Senegal 1-0 Rwanda
Title holders Senegal finished top of Group B in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers despite playing to a 1-1 draw against Rwanda on Saturday.
The Teranga Lions weren't given a comfortable opening, before Lamine Camara made the breakthrough in the second half.
Rwanda didn't drop their heads following the set-back and claimed a point in the dying minutes through Oyinzima and saw the spoils shared.
Mozambique 3-2 Benin
Mozambique qualified for the finals for the first time since 2010 after an entertaining 3-2 victory over Benin in Group L.
A penalty in the opening 20 minutes by Steve Mounie gave the host a perfect start, but Witi cancelled it before switching roles to play in Guima to give them a halftime lead.
Benin, though, bounced back over five minutes from the break when a penetrative forward move granted Jodel Doussou to step in and level matters.
The Mambas did have the last laugh though as Clesio got ahead to find the winner and helped his side to victory and qualification alongside group winners Senegal.
Ivory Coast 1-0 Lesotho
Tournament host Ivory Coast ended their journey in the qualifications with a narrow 1-0 victory over Lesotho in a Group H encounter.
The Elephants nabbed the winner in the opening stages when an assist from Sebastien Haller saw Ibrahim Sangare grab hold to find the net.
Democratic Republic Congo 2-0 Sudan
Democratic Republic of Congo advanced to the Cup of Nations from Group I following a dominant 2-0 victory over Sudan in Kinshasha.
The host were keen to lay down the marker from the get-go and did just that after Theo Bongondla bagged the opener to leave the travelling counterparts trailing.
With fulltime approaching, the Leopards killed off the contest as the speedy Fiston Mayele displayed quick feet to find the net and left the visitors reeling.
Mauritania 2-1 Gabon
Mauritania sealed a third successive qualification to the finals this after seeing off a resilient Gabon 2-1 in another clash in Group I.
In a disappointing start, the visitors were down to ten men in the opening five minutes when Jean-Noel Amonome walked the plank.
It didn't take the host long to get settled after Hemeya Tanjy popped up with the opener on the half-hour mark before Aboubakar Kamara added to their tally minutes to halftime.
The home team kept the cushion, but were a man down in the closing stages as Hassan Houbeib saw red thus prompted Ibrahim Ndong's consolation at the death.
Comoros 1-1 Zambia
Zambia finished on top of Group H following a hard-fought come-from-behind 1-1 draw against the Comoros in Moroni.
With matters very tense early on, it took a top-drawer effort from Benjaloud Youssouf before the end of the first half to separate the sides and give the host the lead.
Chipolopolo took a while to get going but eventually pulled level in the final stages through a decent finish from Patson Daka and saw matters end all square.
Malawi 2-2 Guinea
Malawi's participation in the qualifiers to the continental showpiece in Group D concluded with an entertaining 2-2 draw against Guinea.
The Flames were ahead in the opening quarter with a clever finish from Robert Saizi, but the visitors regrouped and were back on level terms through Aguibou Camara.
As Saidou Sow soon handed them the lead, the Flames rescued a point with two minutes to go after Lawrence Chaziya bundled in to see his side finish third in the group to Guinea in second spot.
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