The qualification for the Africa Cup 2019 took place from March 22, 2017 to March 24, 2019. 51 of the 56 member associations of the CAF took part. The Chad (excluded from the CAF), Eritrea and Somalia , as well as Reunion and Zanzibar did not participate. The finals in Egypt will be held for the first time with 24 teams instead of the 16 teams that have been common since 1996 . The host of the finals also took part in qualifying but was automatically qualified.
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51 teams registered for the qualification, which, unlike 2017, was held in two rounds. Due to their withdrawal in the 2017 qualification , the CAF excluded the team from Chad from participating. Eritrea and Somalia did not participate. Reunion and Zanzibar were not full members of the CAF and therefore excluded from participation. In the draw in January 2017, the participating teams were divided into five different pots using CAF's own point system. The results of the respective teams at the last three Africa Cups (2012–2015), the last three qualifying tournaments for the Africa Cup (2013–2017) and the last World Cup and its qualification (2014) were evaluated.
The six weakest teams identified in this way competed against each other in the first round in the knockout system with a return game in March 2017 . The three winners of the first round and the remaining 45 higher-placed teams had already been drawn into twelve groups of four in January 2017. The second round was played in the double round robin format from June 2017 to March 2019. In contrast to 2017, the games of the host of the final round, who took part in Group J, were no longer played as friendlies, but instead were regularly rated. The twelve group winners and twelve runners-up in the second round qualified for the final round.
If more than two teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:
1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, two teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied, but only for the matches between the teams in question
If this does not lead to a definitive placement either, criteria 5 to 9 are applied:
6. Goal difference from all group matches
7. Number of goals in all group matches
8. Number of away goals in all group matches
9. Drawing of lots
If only two teams were tied, criteria 3, 5 and 8 were not applied.
First round
The draw took place on January 12, 2017 in Libreville ( Gabon ). The first legs took place on March 22 and 24 and the second legs on March 26 and 28, 2017.
Second round
Group A
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Senegal Senegal
6th
5
1
0
0 12: 200
+10
16
2.
Madagascar Madagascar
6th
3
1
2
00 8: 800
± 0
10
3.
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
6th
2
0
4th
00 5: 700
−2
0 6th
4th
Sudan Sudan
6th
1
0
5
00 5:130
−8
0 3
Game results
06/09/2017
al-Ubayyid
Sudan
-
Madagascar
1: 3 (0: 1)
06/10/2017
Dakar
Senegal
-
Equatorial Guinea
3: 0 (1: 0)
09/08/2018
Bata
Equatorial Guinea
-
Sudan
1: 0 (1: 0)
09.09.2018
Antananarivo
Madagascar
-
Senegal
2: 2 (1: 1)
October 13, 2018
Bata
Equatorial Guinea
-
Madagascar
0: 1 (0: 1)
October 13, 2018
Dakar
Senegal
-
Sudan
3: 0 (2: 0)
October 16, 2018
Antananarivo
Madagascar
-
Equatorial Guinea
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Khartoum
Sudan
-
Senegal
0: 1 (0: 0)
11/17/2018
Bata
Equatorial Guinea
-
Senegal
0: 1 (0: 0)
11/18/2018
Antananarivo
Madagascar
-
Sudan
1: 3 (0: 1)
March 22, 2019
Omdurman
Sudan
-
Equatorial Guinea
1: 4 (1: 2)
03/23/2019
Thiès
Senegal
-
Madagascar
2: 0 (1: 0)
Group B
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Morocco Morocco
6th
3
2
1
00 8: 300
+5
11
2.
Cameroon Cameroon
6th
3
2
1
00 6: 300
+3
11
3.
Malawi Malawi
6th
1
2
3
00 2: 600
−4
0 5
4th
Comoros Comoros
6th
1
2
3
00 5: 900
−4
0 5
Game results
06/10/2017
Blantyre
Malawi
-
Comoros
1: 0 (1: 0)
06/10/2017
Yaoundé
Cameroon
-
Morocco
1: 0 (1: 0)
09/08/2018
Mitsamiouli
Comoros
-
Cameroon
1: 1 (1: 0)
09/08/2018
Casablanca
Morocco
-
Malawi
3: 0 (2: 0)
October 12, 2018
Yaoundé
Cameroon
-
Malawi
1: 0 (0: 0)
October 13, 2018
Casablanca
Morocco
-
Comoros
1: 0 (0: 0)
October 16, 2018
Mitsamiouli
Comoros
-
Morocco
2: 2 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Blantyre
Malawi
-
Cameroon
0-0
11/16/2018
Casablanca
Morocco
-
Cameroon
2: 0 (0: 0)
11/17/2018
Moroni
Comoros
-
Malawi
2: 1 (1: 0)
March 22, 2019
Blantyre
Malawi
-
Morocco
0-0
03/23/2019
Yaoundé
Cameroon
-
Comoros
3: 0 (1: 0)
Group C
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Mali Mali
6th
4th
2
0
0 10: 200
+8
14th
2.
