Senegal, SA complete semis line-up AFCON U20;

The line-up for the semifinals of the 2017 Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations was completed on Sunday with Senegal and South Africa the latest teams to qualify after they won their final Group B matches 2-0 and 3-1 against Cameroon and Sudan respectively.

Both matches were played simultaneously at the National Heroes and Levy Mwanawasa Stadiums.

They join hosts Zambia and Guinea who both qualified from Group A, meaning that Zambia will play South Africa in the first semifinal scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, while Senegal will play Guinea in the second semifinal scheduled for the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium the following day.

At the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, Senegal scored the opener on the stroke of halftime through Ibrahima Niane and their advantage was increased a minute after the restart by Krepin Diatta, a lead which they kept until the final whistle to finish top of the group with seven points, making them the second team to remain unbeaten in the eight-team continental tournament along with hosts Zambia.

Senegal coach Marie Joseph Francois Koto said: "First of all I thank God for this result. Our objective was to take each match as it comes but we are happy that we finished top of the group, which means that we will play our semifinal here in Ndola and saves us the energy to travel to Lusaka. We believe that will give us an advantage."

At the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Phakamani Mahlambi put South Africa’s Amajita in front in the 15th minute but Khaled Osman equalised nine minutes later for the two sides to share the spoils at the break.

Grant Margeman and Sibongakane Mbatha added a goal apiece in quick succession in the 60th and 66th minutes to ensure the Amajita reached the semifinals as well as qualified for the 2017 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Korea