Mauritania at the Africa Cup of Nations

Mauritania has participated in the Africa Cup of Nations three times. They qualified for the first time on 18 November 2018, for the 2019 tournament.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957 – 1959	Part of France
1962 – 1974	Not affiliated to CAF
1976 – 1978	Did not enter
1980 – 1982	Did not qualify
1984	Did not enter
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not enter
1990	Withdrew
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew
1996 – 1998	Did not qualify
2000	Withdrew
2002 – 2010	Did not qualify
2012	Withdrew
2013	Did not enter
2015 – 2017	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	1	4
2021	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	0	7
2023	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	3	5
2025	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	Group stage	3/35	10	1	2	7	4	16

By match

Year	Stage	Date	Opponent	Result	Mauritania scorers
2019	Group stage	24 June 2019	Mali	1–4	El Hacen 72' (pen.)
		29 June 2019	Angola	0–0	—
		2 July 2019	Tunisia	0–0	—
2021	Group stage	12 January 2022	Gambia	0–1	—
		16 January 2022	Tunisia	0–4	—
		20 January 2022	Mali	0–2	—
2023	Group stage	16 January 2024	Burkina Faso	0–1	—
		20 January 2024	Angola	2–3	Amar 43' Koita 58'
		23 January 2024	Algeria	1–0	Yali 37'
	Round of 16	29 January 2024	Cape Verde	0–1	—

Tournaments

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
3	Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Mauritania	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: CAF

24 June 2019 (2019-6-24)

22:00

Mali	4–1	Mauritania
Diaby 37' Marega 45' (pen.) A. Traoré II 55' A. Traoré I 74'	Report	El Hacen 72' (pen.)

Suez Stadium, Suez

Attendance: 6,202 ^[1]

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)

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29 June 2019 (2019-6-29)

16:30

Mauritania	0–0	Angola
	Report

Suez Stadium, Suez

Attendance: 10,120 ^[2]

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

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2 July 2019 (2019-7-2)

21:00

Mauritania	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Suez Stadium, Suez

Attendance: 7,732 ^[3]

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Gambia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: CAF

12 January 2022 (2022-1-12)

17:45 ^{[note 1]}

Mauritania	0–1	Gambia
	Report	A. Jallow 10'

Limbe Stadium, Limbe

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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16 January 2022 (2022-1-16)

17:00

Tunisia	4–0	Mauritania
Mathlouthi 4' Khazri 9', 64' Jaziri 66'	Report

Limbe Stadium, Limbe

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

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20 January 2022 (2022-1-20)

20:00

Mali	2–0	Mauritania
Haïdara 2' Koné 49' (pen.)	Report

Japoma Stadium, Douala

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Mauritania	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Algeria	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: CAF

16 January 2024 (2024-1-16)

14:00

Burkina Faso	1–0	Mauritania
Traoré 90+6' (pen.)	Report

Stade de la Paix, Bouaké

Attendance: 27,898 ^[4]

Referee: Jalal Jiyed (Morocco)

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20 January 2024 (2024-1-20)

17:00

Mauritania	2–3	Angola
Amar 43' Koita 58'	Report	Dala 30', 50' Gilberto 53'

Stade de la Paix, Bouaké

Attendance: 36,318 ^[5]

Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

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23 January 2024 (2024-1-23)

20:00

Mauritania	1–0	Algeria
Yali 37'	Report

Stade de la Paix, Bouaké

Attendance: 28,010 ^[6]

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Round of 16

29 January 2024 (2024-1-29)

17:00

Cape Verde	1–0	Mauritania
Mendes 88' (pen.)	Report

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan

Attendance: 16,088 ^[7]

Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)

Goalscorers

Player	2019	2021	2023
Moctar Sidi El Hacen	1
Sidi Bouna Amar			1
Aboubakary Koita			1
Mohamed Dellahi Yali	–	–	1
Total	1	0	3

Kits

2019 Africa Cup of Nations Home Away

2021 Africa Cup of Nations Home Away

2023 Africa Cup of Nations Home Away

Notes

1. The Mauritania v Gambia match was originally scheduled to kick-off at 17:00, but was delayed to 17:45 due to timing issues in the Tunisia v Mali match.

References

1. "Mali vs. Mauritania". ESPN. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
2. "Mauritania vs. Angola". ESPN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
3. "Mauritania vs. Tunisia". ESPN. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
4. "Burkina Faso vs Mauritania match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
5. "Mauritania vs Angola match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
6. "Mauritania vs Algeria match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
7. "Cape Verde vs Mauritania match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

External links

• Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com