The Elephants of the Ivory Coast triumphed on Saturday over a strong willed home side in Bujumbura, Burundi.
With Kalou out injured and Drogba not present, the Ivorians continued on their qualifying campaign to CAN 2012 by beating the Burundi Swallows 0-1 on their home ground. A magnificent free kick from midfielder Romric Ndri in the 33rd minute of the first half allowed the Elephants to go home again with maximum points.
Benin, Burundi, the Ivory Coast and Rwanda are all competing in group H for a place in the finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon & Equatorial Guinea in 2012. The next round of qualifiers will see the Ivory Coast play Benin at home in March of 2011.
All results and fixtures from CAN qualifiers this weekend:
Group A
09/10/10 Mali 2-1 Liberia
10/10/10- 15:00 Zimbabwe vs. Cap Vert
Group B
10/10/10- 14:30 Madagascar vs. Ethiopia
10/10/10- 16:30 Guinea vs. Nigeria
Group C
10/10/10-20:00 Libya vs. Zambia
09/10/10 Comoros 0-1 Mozambique
Group D
9/10/10- 16:00 Tanzania 0-1 Morocco
10/10/10-15:00 Central Africa vs. Algeria
Group E
9/10/10-18:30 Senegal 7-0 Mauritius
9/10/10 Cameroon 1-1 RD Congo
Group F
9/10/10-18:00 Burkina Faso 3-1 Gambia
Group G
10/10/10-15:30 Niger vs. Egypt
10/10/10 Sierra Leone vs. South Africa
Group H
09/10/10 Rwanda 0-3 Benin
09/10/10 Burundi 0-1 Côte d’Ivoire
Group I
10/10/10-15:30 Congo vs. Swaziland
10/10/10-17:00 Ghana vs. Sudan
Group J
09/10/10 Kenya 0-0 Uganda
09/10/10 Angola 1-0 Guinea Bissau
Group K
09/10/10 Malawi 6-2 Tchad
10/10/10 Togo vs. Tunisia
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