2019 Africa Cup of Nations facts for kids

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (also called AFCON 2019 and CAN 2019) will be the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The tournament will be hosted by Cameroon. But on January 9th, CAF changed the host. Egypt is the host of this tournament. It will be held from 7 to 30 June 2019.

Teams

     Qualified      Failed to qualify      Withdrew or did not enter      Not part of CAF

Because they withdrew from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Chad is banned from the tournament.

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Egypt	* Hosts / Group J runners-up	03 16 October 2018	24th	2017	01 Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)	58
Madagascar	A2 Group A runners-up	01 16 October 2018	1st	None	99 Debut	108
Tunisia	J1 Group J winners	02 16 October 2018	19th	2017	01 Winners (2004)	25
Senegal	A1 Group A winners	04 16 October 2018	15th	2017	02 Runners-up (2002)	22
Morocco	B1 Group B winners	05 17 November 2018	17th	2017	01 Winners (1976)	47
Nigeria	E1 Group E winners	06 17 November 2018	18th	2013	01 Winners (1980, 1994, 2013)	45
Uganda	L1 Group L winners	07 17 November 2018	7th	2017	02 Runners-up (1978)	80
Mali	C1 Group C winners	08 17 November 2018	11th	2017	02 Runners-up (1972)	62
Guinea	H1 Group H winners	09 18 November 2018	12th	2015	02 Runners-up (1976)	71
Algeria	D1 Group D winners	10 18 November 2018	18th	2017	01 Winners (1990)	68
Mauritania	I2 Group I runners-up	11 18 November 2018	1st	None	99 Debut	103
Ivory Coast	H2 Group H runners-up	12 18 November 2018	23rd	2017	01 Winners (1992, 2015)	62
Kenya	F2 Group F runners-up	13 30 November 2018	6th	2004	07 Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004)	105
Ghana	F1 Group F winners	14 30 November 2018	22nd	2017	01 Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)	50
Angola	I1 Group I winners	15 22 March 2019	8th	2013	05 Quarter-finals (2008, 2010)	123
Burundi	C2 Group C runners-up	16 23 March 2019	1st	None	99 Debut	134
Cameroon	B2 Group B runners-up	17 23 March 2019	19th	2017	01 Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)	51
Guinea-Bissau	K1 Group K winners	18 23 March 2019	2nd	2017	07 Group stage (2017)	118
Namibia	K2 Group K runners-up	19 23 March 2019	3rd	2008	07 Group stage (1998, 2008)	113
Zimbabwe	G1 Group G winners	20 24 March 2019	4th	2017	07 Group stage (2004, 2006, 2017)	109
DR Congo	G2 Group G runners-up	21 24 March 2019	19th	2017	01 Winners (1968, 1974)	49
Benin	D2 Group D runners-up	22 24 March 2019	4th	2010	07 Group stage (2004, 2008, 2010)	88
Tanzania	L2 Group L runners-up	23 24 March 2019	2nd	1980	07 Group stage (1980)	131
South Africa	E2 Group E runners-up	24 24 March 2019	10th	2015	01 Winners (1996)	72

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Images for kids

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  Tut, the official mascot of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

See also

In Spanish: Copa Africana de Naciones 2019 para niños