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.^[1]

The six teams were drawn into three ties, played in home-and-away two-legged format between 22 and 28 March 2017.^[2]

The three winners advanced to the group stage to join the 45 teams which entered directly.^[3]

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).^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Tomé and Príncipe	2–4	Madagascar	0–1	2–3
Comoros	3–1	Mauritius	2–0	1–1
Djibouti	2–6	South Sudan	2–0	0–6

São Tomé and Príncipe	0–1	Madagascar
	Report	Diogo 68' (o.g.)

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22)

15:30 UTC+0

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

Referee: Gauthier Marc Mihindou Mbina (Gabon)

Madagascar	3–2	São Tomé and Príncipe
Voavy 1', 17' Andriamatsinoro 81'	Report	Harramiz 28' Zé 84'

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)

14:30 UTC+3

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

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

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Comoros	2–0	Mauritius
Youssouf 53' Alhadhur 75'	Report

24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)

15:00 UTC+3

Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli

Referee: Martin Elifhas Saanya (Tanzania)

Mauritius	1–1	Comoros
Bru 45'	Report	Ben Nabouhane 15'

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

16:00 UTC+4

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

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

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Djibouti	2–0	South Sudan
Hamza 56' Breik 65'	Report

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22)

19:00 UTC+3

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City

Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

South Sudan	6–0	Djibouti
Wurube 11' (pen.) Moga 20', 27' Pretino 44' Athir 62' Khamis 78'	Report

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

16:30 UTC+3

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

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 3 goals per match.

2 goals

• Paulin Voavy
• James Moga

1 goal

• Chaker Alhadhur
• Ben Nabouhane
• Benjaloud Youssouf
• Mohamed Salem Breik
• Abdi Idleh Hamza
• Carolus Andriamatsinoro
• Kévin Bru
• Harramiz
• Zé
• Leon Uso Khamis
• Dominic Abui Pretino
• Athir Thomas
• Duku Wurube

1 own goal

• Jordão Diogo (against Madagascar)