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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Debutants Madagascar swept into the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals on Monday with a 3-0 drubbing of Sudan in Algeria.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Indian Ocean islanders also beat Ghana last week, and topping Group C earned them a last-eight showdown against Mozambique on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ghana progressed as runners-up and will face the Group E winners — Cameroon or Niger — in another fixture on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Tokinantenaina Randriatsiferana put Madagascar 1-0 up after 13 minutes on a chilly night in the eastern city of Constantine, beating goalkeeper Mohamed Mustafa at his near post with a low shot.<\/p>\n

Solomampionona Razafindranaivo doubled the lead on the half-hour with the goal of the match — a superb lofted shot with the side of his foot over Mustafa.<\/p>\n

Lalaina Rafanomezantsoa completed the rout three minutes later with a simple tap-in off a low cross after Mustafa had been rounded.<\/p>\n

This is the second time Madagascar has made an instant impact in a CAF tournament after debuting in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) four years ago and reaching the quarter-finals in Egypt.<\/p>\n

The CAN is open to home and foreign-based players while the CHAN is confined to footballers with clubs in their country of birth.<\/p>\n

But despite the restrictions, CHAN matches are classified as full internationals with results counting toward the FIFA world rankings.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the last two quarter-finals places will be filled after an Oran double-header in which Mali face Mauritania in Group D and Cameroon meet Niger in Group E.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Debutants Madagascar swept into the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals on Monday with a 3-0 drubbing of Sudan in Algeria. The Indian Ocean islanders also beat Ghana last week, and topping Group C earned them a last-eight showdown against Mozambique on Saturday. 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