Ghana 1-0 Gambia

Scorer: Vincent Atingah

Senegal 0-0 Liberia (5-4 penalties)

Burkina Faso 1-2 Niger

Scorers: Dah Sansan equaliser (Bur), Soumana Boubacar (Niger) opener, Garba Idrissa (Match winner)

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Guinea 2-1 Guinea Bissau

Scorers: Gilson Correira opener (Bissau), Keita Sekou (Guinea), Camara Abdoulaye (Guinea)

Mali 3-1 Mauritania

Scorers: Mandala Konte, Moussa Kone 2 goals: Samba Cheikh equaliser for Mauritania

Nigeria 2-0 Sierra Leone

Scorers: Moses Okoro, Moses Peter

Ivory Coast 0-0 Togo (Penalties 3-2)

Benin 2-0 Cape Verde

Scorers: Ibrahim Ogoulola and Agnide Osseni

Group A clashes

Mali 0-0 Nigeria

Ghana 2-0 Guinea

Scorers: Stephen Sarfo, Kwame Kizito