Gini 23 and Mauritania (2-1). El Hassen Teguedi opened the scoring for Mauritania in the 9 minutes before the Syli U23 was reversed thanks to Maî Traoré (78) and Daouda Camara (90).
For his part, Ryganda (0-0) was joined by DR Congo (0-0) while Kenya and Ethiopia had respectively won Mauritius (5-0) and Somalia (4-0) respectively . Burundi beat Tanzania quietly (2-0).
Program and results of the first round of playoffs:
Wednesday:
Burundi 2-0 Tanzania
Ethiopia 4-0 Somalia
Kenya 5-0 Mauritius
Rwanda 0-0 DR Congo
Sudan Seychelles 1-1
Uganda 1-0 South Sudan
Mauritania 1-2 Gini
Guinea Equatorial 1-1 Sao Tome a Principe
Friday, November 16th
Cameroon-Chad
Ghana-Togo
Mozambique-Eswatini
Burkina Faso-Niger
Saturday 17th November
Botswana, Malawi
Libya and Angola have already qualified following The Gambia and Namibia packs.
Match back on November 18th and 20th.
As a reminder, 13 extracts have been excluded from this first round: South Africa, Algeria, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.