AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Four new countries qualify for group phase

Chad defeated Mauritius 2-1 at the National Sports Complex
Pitch 1 in Saint Pierre and advanced with a 3-1 aggregate score.

Liberia played 0-0 with Djibouti at the Samuel Kanyon Doe
Stadium in Monrovia to progress to the next round with a 2-0 aggregate score,
following their victory in the first leg.

South Sudan also played 0-0 with Sao Tome and Principe in
Berkane, Morocco.

They advanced to the next round on the away goals rule,
having secured a vital away goal in the first leg 1-1 encounter.

This means that Chad, Eswatini, Liberia, and South Sudan
will now look ahead to the next phase of the qualifiers where they will join
the 44 exempted countries for the group stage of the qualifiers.