2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B

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

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]

Morocco and Cameroon, the group winner and runner-up, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon were the original hosts of the final tournament and would have been guaranteed of qualification regardless of their ranking; the matches of the team would have counted in determining the qualification of the other teams, and only the top team apart from Cameroon would have qualified for the final tournament. However, on 30 November 2018, Cameroon were stripped of hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[5] due to the Boko Haram insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis.[6]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11[lower-alpha 1] Final tournament — 2–0 3–0 1–0
2  Cameroon 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 — 1–0 3–0
3  Malawi 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 0–0 — 1–0
4  Comoros 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 1–1 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Morocco 1, Cameroon –1.
  2. Head-to-head away goals scored: Malawi 1, Comoros 0.

Matches
Malawi 1–0 Comoros
 Report
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Cameroon 1–0 Morocco
 Report
Comoros 1–1 Cameroon
 Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Morocco 3–0 Malawi
 Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Cameroon 1–0 Malawi
 Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Morocco 1–0 Comoros
 Report
Comoros 2–2 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Malawi 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Morocco 2–0 Cameroon
 Report
Comoros 2–1 Malawi
 Report
  • P. Phiri  65'
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Malawi 0–0 Morocco
Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Cameroon 3–0 Comoros
 Report

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

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.
    5. "Cameroon stripped of hosting 2019 Africa Cup of Nations". France 24. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
    6. "D-day for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon". SowetanLIVE. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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