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    GROUP B

    May 17, 2019 3 minutes

    BURUNDI

    Burundi booked their berth in the finals on the last weekend of qualifying by holding Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s Gabon to a draw at home and therefore edging them into second place in the group.

    Burundi is among Africa’s 20 smallest countries and they are perennial footballing lightweights, having only entered the Cup of Nations qualifiers consistently since 2000 and never previously coming close to a finals debut.

    But they won twice in their

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