Hamed Namouchi scored his first goal for Tunisia against Belarus

Hamed Namouchi opened the scoring with a 35th-minute penalty, Toulouse striker Francileudo dos Santos netted in the 48th minute.

Tunisia's Karim Hagui was sent off in the 88th, and two minutes later Issam Jomaa sealed the victory.

The hosts will now play Uruguay in the final of the event on Friday after the South Americans beat Libya 2-1 earlier on Tuesday.

Tunisia is the only of the four teams involved in the World Cup finals, and will play in Group H against Spain, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.

Belarus goalkeeper Vassili Khomutovski pulled down striker Ziad Jaziri, and Namouchi tucked away his first international goal.

Jaziri was lively throughout and created Santos' goal.

Jomaa replaced dos Santos, and in scoring his goal he appeared to control the ball with his hand.

Tunisia: Boumnijel, Trabelsi, Chedli, Nafti (Bouazizi 46), Santos (Jomaa 73), Jaidi, Jaziri (Essediri 73), Ayari, Mnari, Haggui, Namouchi.
Subs Not Used: Nefzi, Ghodhbane, Yahia, Melliti, Saidi, Kasraoui, Meriah, Chikhaoui.

Sent Off: Haggui (88).

Booked: Haggui.

Goals: Namouchi 35 pen, Santos 48, Jomaa 90.

Belarus: Khomutovsky, Korytsko (Kutuzov 63), Kornilenko, Yurevich, Kalachev, Shagoiko (Omelianchuk 83), Lentsevich, Shtanuk, Kovba (Pankovets 67), Kashevsky (Kulchy 46), Romaschenko (Kontsevoy 62).
Subs Not Used: Sulima, Zhevnov, Tigorev, Hleb.

Booked: Khomutovsky, Kashevsky.