2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C

Group C 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 initially consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia and Burundi. However, on 23 May 2022, CAF announced that Kenya were disqualified from the qualifiers due to the continued suspension of the Football Kenya Federation by FIFA.^[1][2] The group thus went ahead with only the remaining three teams.

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 4 June 2022 and 12 September 2023.^[3]

Cameroon and Namibia, 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	Cameroon	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	Final tournament		—	1–1	3–0	Canc.
2	Namibia	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5			2–1	—	1–1	Canc.
3	Burundi	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4			0–1	3–2	—	Canc.
4	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		Canc.	Canc.	Canc.	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

15:00 UTC+2

Namibia	1–1	Burundi
Shalulile 10'	Report	Bimenyimana 88'

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

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9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)

16:00 UTC+3

Burundi	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Toko Ekambi 30'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

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24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

21:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–1	Namibia
Kemen 72'	Report	Shalulile 26'

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

15:00 UTC+2

Namibia	2–1	Cameroon
Shalulile 55' Iimbondi 79'	Report	Aboubakar 90+1'

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

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20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

16:00 UTC+2

Burundi	3–2	Namibia
Bigirimana 1' Bimenyimana 9' Shabani 19'	Report	Shalulile 41' Rudath 85'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

20:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	3–0	Burundi
Mbeumo 46' Wooh 59' Aboubakar 90+3'	Report

Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Peter Shalulile

2 goals

• Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
• Vincent Aboubakar

1 goal

• Abedi Bigirimana
• Hussein Shabani
• Olivier Kemen
• Bryan Mbeumo
• Karl Toko Ekambi
• Christopher Wooh
• Absalom Iimbondi
• Wendell Rudath