Cameroon lead quartet into Nations Cup final

By Mark Gleeson

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Cameroon kept up their 100 percent record in the African Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday to lead a list of four countries into next January's finals tournament in Ghana.

Cameroon beat Rwanda 2-1 in Garoua on Sunday to make sure of top place in their group and register their fifth win of the campaign, even without star striker Samuel Eto'o, embroiled in the dramatic finish to the Spanish league season.

It was his replacement Mohamadou Idrissou who opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Geremi added the second with a free kick from 30 meters out three minutes into the second half.

But Cameroon had to endure an edgy finish after Jimmy Gatete pulled one back for the bottom-placed Rwandans in the 78th minute of the Group Five encounter.

Cameroon were joined on Sunday in the 16-team final line-up by Angola, easy winners in their Group Six tie at home to Swaziland.

Figueiredo, Love and a second half penalty from Flavio added up to a comfortable 3-0 win for last year's World Cup finalists.

On Saturday, both Morocco and Tunisia had made sure of their place with wins.

Sudan looked set to qualify as one of the top runners-up, even if they lose their last qualifying match against Group Four leaders Tunisia after a 2-0 away win against Seychelles while Nigeria also look poised to qualify.