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2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification preliminary round

The preliminary round of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament decided three teams which advanced to the group stage of the qualification tournament. The preliminary round consisted of the six lowest-ranked teams among the 51 entrants: Madagascar, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, Comoros, Djibouti, and Mauritius.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=2%2bOmNBa7r0EsE2k%2bPQ%2bifw%3d%3d|title=Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures|publisher=CAF|date=13 January 2017}}

The six teams were drawn into three ties, played in home-and-away two-legged format between 22 and 28 March 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20AFCON%202016/Qualifiers%20CAN%202019%20-%20matches.pdf|title=Qualifiers of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 / Eliminatoires de la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2019|publisher=CAF}}

The three winners advanced to the group stage to join the 45 teams which entered directly.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20AFCON%202016/Draw%20Procedure%20AFCON%202019%20ENG.pdf|title=Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019|publisher=CAFonline.com|accessdate=12 January 2017}}

Matches

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 15).{{cite web|url=http://admin.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/Regulations%20AFCON%20-%2012th%20Jan%202017.pdf|title=Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations|publisher=Confederation of African Football|format=PDF}}

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|STP}} || 2–4 | {{fb|MAD}} || 0–1 | 2–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|Comoros}} || 3–1 | {{fb|MRI}} || 2–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|DJI}} || 2–6 | {{fb|SSD|2011}} || 2–0 | 0–6 }}

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|id = São Tomé and Príncipe v Madagascar

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|referee = Gauthier Marc Mihindou Mbina (Gabon)

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|id = Madagascar v São Tomé and Príncipe

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|referee = Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

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Madagascar won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to qualification Group A.

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|id = Comoros v Mauritius

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|stadium = Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli

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|referee = Martin Elifhas Saanya (Tanzania)

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|id = Mauritius v Comoros

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  • Bru {{goal|45}}

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|stadium = Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

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|referee = Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

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Comoros won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to qualification Group B.

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|id = Djibouti v South Sudan

|date = {{Start date|2017|3|22|df=y}}

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|score = 2–0

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|stadium = El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City

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|referee = Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

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|id = South Sudan v Djibouti

|date = {{Start date|2017|3|28|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:30|3}}

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|score = 6–0

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|stadium = Juba Stadium, Juba

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|referee = Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

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South Sudan won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to qualification Group C.

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of {{#expr: 18/6 round 2}} goals per match.

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;1 own goal

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/32ndeditionoftotalafricacupofnations/home 32nd Edition Of Total Africa Cup Of Nations], CAFonline.com

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Preliminary round