Burundi Burundi
6th
2
4th
0
0 11: 500
+6
10
3.
Gabon Gabon
6th
2
2
2
00 7: 500
+2
0 8th
4th
South Sudan South Sudan
6th
0
0
6th
00 2:180
−16
0 0
Game results
06/10/2017
Bujumbura
Burundi
-
South Sudan
3: 0 (3: 0)
06/10/2017
Bamako
Mali
-
Gabon
2: 1 (0: 1)
09/08/2018
Libreville
Gabon
-
Burundi
1: 1 (0: 1)
09.09.2018
Juba
South Sudan
-
Mali
0: 3 (0: 1)
October 12, 2018
Libreville
Gabon
-
South Sudan
3: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2018
Bamako
Mali
-
Burundi
0-0
October 16, 2018
Bujumbura
Burundi
-
Mali
1: 1 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Juba
South Sudan
-
Gabon
0: 1 (0: 0)
11/16/2018
Juba
South Sudan
-
Burundi
2: 5 (1: 2)
11/17/2018
Libreville
Gabon
-
Mali
0: 1 (0: 1)
03/23/2019
Bujumbura
Burundi
-
Gabon
1: 1 (0: 0)
03/23/2019
Bamako
Mali
-
South Sudan
3: 0 (2: 0)
Group D
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Algeria Algeria
6th
3
2
1
00 9: 400
+5
11
2.
Benin Benin
6th
3
1
2
00 5: 600
−1
10
3.
Gambia Gambia
6th
1
3
2
00 6: 600
± 0
0 6th
4th
Togo Togo
6th
1
2
3
00 4: 800
−4
0 5
Game results
06/11/2017
Cotonou
Benin
-
Gambia
1: 0 (0: 0)
06/11/2017
Blida
Algeria
-
Togo
1: 0 (1: 0)
09/08/2018
Bakau
Gambia
-
Algeria
1: 1 (0: 0)
09.09.2018
Lomé
Togo
-
Benin
0-0
October 12, 2018
Lomé
Togo
-
Gambia
1: 1 (0: 1)
October 12, 2018
Blida
Algeria
-
Benin
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Cotonou
Benin
-
Algeria
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Bakau
Gambia
-
Togo
0: 1 (0: 0)
11/17/2018
Bakau
Gambia
-
Benin
3: 1 (0: 1)
11/18/2018
Lomé
Togo
-
Algeria
1: 4 (0: 3)
March 22, 2019
Blida
Algeria
-
Gambia
1: 1 (1: 0)
March 24, 2019
Cotonou
Benin
-
Togo
2: 1 (1: 0)
Group E
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Nigeria Nigeria
6th
4th
1
1
0 14: 600
+8
13
2.
South Africa South Africa
6th
3
3
0
0 11: 200
+9
12
3.
Libya Libya
6th
2
1
3
0 16:110
+5
0 7th
4th
Seychelles Seychelles
6th
0
1
5
00 3:250
−22
0 1
Game results
06/09/2017
Cairo 1
Libya
-
Seychelles
5: 1 (3: 0)
06/10/2017
Uyo
Nigeria
-
South Africa
0: 2 (0: 0)
09/08/2018
Victoria
Seychelles
-
Nigeria
0: 3 (0: 2)
09/08/2018
Durban
South Africa
-
Libya
0-0
October 13, 2018
Johannesburg
South Africa
-
Seychelles
6: 0 (3: 0)
October 13, 2018
Uyo
Nigeria
-
Libya
4: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Victoria
Seychelles
-
South Africa
0-0
October 16, 2018
Sfax 1
Libya
-
Nigeria
2: 3 (1: 2)
11/17/2018
Victoria
Seychelles
-
Libya
1: 8 (0: 3)
11/17/2018
Johannesburg
South Africa
-
Nigeria
1: 1 (1: 1)
March 22, 2019
Asaba
Nigeria
-
Seychelles
3: 1 (1: 1)
March 24, 2019
Sfax 1
Libya
-
South Africa
1: 2 (0: 0)
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Group F.
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Ghana Ghana
4th
3
0
1
00 8: 100
+7
0 9
2.
Kenya Kenya
4th
2
1
1
00 4: 100
+3
0 7th
3.
