Namibia power towards Brazil dream

Namibia power towards Brazil dream

Namibia powered into the next stage of qualifying for the 2014 Brazil World Cup with another 4-0 win over Djibouti.

Bernard Kaanjuka's side dominated the first leg and they repeated the feat at home as Lazarus Kaimbi's double and goals by Heinrich Isaacks and Sidney Urikhob sealed a comfortable win.

It means the Brave Warriors are now in a tour-team group where the winners will advance to another qualifying round over two legs, with the prize a place at Brazil 2014.

Kenya will join them after their 4-0 thrashing of the Seychelles followed the impressive 3-0 win in the first leg.

Edgar Ochieng opened the scoring in the 17th minute before Brian Mandela and Titus Mulama scored the second and third before the break.

Victor Wanyama sealed the win in the second-half to cap a comfortable qualifying performance.

Rwanda claimed a 3-1 win over Eritrea to record a 4-2 score on aggregate and progress to the next qualifying stage.

Olivier Karekezi, Jean-Claude Iranzi and Labama Bokota scored for Rwanda with Abraham Tedros's 90th minute goal scant consolation for Eritrea.

Congo progressed to the next stage despite being held to a 1-1 draw by minnows Sao Tome e Principe after their dominant performance in the first leg.

Orgando scored first for Sao Tome before Francis N'Ganga levelled the score for Congo six minutes later, but the Diables Rouges progress with a 6-1 aggregate score after the 5-0 rout of the Green and Yellows.

The Democratic Republic of Congo also progressed after a 5-1 win over Swaziland gave them a 8-2 win on aggregate while Tanzania held on to a slender one goal margin following their 1-0 defeat by Chad.

Mozambique's 4 - 1 victory at home to Comoros was added to their 1-0 win last week to see them through while Equatorial Guinea's 2-1 defeat by Madagascar was still enough for them to progress 3-2 on aggregate following their 2-0 win in the first leg.

Lesotho progressed due to the away goal they scored in the 2-1 loss Burundi after the drew 2-2 on aggregate while Togo's 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau was enough to see them through to the next stage.

Liberia's game against Mauritius was cancelled.

In the other Group C clash, Uzbekistan, who have already progressed to the next qualification round, beat Tajikistan 3-0 in Tashkent.

Sanjar Tursunov scored the opening goal in the 34th minute before Odil Ahmedov and Aleksandr Geynrikh put the result beyond doubt in the second half.

Iraq confirmed their progression to the fourth round as they came from behind to beat Jordan 3-1 in Group E.

Jordan, who are already through to the next stage following their home defeat of Singapore on Friday, took the lead through Hassan Abdel Fattah in the 17th minute.

However, Nashat Akram's second-half brace and a goal by Qusay Munir earned Iraq the win which moves them to the next qualification stage.

In Group D, Qatar failed to build on their 4-0 thrashing of Indonesia as they drew 0-0 with Bahrain in Doha.

Saudi Arabia's match against Oman was also goalless.

Match Results

Burundi 2 - 1 Lesotho

Madagascar 2 - 1 Equatorial Guinea

Tanzania 0 - 1 Chad

Kenya 4 - 0 Seychelles

Rwanda 3 - 1 Eritrea

Congo 1 - 1 Sao Tome and Principe

DR Congo 5 - 1 Swaziland

Togo 1 - 0 Guinea-Bissau

Mozambique 4 - 1 Comoros

Namibia 4 - 0 Djibouti


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