Algeria second team after Morocco to qualify for African Cup

28.03.2023 - 08:07 arabnews.com

CAPE TOWN: Striker Baghdad Bounedjah’s early goal was enough for Algeria to beat Niger 1-0 in African Cup of Nations qualifying on Monday and book its place at the tournament in Ivory Coast next year.

Algeria is the second team to qualify after World Cup semifinalist Morocco. Bounedjah struck in the sixth minute, putting a shot in the bottom right corner after he was played in by Riyad Mahrez.

Algeria held firm in a game played in Tunisia to improve its record to four wins from four in the final qualifiers. The race is on between Tanzania, Niger and Uganda to take the other qualifying place in Group F alongside Algeria.

Morocco qualified last week without playing after South Africa and Liberia drew 2-2 on Friday. That meant Morocco will definitely take one of the top two places in Group K, which was reduced to a three-team and not four-team group because Zimbabwe was disqualified from the qualifiers.

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