Ethiopia Ethiopia
4th
0
1
3
00 0:100
−10
0 1
4th
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1
0
0
0
0
00 0-000
± 0
0 0
Game results
06/10/2017
Freetown
Sierra Leone
-
Kenya
2: 1 (1: 0) 1
06/11/2017
Kumasi
Ghana
-
Ethiopia
5: 0 (3: 0)
09/08/2018
Nairobi
Kenya
-
Ghana
1: 0 (1: 0)
09.09.2018
Awassa
Ethiopia
-
Sierra Leone
1: 0 (1: 0) 1
10/10/2018
Bahir Dar
Ethiopia
-
Kenya
0-0
14.10.2018
Nairobi
Kenya
-
Ethiopia
3: 0 (2: 0)
11/18/2018
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
-
Ghana
0: 2 (0: 2)
03/23/2019
Accra
Ghana
-
Kenya
1: 0 (0: 0)
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Sierra Leone Football Association was suspended by FIFA in early October 2018. Subsequently, the CAF excluded the team from Sierra Leone from the competition. All games played up to then were canceled.
Group G
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
6th
3
2
1
00 9: 400
+5
11
2.
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
6th
2
3
1
00 8: 600
+2
0 9
3.
Liberia Liberia
6th
2
1
3
00 5: 900
−4
0 7th
4th
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
6th
1
2
3
00 7:100
−3
0 5
Game results
06/10/2017
Kinshasa
DR Congo
-
Republic of the Congo
3: 1 (1: 1)
06/11/2017
Harare
Zimbabwe
-
Liberia
3: 0 (1: 0)
09.09.2018
Brazzaville
Republic of the Congo
-
Zimbabwe
1: 1 (0: 1)
09.09.2018
Monrovia
Liberia
-
DR Congo
1: 1 (0: 0)
10/11/2018
Brazzaville
Republic of the Congo
-
Liberia
3: 1 (1: 0)
October 13, 2018
Kinshasa
DR Congo
-
Zimbabwe
1: 2 (0: 1)
October 16, 2018
Harare
Zimbabwe
-
DR Congo
1: 1 (1: 1)
October 16, 2018
Monrovia
Liberia
-
Republic of the Congo
2: 1 (2: 1)
11/18/2018
Brazzaville
Republic of the Congo
-
DR Congo
1: 1 (1: 1)
11/18/2018
Monrovia
Liberia
-
Zimbabwe
1: 0 (1: 0)
March 24, 2019
Harare
Zimbabwe
-
Republic of the Congo
2: 0 (2: 0)
March 24, 2019
Kinshasa
DR Congo
-
Liberia
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group H.
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Guinea-a Guinea
6th
3
3
0
00 8: 400
+4
12
2.
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
6th
3
2
1
0 12: 500
+7
11
3.
Central African Republic Central Afr. republic
6th
1
3
2
00 4: 800
−4
0 6th
4th
Rwanda Rwanda
6th
0
2
4th
00 5:120
−7
0 2
Game results
06/10/2017
Bouaké
Ivory Coast
-
Guinea
2: 3 (1: 1)
06/11/2017
Bangui
Central Afr. republic
-
Rwanda
2: 1 (0: 0)
09.09.2018
Kigali
Rwanda
-
Ivory Coast
1: 2 (0: 1)
09.09.2018
Conakry
Guinea
-
Central Afr. republic
1: 0 (0: 0)
October 12, 2018
Conakry
Guinea
-
Rwanda
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2018
Bouaké
Ivory Coast
-
Central Afr. republic
4: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Kigali
Rwanda
-
Guinea
1: 1 (0: 1)
October 16, 2018
Bangui
Central Afr. republic
-
Ivory Coast
0-0
11/18/2018
Butare
Rwanda
-
Central Afr. republic
2: 2 (2: 1)
11/18/2018
Conakry
Guinea
-
Ivory Coast
1: 1 (1: 1)
03/23/2019
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
-
Rwanda
3: 0 (1: 0)
March 24, 2019
Bangui
Central Afr. republic
-
Guinea
0-0
Group I.
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Angola Angola
6th
4th
0
2
00 9: 600
+3
12
2.
Mauritania Mauritania
6th
4th
0
2
00 7: 600
+1
12
3.
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
6th
3
1
2
00 8: 500
+3
10
4th
Botswana Botswana
6th
0
1
5
00 1: 800
−7
0 1
Game results
06/10/2017
Francistown
Botswana
-
Mauritania
0: 1 (0: 0)
06/10/2017
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
-
Angola
3: 1 (2: 1)
09/08/2018
Nouakchott
Mauritania
-
Burkina Faso
2: 0 (2: 0)
09.09.2018
Luanda
Angola
-
Botswana
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 12, 2018
Luanda
Angola
-
Mauritania
4: 1 (2: 1)
October 13, 2018
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
-
Botswana
3: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Francistown
Botswana
-
Burkina Faso
0-0
October 16, 2018
Nouakchott
Mauritania
-
Angola
1: 0 (1: 0)
11/18/2018
Luanda
Angola
-
Burkina Faso
2: 1 (1: 0)
11/18/2018
Nouakchott
Mauritania
-
Botswana
2: 1 (1: 1)
March 22, 2019
Francistown
Botswana
-
Angola
0: 1 (0: 1)
March 22, 2019
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
-
Mauritania
1: 0 (1: 0)
Group J
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Tunisia Tunisia
6th
5
0
1
0 12: 400
+8
15th
2.
