Kenya bowed out of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers after settling for a barren draw against Namibia at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane Limpopo province in South Africa.
Both teams had bid bye to their qualification hopes as they aim to build momentum from the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers that will return in March next year.
Elsewhere, neighbors Tanzania upset Guinea to reach the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations before Botswana and Mozambique became the last two teams to qualify for next year’s tournament.
Guinea had needed to avoid defeat in their trip to Dar Es Salaam to finish second in Group H, while the East Africans knew victory would book a place in Morocco.
Tanzania, who will co-host the 2027 Afcon alongside Kenya and Uganda, are ranked 34 places below Guinea in the world.
Meanwhile, Botswana will feature at the finals for just the second time after picking up the point they needed away against Egypt to finish second in Group C.
Botswana held on to draw 1-1 and finish a point above Mauritania, who rounded off their campaign with a 1-0 home victory over 10-man Cape Verde.
The southern Africans, who were the lowest seeds in their group, lost all three group games on their sole previous Afcon finals outing in 2012.
Elsewhere, Cameroon overcame Zimbabwe 2-1 in the other encounter in Yaounde to top the group with 14 points – although both sides had already sealed qualification before kick-off.