2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A

Group A of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament will be one of the 12 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consists of four teams: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and Madagascar (winner of preliminary round).[1]

The teams play against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.[2]

The group winner and runner-up qualifies for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Final tournament — 18–26 Mar '19 3–0 3–0
2  Madagascar 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 2–2 — 16 Oct '18 12–20 Nov '18
3  Equatorial Guinea 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 12–20 Nov '18 0–1 — 1–0
4  Sudan 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 16 Oct '18 1–3 18–26 Mar '19 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Sudan  1–3  Madagascar
  • El Tahir  72'
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Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Senegal  3–0  Equatorial Guinea
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Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Equatorial Guinea  1–0  Sudan
 Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Madagascar  2–2  Senegal
 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Equatorial Guinea  0–1  Madagascar
Report
Senegal  3–0  Sudan
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Madagascar  v  Equatorial Guinea
Report
Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Sudan  v  Senegal
Report
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Equatorial Guinea  v  Senegal
Report
Madagascar  v  Sudan
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Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Sudan  v  Equatorial Guinea
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Senegal  v  Madagascar
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Goalscorers

There have been 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match (as of 13 October 2018).

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]

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.
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