2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

Association football tournament group

Group G of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Mali, Congo, Gambia and South Sudan (the latter two both winners of the preliminary round).

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format, between 4 June 2022 and 10 September 2023.

Mali and Gambia, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	6	5	0	1	15	2	+13	15	Final tournament	—	2–0	4–0	4–0
2	Gambia	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Final tournament	1–0	—	2–2	1–0
3	Congo	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7		0–2	1–0	—	1–2
4	South Sudan	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3		1–3	2–3	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)16:00 UTC±0

Gambia	1–0	South Sudan
A. Jallow 45+4'	Report

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès (Senegal)Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso) 4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)19:00 UTC±0

Mali	4–0	Congo
Camara 1' E. Touré 11', 40' Coulibaly 44'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoReferee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08)17:00 UTC+1

Congo	1–0	Gambia
Makoumbou 74'	Report

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic) 9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	1–3	Mali
Kouyaté 29' (o.g.)	Report	Camara 59' Koïta 90+3' Dieng 90+5'

St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe (Uganda)Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)

23 March 2023 (2023-03-23)17:00 UTC+1

Congo	1–2	South Sudan
Bifouma 90' (pen.)	Report	Daniel 66' Okello 90+6'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique) 24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)19:00 UTC±0

Mali	2–0	Gambia
K. Doumbia 3' A. Traoré 90+5'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoReferee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

27 March 2023 (2023-03-27)16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	0–1	Congo
	Report	Charpentier 90'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria) 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)16:00 UTC±0

Gambia	1–0	Mali
O. Colley 79'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca (Morocco)Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)15:00 UTC+2

South Sudan	2–3	Gambia
Yuel 21' P. Chol 90+1'	Report	Angier 4' (o.g.) A. Jallow 62' Barry 90+6'

Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia (Egypt)Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) 18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)17:00 UTC+1

Congo	0–2	Mali
	Report	Koné 62' Nene 73'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)19:00 UTC±0

Mali	4–0	South Sudan
Koné 10' K. Doumbia 29', 57' Nene 82'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoReferee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia) 10 September 2023 (2023-09-10)20:00 UTC+1

Gambia	2–2	Congo
Minteh 79' Badamosi 90'	Report	Makouta 30' Ganvoula 45+1' (pen.)

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco)Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

3 goals

Kamory Doumbia

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Boubakar Kouyaté (against South Sudan)
Rehan Angier (against Gambia)

References

"Exciting paths as draw is conducted for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
"2023 CAF Draw Fixtures" (PDF). CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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