2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Group J 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: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya and Botswana.^[1]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 1 June 2022 and 7 September 2023.^[2]

Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea, 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	Tunisia	6	4	1	1	11	1	+10	13	Final tournament		—	4–0	3–0	3–0
2	Equatorial Guinea	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13			1–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Botswana	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4			0–0	2–3	—	1–0
4	Libya	6	1	1	4	2	8	−6	4			0–1	1–1	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)

18:00 UTC+2

Libya	1–0	Botswana
Al Taher 54'	Report

Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Sekou Ahmed Toure (Guinea)

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

20:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	4–0	Equatorial Guinea
Sliti 56' Jaziri 77' Msakni 80', 85'	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

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5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

15:00 UTC+2

Botswana	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)

20:00 UTC+1

Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Libya
Al Tuhami 51' (o.g.) Bikoro 83' (pen.)	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

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24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

20:00 UTC+1

Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Botswana
Coco 20' Bikoro 66'	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

21:30 UTC+1

Tunisia	3–0	Libya
Msakni 12' Maâloul 21' (pen.) Jouini 86'	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

15:00 UTC+2

Botswana	2–3	Equatorial Guinea
Elias 28' Seakanyeng 66' (pen.)	Report	E. Nsue 13' Ditsele 40' (o.g.) Salvador 51'

Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

22:00 UTC+2

Libya	0–1	Tunisia
	Report	Jouini 16'

Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

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17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

16:00 UTC+1

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tunisia
E. Nsue 85' (pen.)	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)

18:00 UTC+2

Botswana	1–0	Libya
Mohutsiwa 45'	Report

Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

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6 September 2023 (2023-09-06)

21:00 UTC+2

Libya	1–1	Equatorial Guinea
Taqtaq 80'	Report	Elo 62'

Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

7 September 2023 (2023-09-07)

20:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	3–0	Botswana
Velaphi 60' (o.g.) Msakni 82', 90+3'	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.08 goals per match.

5 goals

• Youssef Msakni

2 goals

• Federico Bikoro
• Emilio Nsue
• Haythem Jouini

1 goal

• Mbatshi Elias
• Gape Mohutsiwa
• Kabelo Seakanyeng
• Saúl Coco
• José Elo
• Iban Salvador
• Saleh Al Taher
• Husain Taqtaq
• Seifeddine Jaziri
• Ali Maâloul
• Naïm Sliti

1 own goal

• Lebogang Ditsele (against Equatorial Guinea)
• Alford Velaphi (against Tunisia)
• Mohammed Al Tuhami (against Equatorial Guinea)