( CNN ) -- Rising star Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Egypt beat Zimbabwe 4-2 in Harare Sunday to all but book their place in the final stage of African qualifying for the 2014 World Cup Finals . Salah has been impressing for both club and country , helping Basel to the semifinals of the Europa League this season and grabbing 15 goals in his last 21 games for Egypt . The emphatic victory for the 'Pharaohs ' has left them with a 100 per cent record from four games . With Congo-Brazzaville and Tunisia drawing in Gabon and Sierra Leone respectively Saturday , Egypt were left as the only one of the 40 second-stage teams to have a perfect record . Guinea thrashed Mozambique 6-1 later Sunday to keep alive their slim hopes of catching Egypt at the top of the Group G standings -- but trail by five points . Zimbabwe had pushed Egypt close in Cairo three months ago , but Salah put Bob Bradley 's men ahead for the second time just before halftime in the National Stadium . Mohamed Abou Trika had given the visitors a fifth minute lead before Musona leveled midway through the half . Salah scored his second and Egypt 's third with a superb effort on 76 minutes before Knowledge Billiat gave the home side brief hope . Salah 's hat-trick goal soon afterwards settled the match and set them on their way to only their third appearance in a World Cup finals . In other action Sunday , Togo 's 2-0 home win over Cameron revived their slim hopes in a tight Group I where only two points separate the four sides . Algeria kept a firm group on Group H as a first half double from Islam Slimani set them on the way to a 3-1 win in Benin . In Group C , Ivory Coast stretched their lead to four points with two rounds left with a 3-0 win in the Gambia as Lacina Traore , Wilfried Bony and reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure were on target . Tanzania 's hopes of overtaking 'The Elephants ' were all but ended when they lost 2-1 in Morocco . In Group B , Tunisia maintained a five-point lead over Sierra Leone by holding them 2-2 in Freetown . There was also a 2-1 consolation win for Cape Verde Islands over Equatorial Guinea . The surprise 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinalists had suffered three straight losses in their bid for a place in Rio . The winners of the 10 African qualifying groups go through to the third and final section where they are whittled down to five teams for Brazil 2014 .
Egypt score superb 4-2 win in Zimbabwe in World Cup qualifying . Highly rated Mohamed Salah scores hat-trick in win in Harare . Pharaohs boast perfect record in second stage of African qualifying . Ivory Coast take a firm grip on Group C with 3-0 win in the Gambia .