Ghana Under 20 World Cup winning coach, Sellas Tetteh made history over the weekend when he qualified Rwanda for their maiden appearance at next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN) slated for Sudan.
The Amavubi Stars secured a one nil victory over the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in Kigali to book a place for next year's event reserved for players plying their trade in their respective local leagues.
Sellas has been in charge of Rwanda barely four months, but qualifying the team at the expense of Tanzania has sent signals to the authorities and the fans about his readiness to take their football to greater heights.
He was tasked to take Rwanda to the 2013 Nations Cup but qualifying the local team to next year's CHAN is the first hurdle.
There could be a potential clash between Milovan Rajevac and Sellas when the local Black Stars, who secured their qualification earlier in the year, and Rwanda are placed in the same group at the CHAN competition.
The Amavubi Stars qualified on a 2-1 aggregate victory after they had forced a one-all drawn game in Tanzania.
The win thus enabled them to qualify alongside Zimbabwe, Angola, South Africa and Uganda from the Southern and Eastern Africa regions.
The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia also qualified after drawing 3-3 against Morocco, on the away-goal rule.
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