AFCON 2015 Qualifiers : Gabon beats Burkina Faso 2-0
LIBREVILLE, Oct. 11, 2014 (AMP) — Equatorial Guinea 2015 (Qualifiers) : Gabon defeated Burkina Faso by a score of 2-0 (halftime: 0-0), in a qualifying game for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday night at the Stade d'Angondjé in Libreville.
The result put the Gabonese top of Group C with 7 points. Burkina Faso is second with 6 points. In their next game, Gabon will meet second-placed Burkina Faso at the Stade d'Angondjé on October 15, while Burkina Faso will face Gabon.
Fixtures and Results : Group C
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Overview
Gabon at the AFCON
- 5 appearances (first in 1994)
- 19 participations in the qualifications (first in 1972)
Burkina Faso at the AFCON
- 8 appearances (first in 1996)
- 14 participations in the qualifications (first in 1990)
- Statistics: Runners-up (2013) Fourth Place (1998)
Gabon
2:0
Burkina Faso
2:0 (0:0)
- 11 October 2014
- 18:30
- Libreville
Group C
Team | Pts |
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Gabon | 7 |
Burkina Faso | 6 |
Lesotho | 2 |
Angola | 1 |
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