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
{{Football box
|id = GNB v SWZ
|date = {{Start date|2024|9|5|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|16:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GNB}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SWZ}}
|goals1 =
- Burá {{goal|14}}
|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
}}
{{Football box
|id = MLI v MOZ
|date = {{Start date|2024|9|6|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
|goals1 =
- Bissouma {{goal|52}}
|goals2 =
- Catamo {{goal|37}}
|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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{{Football box
|id = SWZ v MLI
|date = {{Start date|2024|9|10|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Bissouma {{goal|7}}
|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
}}
{{Football box
|id = MOZ v GNB
|date = {{Start date|2024|9|10|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GNB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Mam. Baldé {{goal|24}}
|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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{{Football box
|id = MOZ v SWZ
|date = {{Start date|2024|10|11|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|SWZ}}
|goals1 =
- Ratifo {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
- Mavuso {{goal|80}}
|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
|attendance =
|referee = Pierre Jean Nguiene (Congo)
|report =https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/match-centre?competition=601&season=2024&match=2459947
}}
{{Football box
|id = MLI v GNB
|date = {{Start date|2024|10|11|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}
|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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{{Football box
|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 =
- Mkhonta {{goal|81|pen.}}
|goals2 =
- Mané {{goal|87}}
|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 =
- Doumbia {{goal|19}}
|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 =
- Beto {{goal|42}}
|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=
- {{fbicon|MLI}} Kamory Doumbia
- {{fbicon|MLI}} Dorgeles Nene
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Stanley Ratifo
|2 goals=
- {{fbicon|MLI}} Yves Bissouma
- {{fbicon|MLI}} El Bilal Touré
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Geny Catamo
|1 goal=
- {{fbicon|ESW}} Thubelihle Mavuso
- {{fbicon|ESW}} Lindo Mkhonta
- {{fbicon|GNB}} Mama Baldé
- {{fbicon|GNB}} Beto
- {{fbicon|GNB}} Burá
- {{fbicon|GNB}} Carlos Mané
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Domingues
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Elias
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Guima
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Bruno Langa
}}