2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C

Group C 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: Mali, Gabon, Burundi, and South Sudan (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]

Mali and Burundi, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	14	Final tournament	—	0–0	2–1	3–0
2	Burundi	6	2	4	0	11	5	+6	10	Final tournament	1–1	—	1–1	3–0
3	Gabon	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		0–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	South Sudan	6	0	0	6	2	18	−16	0		0–3	2–5	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	3–0	South Sudan
Amissi 12' Duhayindavyi 16' Abdul Razak 30'	Report

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Kokou Fagla (Togo)

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	2–1	Gabon
K. Coulibaly 54' Bissouma 57'	Report	Bouanga 3'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

16:00 UTC+1

Gabon	1–1	Burundi
Aubameyang 75'	Report	Berahino 38'

Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	0–3	Mali
	Report	Marega 45' S. Coulibaly 71' Traoré 87'

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

16:00 UTC+1

Gabon	3–0	South Sudan
Bouanga 27' Appindangoyé 58' James 87' (o.g.)	Report

Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville

Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	0–0	Burundi
	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	1–1	Mali
Abdul Razak 9'	Report	Fofana 48'

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	0–1	Gabon
	Report	Poko 59'

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

16:00 UTC+3

South Sudan	2–5	Burundi
Lual 11' Aboi 63'	Report	Abdul Razak 12', 73', 89', 90+1' Amissi 39'

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

16:00 UTC+1

Gabon	0–1	Mali
	Report	Doumbia 11'

Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville

Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	1–1	Gabon
Amissi 76'	Report	Ngando 82' (o.g.)

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	3–0	South Sudan
K. Coulibaly 18' Djenepo 28' Traoré 90'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

6 goals

Fiston Abdul Razak

3 goals

Cédric Amissi

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Omar Ngando (against Gabon)
Hassan James (against Gabon)

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.
^ "Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.