Egypt Egypt
6th
4th
1
1
0 16: 500
+11
13
3.
Niger Niger
6th
1
2
3
00 4:110
−7
0 5
4th
Swaziland Swaziland
6th
0
1
5
00 2:140
−12
0 1
Game results
06/10/2017
Niamey
Niger
-
Swaziland
0-0
06/11/2017
Radès
Tunisia
-
Egypt
1: 0 (0: 0)
09/08/2018
Borg El Arab
Egypt
-
Niger
6: 0 (3: 0)
09.09.2018
Manzini
Swaziland
-
Tunisia
0: 2 (0: 2)
October 12, 2018
Cairo
Egypt
-
Swaziland
4: 1 (4: 0)
October 13, 2018
Radès
Tunisia
-
Niger
1: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Manzini
Swaziland
-
Egypt
0: 2 (0: 1)
October 16, 2018
Niamey
Niger
-
Tunisia
1: 2 (1: 2)
11/16/2018
Borg El Arab
Egypt
-
Tunisia
3: 2 (1: 1)
11/18/2018
Manzini
Swaziland
-
Niger
1: 2 (1: 0)
March 22, 2019
Radès
Tunisia
-
Swaziland
4: 0 (2: 0)
03/23/2019
Niamey
Niger
-
Egypt
1: 1 (0: 0)
Group K
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
6th
2
3
1
00 8: 700
+1
0 9
2.
Namibia Namibia
6th
2
2
2
00 5: 700
−2
0 8th
3.
Mozambique Mozambique
6th
2
2
2
00 7: 700
± 0
0 8th
4th
Zambia Zambia
6th
2
1
3
00 8: 700
+1
0 7th
Game results
06/10/2017
Ndola
Zambia
-
Mozambique
0: 1 (0: 0)
06/10/2017
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
-
Namibia
1: 0 (1: 0)
09/08/2018
Windhoek
Namibia
-
Zambia
1: 1 (1: 1)
09/08/2018
Maputo
Mozambique
-
Guinea-Bissau
2: 2 (1: 0)
10/10/2018
Lusaka
Zambia
-
Guinea-Bissau
2: 1 (1: 0)
October 13, 2018
Maputo
Mozambique
-
Namibia
1: 2 (1: 0)
14.10.2018
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
-
Zambia
2: 1 (0: 1)
October 16, 2018
Windhoek
Namibia
-
Mozambique
1: 0 (0: 0)
11/17/2018
Windhoek
Namibia
-
Guinea-Bissau
0-0
11/18/2018
Maputo
Mozambique
-
Zambia
1: 0 (0: 0)
03/23/2019
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
-
Mozambique
2: 2 (1: 0)
03/23/2019
Lusaka
Zambia
-
Namibia
4: 1 (1: 0)
Group L
table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Uganda Uganda
6th
4th
1
1
00 7: 300
+4
13
2.
Tanzania Tanzania
6th
2
2
2
00 6: 500
+1
0 8th
3.
Lesotho Lesotho
6th
1
3
2
00 3: 700
−4
0 6th
4th
Cape Verde Cape Verde
6th
1
2
3
00 4: 500
−1
0 5
Game results
06/10/2017
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
-
Lesotho
1: 1 (1: 1)
06/11/2017
Praia
Cape Verde
-
Uganda
0: 1 (0: 0)
09/08/2018
Kira Town
Uganda
-
Tanzania
0-0
09.09.2018
Maseru
Lesotho
-
Cape Verde
1: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2018
Praia
Cape Verde
-
Tanzania
3: 0 (2: 0)
October 13, 2018
Kira Town
Uganda
-
Lesotho
3: 0 (2: 0)
October 16, 2018
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
-
Cape Verde
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2018
Maseru
Lesotho
-
Uganda
0: 2 (0: 2)
11/17/2018
Kira Town
Uganda
-
Cape Verde
1: 0 (0: 0)
11/18/2018
Maseru
Lesotho
-
Tanzania
1: 0 (0: 0)
March 24, 2019
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
-
Uganda
3: 0 (1: 0)
March 24, 2019
Praia
Cape Verde
-
Lesotho
0-0
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Ranking (PDF) In: CAFOnline.com . Retrieved June 18, 2017.
↑ a b Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019 (PDF) In: CAFOnline.com . Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ A b Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures . In: CAFOnline.com . January 13, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
↑ a b Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations (PDF) In: CAFOnline.com . P. 7. Accessed October 14, 2018.
↑ Sierra Leone disqualified from Total AFCON 2019 qualifiers . In: CAFOnline.com . December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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