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2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E

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Group E 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: Nigeria, South Africa, Libya, and Seychelles.

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.

Nigeria and South Africa, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Final tournament — 0–2 4–0 3–1
2  South Africa 6 3 3 0 11 2 +9 12 1–1 — 0–0 6–0
3  Libya 6 2 1 3 16 11 +5 7 2–3 1–2 — 5–1
4  Seychelles 6 0 1 5 3 25 −22 1 0–3 0–0 1–8 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Libya 5–1 Seychelles
Report
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)
Nigeria 0–2 South Africa
Report
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, UyoReferee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Seychelles 0–3 Nigeria
Report
Stade Linité, VictoriaReferee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
South Africa 0–0 Libya
Report
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanReferee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
South Africa 6–0 Seychelles
Report
FNB Stadium, JohannesburgReferee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)
Nigeria 4–0 Libya
Report
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, UyoReferee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Seychelles 0–0 South Africa
Report
Stade Linité, VictoriaReferee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)
Libya 2–3 Nigeria
Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Seychelles 1–8 Libya
Report
Stade Linité, VictoriaReferee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)
South Africa 1–1 Nigeria
Report
FNB Stadium, JohannesburgReferee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Nigeria 3–1 Seychelles
Report
Stephen Keshi Stadium, AsabaReferee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)
Libya 1–2 South Africa
Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ Libya played their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.

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.

External links

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Groups
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