Group A of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and Madagascar (winners of the preliminary round).[1]
The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.[2]
Senegal and Madagascar, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | — |
Matches
Sudan ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Senegal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Madagascar ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Madagascar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Madagascar ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Sudan ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Senegal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Goalscorers
There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Pablo Ganet
Pedro Obiang
Njiva Rakotoharimalala
Paulin Voavy
Keita Baldé
Pape Abou Cissé
Moussa Konaté
Sidy Sarr
Abuaagla Abdalla
Seif Teiri
Athar El Tahir
Mohamed Musa Idris
Yasir Muzamil
1 own goal
Luis Meseguer (against Senegal)
Kalidou Koulibaly (against Madagascar)
Notes
- 1 2 The final two home matches of Madagascar were switched from Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo to Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo after the CAF banned the stadium from being used following a deadly stampede during their home match against Senegal on 9 September 2018.[4]
References
- ↑ "Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures". CAF. 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "New Dates of the Qualifiers of AFCON, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAF.
- ↑ "Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "Madagascar choose Vontovorona to stage Afcon qualifiers". BBC Sport. 6 October 2018.
External links
- 32nd Edition Of Total Africa Cup Of Nations, CAFonline.com
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