2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B
Group B of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Morocco, Malawi, and Comoros (winners of the 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 winners and runners-up respectively, 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 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | File:Flag of Malawi.svg | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg | |
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1 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
Matches
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros |
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Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco |
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Comoros File:Flag of the Comoros.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
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Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi |
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Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros |
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Comoros File:Flag of the Comoros.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco |
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Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
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Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
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Comoros File:Flag of the Comoros.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi |
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Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros |
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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
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Vincent Aboubakar
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Stéphane Bahoken
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Christian Bassogog
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Clinton N'Jie
- File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Nasser Chamed
- File:Flag of Malawi.svg Gerald Phiri Jr.
- File:Flag of Malawi.svg Patrick Phiri
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Noureddine Amrabat
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Khalid Boutaïb
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Fayçal Fajr
Notes
References
- ↑ "Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures". CAF. 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "New Dates of the Qualifiers of AFCON, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAF.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Malawi make U-turn over Nations Cup withdrawal". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017.
- ↑ "Cameroon stripped of hosting 2019 Africa Cup of Nations". France 24. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ↑ "D-day for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon". SowetanLIVE. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
External links
- 32nd Edition Of Total Africa Cup Of Nations, CAFonline.com