2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A

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

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 winner and runner-up, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 Final tournament — 2–0 3–0 3–0
2  Madagascar 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10 2–2 — 1–0 1–3
3  Equatorial Guinea 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6 0–1 0–1 — 1–0
4  Sudan 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3 0–1 1–3 1–4 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Sudan 1–3 Madagascar
  • El Tahir  72'
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Senegal 3–0 Equatorial Guinea
 Report
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
 Report
Madagascar 1–0 Equatorial Guinea
 Report
Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Sudan 0–1 Senegal
Report
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Senegal
Report
Madagascar 1–3 Sudan
 Report
  • Musa  2'
  • Abuaagla  61'
  • Yasir  85'
Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo[note 1]
Sudan 1–4 Equatorial Guinea
  • Bakhit  15'
 Report
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Senegal 2–0 Madagascar
 Report
Stade Lat Dior, Thiès
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

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. 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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