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World Cup qualifying: Guinea qualify for African Nations Cup finals [Mon Sep 5th, 2005]
Conakry (Reuters) - Guinea joined the list of qualifiers for next year's African Nations Cup finals after beating Malawi 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier.
Guinea moved out of the range of the bottom three sides in World Cup African qualifying zone Group Five to ensure their participation in the tournament in Egypt next January.
The World Cup preliminary campaign also serves as Nations Cup qualifiers with the top trio of teams going to the finals in Egypt.
Pascal Feindouno, who had given up the captains' armband earlier this week, opened the scoring for Guinea after 12 minutes and Kaba Diawara added a second goal in the 35th minute,
Malawi, playing their first match under caretaker English coach Michael Hennigan, pulled a goal back within 60 seconds through Noel Mkhandawire, but Guinea made sure of the win with a goal in the second half from Sambegou Bangoura.
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