Africa World Cup qualifiers wrap - Cape Verde qualify for first ever finals

Tunisia completed their successful World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win over Namibia.

The Eagles of Carthage had long secured their place at the finals with a near-perfect qualifying campaign that saw them win nine and draw just one of their 10 games.

Ali Al-Abdi opened the scoring at Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi with a 28th minute penalty. Hannibal Mejbri added a second goal on 55 minutes and Ferjani Sassi made sure of the result with his effort with 64 minutes played.

Tunisia on 28 points, ended their campaign 13 points clear of second-placed Namibia and Liberia in third - who recorded a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in their final Group H qualifier.

Nicholas Andrews bagged a 27th minute equaliser for Liberia after Federico Bikoro's 14th minute opener at Nuevo Estadio de Malabo.

The result left Guinea in fifth place on the standings with 11 points, that included just three wins, two draws and five losses.

Despite their poor showing in the World Cup qualifiers, they still fared better than Sao Tome and Principe, who ended bottom of the pile - even after ending their tournament with a 1-0 victory over Malawi. It was a first win and first points for the island nation, with Ronaldo Afonso scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot on 62 minutes.

Malawi ended their campaign in fourth with 13 points.

Elsewhere, South Sudan and Togo played out a goalless draw in their dead-rubber qualifier that left Togo in fourth place on the standings with eight points, and Sudan at the bottom with five points.

The Group B winners are yet to be decided, with Senegal currently in first place with 21 points, closely followed by DR Congo on 19 points, both with one game to play.

Cape Verde sealed their World Cup place for the first time ever, as Group D winners with 23 points following their 3-0 win over Eswatini on Monday, as Cameroon failed to beat Angola, as they played to a goalless draw.

Dailon Livramento (48'), Willy Semedo (54') and Stopira (90+'1') were all on target for a comprehensive victory at Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde.

Cameroon sensationally missed out on the World Cup after making it to the group stage at the 2022 tournament in Qatar.

Also in Group D, Mauritius and Libya played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw as Lesotho recorded a 1-0 win over Zimbabwe, in Group C, just days after Zimbabwe left South Africa's World Cup hopes hanging by a thread with a goalless draw.

All the results in full:

Tunisia 3-0 Namibia

South Sudan 0-0 Togo

Equatorial Guinea 1-1 Liberia

Sao Tome and Principe 1-0 Malawi

Mauritius 0-0 Libya

Cameroon 0-0 Angola

Cape Verde 3-0 Eswatini

Lesotho 1-0 Zimbabwe

Eritrea v Tanzania - Cancelled

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