African Nations Championship: Guinea claim final 2018 place

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Image caption, 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.

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.