2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A

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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]

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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Senegal.svg Flag of Madagascar.svg Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Flag of Sudan.svg
1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 6510122+1016 Final tournament 2–0 3–0 3–0
2Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 631288010 2–2 1–0 1–3
3Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 62045726 0–1 0–1 1–0
4Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 610551383 0–1 1–3 1–4
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–3Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
  • El Tahir Soccerball shade.svg72'
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Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg3–0Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg1–0Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg2–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg0–1Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
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Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg3–0Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg1–0Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
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Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg0–1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg0–1Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Estadio de Bata, Bata
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg1–3Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
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Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg1–4Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
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Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg2–0Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
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Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 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]

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References

  1. "Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures". CAF. 13 January 2017.
  2. "New Dates of the Qualifiers of AFCON, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAF.
  3. "Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. "Madagascar choose Vontovorona to stage Afcon qualifiers". BBC Sport. 6 October 2018.