CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Tanzania suffer defeat to Egypt in TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Tanzania suffered a 1-0 defeat to hosts Egypt in a Group A match played on Friday at the on-going TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The defeat was Tanzania’s fourth straight defeat at the competition which has brought together 13 teams.
Ahmed Sharaf gave Egypt an early lead at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia.
Despite going down early in the match, Tanzania dominated more of the match and with 17 shooting attempts against Egypt’s seven.
Bakari Msimu and Jammy Simba had some decent scoring chances later in the match, but failed to finish.
Tanzania who followed Kenya out of the competition kick started their campaign with a 1-0 defeat to South Africa, lost by the same margin against Sierra Leone and suffered another 1-0 defeat to Zambia.
Egypt joined Ghana, South Africa, DR Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco and Sierra Leone at the quarter final stage.
The semi-finalists will qualify as the CAF representatives for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup to take place in Chile.