2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D

Group D 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.^[1] The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Benin, Libya and Rwanda.^[2]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.^[3]

Nigeria and Benin, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Final tournament		—	3–0	1–2	1–0
2	Benin	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8[a]			1–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Rwanda	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8[a]			0–0	2–1	—	0–1
4	Libya	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5			0–3[b]	0–0	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Benin 3, Rwanda 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Benin +2, Rwanda –2
2. Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 win following an incident upon their arrival in Libya, where they were stranded at the airport for over 12 hours, before ultimately refusing to play and pulling out.^[4]

Matches

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)

18:00 UTC+2

Libya	1–1	Rwanda
Al-Dhawi 16'	Report	Nshuti 47'

Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

7 September 2024 (2024-09-07)

17:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	3–0	Benin
Lookman 45+2', 83' Osimhen 78'	Report

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

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10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

15:00 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

19:00 UTC+0

Benin	2–1	Libya
Mounié 50' Olaitan 62' (pen.)	Report	Al Badri 9' (pen.)

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Abdel Aziz Bouh (Mauritania)

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11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

16:00 UTC+0

Benin	3–0	Rwanda
Mounié 50' Hountondji 67' Imourane 70'	Report

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Lyes Bekouassa (Algeria)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

17:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	1–0	Libya
Dele-Bashiru 86'	Report

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

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15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

18:00 UTC+2

Rwanda	2–1	Benin
Nshuti 70' Bizimana 75' (pen.)	Report	Hountondji 42'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

21:00 UTC+2

Libya	0–3 Awarded[note 1]	Nigeria
	Report

Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Lenine Rocha (Cape Verde)

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14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)

17:00 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–1	Libya
	Report	Saad Mohamed 84'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)

18:00 UTC+0

Benin	1–1	Nigeria
Tijani 16'	Report	Osimhen 81'

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

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18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	1–2	Rwanda
Chukwueze 59'	Report	Mutsinzi 72' Nshuti 75'

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)

17:00 UTC+2

Libya	0–0	Benin
	Report

Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Patrice Milazar (Mauritius)

Notes

1. Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 walkover win, and fines were applied against Libya,^[5] after the match did not take place as scheduled after the Nigerian team was allegedly left stranded at Al Abraq International Airport for more than 12 hours upon arrival, leading the Nigerian federation to refuse to play and send the team back home.^[6][7]

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 1.91 goals per match.

3 goals

• Innocent Nshuti

2 goals

• Andréas Hountondji
• Steve Mounié
• Ademola Lookman
• Victor Osimhen

1 goal

• Hassane Imourane
• Junior Olaitan
• Mohamed Tijani
• Faisal Al Badri
• Subhi Al-Dhawi
• Fahd Saad Mohamed
• Samuel Chukwueze
• Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
• Djihad Bizimana
• Ange Mutsinzi