2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B

Group B of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Togo and Eswatini (winners of the preliminary round).^[1]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 3 June 2022 and 10 September 2023.^[2]

Burkina Faso and Cape Verde, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burkina Faso	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Final tournament		—	2–0	1–0	0–0
2	Cape Verde	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			3–1	—	2–0	0–0
3	Togo	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			1–1	3–2	—	2–2
4	Eswatini	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3			1–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

16:00 UTC+0

Togo	2–2	Eswatini
Placca 20' Laba 87'	Report	Ndzinisa 84' Ngwenya 90+5'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

20:00 UTC+1

Burkina Faso	2–0	Cape Verde
Bandé 58' D. Ouattara 88'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco)

Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)

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7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

15:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	1–3	Burkina Faso
Ndzinisa 64'	Report	D. Ouattara 69', 75' Aziz Ki 85'

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Easter Zimba (Malawi)

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

18:30 UTC+1

Cape Verde	2–0	Togo
J. Tavares 10' Monteiro 90+4'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco)

Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

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24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

15:00 UTC−1

Cape Verde	0–0	Eswatini
	Report

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Charles Benle Bulu (Ghana)

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

19:00 UTC+0

Burkina Faso	1–0	Togo
A. Tapsoba 87'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco)

Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

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28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

15:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	0–1	Cape Verde
	Report	Mendes 56'

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

19:00 UTC+0

Togo	1–1	Burkina Faso
Laba 26'	Report	D. Ouattara 12'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

17:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	0–2	Togo
	Report	Denkey 14' Placca 90+2'

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

15:00 UTC−1

Cape Verde	3–1	Burkina Faso
Bebé 7' Fernandes 67' Clé 90+4'	Report	Dayo 45+3'

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

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8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)

20:00 UTC+1

Burkina Faso	0–0	Eswatini
	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco)

Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

10 September 2023 (2023-09-10)

16:00 UTC+0

Togo	3–2	Cape Verde
Denkey 40' (pen.), 77' Ouattara 87'	Report	Pina 4' Benchimol 20'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

4 goals

• Dango Ouattara

3 goals

• Kévin Denkey

2 goals

• Sabelo Ndzinisa
• Kodjo Laba
• Euloge Placca

1 goal

• Stephane Aziz Ki
• Hassane Bandé
• Issoufou Dayo
• Abdoul Tapsoba
• Bebé
• Gilson Benchimol
• Clé
• João Paulo Fernandes
• Ryan Mendes
• Jamiro Monteiro
• Kevin Pina
• Júlio Tavares
• Siboniso Ngwenya
• Abdou Ouattara