African Nations Championship: Guinea claim final 2018 place
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African Nations Championship holders DR Congo will not be in Kenya to defend their title
Guinea crushed Senegal 5-0 Wednesday to complete the line-up for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) finals in Kenya.
Amadou Sekou Camara was the hero in Conakry as he scored a hat-trick to help the hosts to a 6-3 aggregate win.
The win also came despite Guinea missing a penalty in a match delayed 24 hours by rain.
Guinea join 14 other nations and hosts Kenya in the finals of the tournament for locally-based players only.
Qualifiers for 2018 African Nations Championship finals |
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Kenya (hosts), Libya, Morocco, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Sudan, Nigeria, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Cameroon, Angola, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Guinea |
Camara scored once in the first half along with Mohamed N'Diaye and Ibrahima Sory Sankhon.
He completed his hat-trick with two strikes after half-time.
It was a second successive big win at home for Guinea after thrashing Guinea-Bissau 7-1 in the previous round.
Camara scored four goals in that match and finished the qualifying competition as the leading scorer with eight.