{"id":38355,"date":"2024-11-20T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots"},"modified":"2024-11-20T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:22:23","slug":"tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 to qualify at the visitors\u2019 expense on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n

Botswana and Mozambique grabbed the last qualification places to complete the lineup for the 24-team tournament in Morocco.<\/p>\n

Stanley Ratifo scored early in the second half to give Mozambique a 2-1 win in Guinea-Bissau, ending the home team\u2019s hopes of securing the runner-up spot behind Group I winner Mali, which ended its campaign with a 6-0 rout of last-place Eswatini.<\/p>\n

Botswana ended its 12-year wait for its second Africa Cup appearance with a 1-1 draw against already-qualified Egypt. Omaatla Kebatho\u2019s early goal in Cairo was enough for Botswana to finish runner-up in Group C, one point ahead of Mauritania, which beat Cape Verde 1-0 in the other group game.<\/p>\n

Seven-time champion Egypt finished with 14 points from six games, followed by Botswana on eight, Mauritania on seven and Cape Verde with four.<\/p>\n

Guinea needed just a point its final Group H game in Tanzania, but the visitors appeared to play for the draw and were caught out in the 61st minute when Simon Msuva scored with a diving header to set off unbridled celebrations among the home fans.<\/p>\n

It lifted Tanzania into second place \u2014 one point ahead of Guinea \u2014 to qualify as runner-up behind group winner Congo. It\u2019s just the fourth time the Taifa Stars have qualified for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Four-time champion Ghana failed to qualify for the first time since 2004. The Black Stars\u2019 campaign ended Monday with a 2-1 loss at home to Niger. It left the team bottom with no wins in Group F.<\/p>\n

Sudan qualified Monday with a 0-0 draw against group winner Angola, which had secured qualification long before.<\/p>\n

Benin also secured qualification Monday with a 0-0 draw in Libya to finish runner-up behind group winner Nigeria, which was already qualified before losing its final group game 2-1 at home to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Comoros, Zambia, Mali, and Zimbabwe secured their qualification Friday, while Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon clinched their spots on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Host nation Morocco, defending champion Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Algeria, Congo, Cameroon, Senegal and Angola were already qualified before the penultimate round of qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Morocco will host the Africa Cup from Dec. 21, 2025 to Jan. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Eritrea. Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 to qualify at the visitors\u2019 expense on Tuesday. Botswana and Mozambique grabbed the last qualification places to complete the lineup for the 24-team tournament in Morocco. Stanley Ratifo scored early in the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[3782,263,1000,233],"class_list":["post-38355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-afcon-2023","tag-african-football","tag-africanews","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"\nTanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\"},\"wordCount\":402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AFCON 2023\",\"African Football\",\"Africanews\",\"Eritrea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\",\"name\":\"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots - Eritrea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\",\"name\":\"Eritrea\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots - Eritrea","description":"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots","og_description":"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","og_site_name":"Eritrea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots","datePublished":"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots"},"wordCount":402,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg","keywords":["AFCON 2023","African Football","Africanews","Eritrea"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots","name":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots - Eritrea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-20T16:24:20+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-20T17:22:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Borussia Dortmund star Serhou Guirassy will miss the Africa Cup of Nations next year after Tanzania upset Guinea 1-0 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/sm_1732110411.137914.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/tanzania-botswana-mozambique-secure-2025-afcon-spots#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique secure 2025 AFCON spots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/","name":"Eritrea","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}