2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I

{{Short description|2025 AFCON qualifying group I}}

Group I of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco.{{cite web|date=27 September 2023 |title=Morocco to host 2025 Africa Cup of Nations|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news/morocco-to-host-2025-africa-cup-of-nations/|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=10 April 2024}} The group consisted of four teams: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Eswatini.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/qualifying-groups-for-totalenergies-caf-afcon-morocco-2025-revealed/ |title=Qualifying groups for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 revealed |website=CAF |access-date=9 July 2024}}

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.{{Cite web|last=Oyebola|first=Mike|date=25 December 2023|title=CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers|url=https://dailypost.ng/2023/12/25/caf-announces-kick-off-date-for-afcon-2025-qualifiers/|website=Daily Post Nigeria|access-date=10 April 2024}}

Mali and Mozambique, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

{{2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification group tables|Group I|only_pld_pts=no|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

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|id = GNB v SWZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|9|5|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|0}}

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|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|SWZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance =

|referee = Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459943

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|id = MLI v MOZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|9|6|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

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|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance = 49,000

|referee = Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459942

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|id = SWZ v MLI

|date = {{Start date|2024|9|10|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

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|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

|attendance = 406

|referee = Rulisa Patience Fidele (Rwanda)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459945

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{{Football box

|id = MOZ v GNB

|date = {{Start date|2024|9|10|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

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|score = 2–1

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459944

}}

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|id = MOZ v SWZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

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|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|SWZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Pierre Jean Nguiene (Congo)

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}}

{{Football box

|id = MLI v GNB

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

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|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|GNB}}

|goals1 = Touré {{Goal|62}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459946

}}

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|id = SWZ v MOZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|14|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

|attendance =

|referee = Ring Nyier (South Sudan)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459949

}}

{{Football box

|id = GNB v MLI

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|15|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GNB}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance =

|referee = Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459948

}}

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{{Football box

|id = SWZ v GNB

|date = {{Start date|2024|11|15|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|GNB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

|attendance =

|referee = Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459951

}}

{{Football box

|id = MOZ v MLI

|date = {{Start date|2024|11|15|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Dickens Mimisa (Kenya)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459950

}}

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{{Football box

|id = MLI v SWZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|11|19|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fb|SWZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459953

}}

{{Football box

|id = GNB v MOZ

|date = {{Start date|2024|11|19|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GNB}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance =

|referee = Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459952

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=25 |matches=12

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

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References

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{{2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification}}

Group I