• Zambia 3-1 Lesotho (Group H)
• Ivory Coast 3-1 Comoros (Group H)
• Gabon 1-0 Sudan (Group I)
• DR Congo 3-1 Mauritania (Group I)
• Equatorial Guinea 2-0 Botswana (Group J)
• Tunisia 3-0 Libya (Group J)
• South Africa 2-2 Liberia (Group K)
• Senegal 5-1 Mozambique (Group L)
• Benin 1-1 Rwanda (Group L)

The group-by-group ranking of the CAN 2023 qualifiers

The first two of each group will qualify for the final phase.

What to remember from the 3^e daytime ?

After Côte d’Ivoire, qualified as host country, the Morocco was the first selection to qualify “on the field” for the final phase which will take place in January-February 2024. The Atlas Lions did not, however, have to play and only benefited from the draw between South Africa and Liberia (2 -2) in this group consisting of only three selections due to the suspension of Zimbabwe.

All groups combined, 5 selections achieve faultless mid-term: Burkina Faso, Algeria, Mali, Senegal and Morocco (2 games played). Showered at home by Guinea Bissau (0-1), Nigeria no longer falls into this category. Moreover, many favorite selections on paper have disappointed at home: Cameroon against Namibia (1-1), Cape Verde, silent against Eswatini (0-0), Sierra Leone, held in failure by Sao Tomé who had suffered two humiliations (2-2), but especially Congo, humiliated 2-1 by South Sudan, and Madagascar, slapped 3-0 by the Central African Republic, plus South Africa therefore.

If the DR Congo managed to take off against Mauritania (3-1), on the other hand, Benin, Madagascar and Togo have still not won and are starting to see the qualification move away…