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Malawi - Morocco 0:0

Sudan - Equatorial Guinea 1:4

Scorers: 1:0 14 Mohamed Mokhtar
              1:1 18-pen Emilio Nsue
              1:2 36-pen Emilio Nsue
              1:3 48 Pablo Ganet
              1:4 85 Pedro Obiang

Nigeria - Seychelles 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 35-pen (34.24) Odion Ighalo
              1:1 41 (40.53) Rody Melanie
              2:1 50 (49.54) Henry Onyekuru
              3:1 90 (89.57) Moses Simon

Burkina Faso - Mauritania 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 19 (18.26) Bertrand Traore

Botswana - Angola 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 20 (20.16) Wilson Eduardo

Tunisia - Eswatini 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.24) Syam ben Youssef
              2:0 33 (32.48) Anice Badri
              3:0 53 (52.27) Naim Sliti
              4:0 61 (60.53) Yassine Meriah

Algeria - Gambia 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 42 (41.48) Mehdi Abeid
              1:1 90+1 (91.01) Mamadou Danso (or simply Futty Danso)