{"id":18345,"date":"2022-05-27T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/afcon-qualifiers-mozambique-to-host-rwanda-in-south-africa"},"modified":"2022-05-27T07:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:16:49","slug":"afcon-qualifiers-mozambique-to-host-rwanda-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/afcon-qualifiers-mozambique-to-host-rwanda-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"AFCON Qualifiers: Mozambique to host Rwanda in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique will host their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualifying game against Rwanda at the Soccer City Stadium, in Johannesburg, on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambican Mambas initially planned to honour the match at Est\u00e1dio do Zimpeto, in the country\u2019s capital Maputo, but the Confederation of African Football (Caf) ruled that the facility was unfit to host international matches.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique are currently training in South Africa for the game and were beaten 1-0 by Eswatini in a build-up encounter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the two sides\u2019 latest meeting in March 2021, a Lague Byiringiro\u2019s lone strike in Kigali inspired Rwanda to a 1-0 win over Mozambique in the AFCON 2021 qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Amavubi make Group L in the qualifiers for next year\u2019s AFCON tournament along with Mozambique, Benin and African champions Senegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Mozambique will host their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualifying game against Rwanda at the Soccer City Stadium, in Johannesburg, on June 2. 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