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Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
1	Algeria	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Burkina Faso	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Sudan	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	3
4	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

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Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
1	Egypt	10	8	2	0	20	2	+18	26
2	Burkina Faso	10	6	3	1	23	8	+15	21
3	Sierra Leone	10	4	3	3	12	10	+2	15
4	Guinea-Bissau	10	2	4	4	8	10	-2	10

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Burkina Faso's forward #10 Bertrand Traore celebrates with Burkina Faso's forward #2 Djibril Ouattara after scoring his team's first goal from a penalty kick during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 group D football match between Burkina Faso and Mauritania at Stade de la Paix in Bouake on January 16, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

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Burkina Faso's Hassane Bande, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the African Cup of Nations 2022 group A soccer match between Cape Verde and Burkina Faso at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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