U23 AFCON qualifiers: Cameroon win 3-0 in Kigali as Morocco, Guinea and Burkina Faso also take first-leg leads
Three of the four winners did it away from home. Return legs are on 15 to 17 November, with seven places at the Egypt-hosted finals at stake.
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Cairo — Cameroon, Morocco, Guinea and Burkina Faso all won the first legs of their second-round ties in qualifying for the 2027 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations this week, three of them away from home, DNE Africa reported.
Cameroon's second-half burst
Cameroon beat Rwanda 3-0 at the Kigali Pelé Stadium on Wednesday, with all three goals after the break. Captain Patrick Edzimbi scored in the 64th minute, Rattensi Nko added a second in the 87th and Edzimbi completed his brace in stoppage time. The return leg is in Yaoundé on 17 November.
Narrow wins elsewhere
Morocco won 1-0 in Dire Dawa on Thursday through a 28th-minute goal by Younes El Bahraoui, with the second leg at the Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on 17 November. Guinea won 1-0 away to Botswana in Gaborone, Mohamed Touré scoring shortly before half-time; the return is in Conakry on 17 November. Burkina Faso beat Zambia 1-0 at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou through Nouhoun Abdel Junior Koné, and travel to Lusaka on 15 November.
None of the ties is decided yet. The winners go into the final qualifying round in March, and seven teams will join hosts Egypt at the eight-team finals.
Source: DNE Africa, DNE Africa, 12–13 November 2026.
