CAN 2027 (Q): schedule and results of the first two days
The big battle to join CAN 2027 (Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania, June 19-July 17, 2027) is launched in September with the first two qualifying days. We notably had a Ivory Coast-Ghana clash, or even Senegal which was hooked by Mozambique, before going to Ethiopia. Here is the complete schedule and the results of these two days played between September 24 and October 6, 2026.
1st day (Times in universal time)
Thursday September 24
Namibia 1-0 Congo-Brazzaville (Group G)
Mauritania 3-1 Central African Republic (F)
DR Congo 2-0 Equatorial Guinea (E)
Libya 2-2 Botswana (M)
Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana
Sierra Leone 2-3 Zimbabwe (E)
Cameroon 3-1 Comoros (G)
Tunisia 1-1 Uganda (M)
Friday September 25
Mozambique 1-1 Senegal (J)
Tanzania 0-2 Guinea-Bissau (L)
Niger 2-1 Lesotho (A)
Malawi 2-1 South Sudan (B)
Gambia 2-1 Somalia (C)
Togo 1-0 Burundi (I)
Sudan 1-0 Ethiopia (J)
Rwanda 3-1 Liberia (K)
Nigeria 2-1 Madagascar (L)
Morocco 2-0 Gabon (A)
Egypt 0-0 Angola (B)
Burkina Faso 1-1 Benin (F)
Algeria 3-1 Zambia (I)
Mali 3-1 Cape Verde (K)
Saturday September 26
1 p.m. Kenya – Eritrea (Group D)
4 p.m. South Africa – Guinea (D)
2nd day
Monday September 28
4 p.m. Equatorial Guinea – Sierra Leone (Group E)
Zimbabwe – DR Congo (Group E)
Central African Republic – Burkina Faso (F)
7 p.m. Botswana – Tunisia (M)
Tuesday September 29
11am Comoros – Namibia (Group G)
1 p.m. Lesotho – Morocco (A)
South Sudan – Egypt (B)
Burundi – Algeria (I)
Mozambique – Sudan (J)
Ethiopia – Senegal (J)
Madagascar – Tanzania (L)
4 p.m. Zambia – Togo (I)
Ghana – Gambia (C)
Uganda – Libya (H)
Guinea-Bissau – Nigeria (L)
Cape Verde – Rwanda (K)
7 p.m. Gabon – Niger (A)
Somalia – Ivory Coast (C)
Benin – Mauritania (F)
Congo-Brazzaville – Cameroon (G)
Liberia – Mali (K)
Wednesday September 30
4 p.m. Eritrea – South Africa (Group D)
Thursday October 1
4 p.m. Guinea – Kenya (Group D)
Tuesday October 6
7 p.m. Angola – Malawi (Group B)
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