São Tomé and Principé defeat Mauritius to book AFCON 2021 AFCON qualifying round group stage place

Published on: 13 October 2019

São Tomé and Principé have booked a place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications group stages and will be in the same group with Ghana.

São Tomé impressively beat Mauritius 2-1 on Sunday to advance on a 5-2 aggregate.

Portugal based Marcos Barbeiro gave the Falcons and Parrots the lead before captain Luiz Leal added the second.

São Tomé are joining Ghana, South Africa and Sudan in Group C to battle for the two slots for the flagship tournament in Cameroon.

The Black Stars will travel to face São Tomé a week after hosting South Africa in the opener.

Ghana's last qualifying fixture will be against São Tomé at home in November next year.

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