The hero of the day was Moussa Kone of Mali who registered a brace for his side.

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Mandala Konte opened the scoring after he tapped in a ball, before Mauritania snatched the equaliser through Samba Cheikh.

Before Kone scored twice- in the 88 minute and 91 minute to send Mali to the group stage of the 2017 WAFU Cup.