2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B

Group B 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: Cameroon, Morocco, Malawi, and Comoros (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]

Cameroon are the hosts of the final tournament and are guaranteed of qualification regardless of their ranking, but the matches of the team will count in determining the qualification of the other teams. In addition to Cameroon, the best-ranked other team in the group will qualify for the finals.

On 12 March 2017, the Football Association of Malawi announced their senior national football team would withdraw from the competition due to the lack of funding.[3] However, they later announced its reversal of this decision and would continue to compete.[4]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Final tournament — 1–0 1–0 18–26 Mar '19
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 12–20 Nov '18 — 3–0 1–0
3  Malawi 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 16 Oct '18 18–26 Mar '19 — 1–0
4  Comoros 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 1–1 16 Oct '18 12–20 Nov '18 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Cameroon qualify automatically as hosts.

Matches

Malawi  1–0  Comoros
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Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Cameroon  1–0  Morocco
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Comoros  1–1  Cameroon
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Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Morocco  3–0  Malawi
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Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Cameroon  1–0  Malawi
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Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Morocco  1–0  Comoros
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Comoros  v  Morocco
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Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Malawi  v  Cameroon
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Morocco  v  Cameroon
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Comoros  v  Malawi
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Malawi  v  Morocco
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Cameroon  v  Comoros
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Goalscorers

There have been 9 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match (as of 13 October 2018).

2 goals
1 goal

Notes

    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. ↑ "Press Release on FAM Exco meeting resolutions". Football Association of Malawi. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
    4. ↑ "Malawi make U-turn over Nations Cup withdrawal". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017.
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