Uganda Beats Niger but Celebrations Rocket In Tanzania

By Ngome Michael

Group F has served Uganda Cranes the most painful miss-out at the AFCON final despite win over Niger in Morocco.

The Taifa Stars got the much needed draw against Algeria to ensure qualification at the expense of Cranes.

Aziz Kayondo placed Uganda ahead in the fist quater in Marrakech before Milton Karissa had his shot deflected to double the lead 19minutes later.

Victory was however not enough as Uganda needed Algeria, who had already confirmed qualification with 15points to beat Tanzania, which ended in a dead rubber.

Group F: Final classification.

🇩🇿 Algeria ➖ 16 pts [qualified for Afcon
🇹🇿 Tanzania ➖8 pts
🇺🇬 Uganda ➖7 pts
🇳🇪 Niger ➖2 pts

Uganda needed to beat Niger, and hope Tanzania lost against Algeria, for the Cranes to go through. This wasn’t the case as the “Stars” shone enough to get the crucial point they came for in Algeria

Adel Amrouche gifted Tanzania a historic AFCON qualification asTaifa Stars will be the only CECAFA representative at the 2023 AFCON tournament in Ivory Coast.