Madar (Ouagadougou) - Mauritania's national team lost 1-0 to Burkina Faso on Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou, in the third round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, according to the Africa Top Sports and Pan Africa Football websites.
The first half ended goalless, and the Mauritanian defence held out against the hosts for most of the match before Elohim Kaboré scored the winner for Burkina Faso in stoppage time, according to both sources.
The win takes Burkina Faso to 7 points, level at the top of Group F with Benin, while Mauritania remain third on 3 points and the Central African Republic have yet to score a point, according to the standings published by the two sources.
Mauritania had opened their campaign with a 3-1 win over the Central African Republic before losing 2-1 to Benin.
Burkina Faso are coached by Amir Abdou, a former Mauritania coach, who said after the match, according to Pan Africa Football: "The important thing is that we won tonight".
The two sides meet again on Tuesday, November 17 in Nouakchott in the fourth round of the qualifiers, in which the top two teams in each group qualify for the finals, according to Pan Africa Football.
