By CAFonline
Tanzanian ?? football seems to be on the rise as they were the first team to reach the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) for their second appearance just a few months after also making their second participation in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
They shocked hosts Sudan ?? 2-1 at El Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman on Friday night taking advantage of the away goals’ rule with the aggregate score tied at 2-2, after Sudan ?? had won the first leg 1-0 in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania’s maiden CHAN finals was in 2009 when they also qualified by beating Sudan ?? 5-2 on aggregate.
Cameroon ?? are the 2020 CHAN hosts, the special tournament for domestic league players and the line up was completed on Sunday that saw Togo ?? stopping Nigeria ?? from qualifying.
Other biggest casualties to miss out on a place in Cameroon ?? include Nigeria ??, Senegal ??, Cote d’Ivoire ?? and Ghana ??.
The full list of teams that have made it is: Cameroon ?? (hosts), Tanzania ??, Uganda ??, Zambia ??, Rwanda ??, Namibia ??, Togo ?? (first appearance), Morocco ?? (defending champions), Zimbabwe ??, DR Congo ??, Congo ??, Tunisia ??, Burkina Faso ??, Guinea ??, Niger ?? and Mali ??.
The Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) region will be represented by three teams — Zambia ??, Namibia ??and Madagascar and Zimbabwe ??.
Reports on CAFonline Ghana failed to qualify for the second time at the expense of Burkina Faso, who held on for a barren draw at home in Ouagadougou, going through 1-0 on aggregate after winning the first leg in Kumasi.
The result extended the sorry record of the Black Stars of missing out on the last three finals of the competition that dates back to 2016.
Senegal saw their 1-0 lead against Guinea overturned in Conakry, the home side winning 1-0 to send the tie to penalties.
Despite winning 1-0 at home, the Cote d’Ivoire could not overturn the 2-0 loss they suffered away to Niger after winning 1-0.
Tunisia beat Libya 2-1 to progress 3-1 on aggregate having won the first leg at home 1-0.
In Bamako, Mali put up a perfect performance at home beating Mauritania 2-0 to earn a place in Cameroon which to reach last year in Morocco. Mali reached the final of the 2016 showpiece in Rwanda.
Results by zones:
North Zone
*Morocco 3-0 Algeria (0-0)
*Libya 1-2 Tunisia (0-1)
West A Zone
*Mali 2-0 Mauritania (0-0)
*Guinea 1-0 (3-1pen) Senegal (0-1)
West B Zone
*Nigeria 2-0 Togo (3-4)
*Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 Niger (0-2)
*Burkina Faso 0-0 Ghana (1-0)
Central Zone
*DR Congo 4-1 Central African Republic (2-0)
*Congo 1-0 Equatorial Guinea (2-2)
Central-East Zone
*Sudan 1-2 Tanzania (1-0)
*Uganda 3-0 Burundi (3-0)
*Rwanda 1-1 Ethiopia (1-0)
South Zone
*Zambia 2-2 Eswatini (1-0)
*Namibia 2-0 Madagascar (0-1)
*Lesotho 0-0 Zimbabwe (1-3)