2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H

Group H 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: DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania and Ethiopia.^[2]

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

DR Congo and Tanzania, 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	DR Congo	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12	Final tournament		—	1–0	1–0	1–2
2	Tanzania	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	10			0–2	—	1–0	0–0
3	Guinea	6	3	0	3	9	5	+4	9			1–0	1–2	—	4–1
4	Ethiopia	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	4			0–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)

19:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

17:00 UTC+1

DR Congo	1–0	Guinea
Kayembe 27'	Report

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)

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9 September 2024 (2024-09-09)

22:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	0–2	DR Congo
	Report	Bongonda 62' Mayele 76'

Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

16:00 UTC+0

Guinea	1–2	Tanzania
Bayo 57'	Report	Salum 61' Yahya 88'

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

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10 October 2024 (2024-10-10)

17:00 UTC+1

DR Congo	1–0	Tanzania
Mzize 53' (o.g.)	Report

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Hillary Hambaba (Zambia)

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)

16:00 UTC+0

Guinea	4–1	Ethiopia
Guirassy 18' (pen.), 37', 45+2' Cissé 48'	Report	Markneh 53'

Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Clément Kpan (Ivory Coast)

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15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	0–2	DR Congo
	Report	Elia 87', 90+3'

Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

19:00 UTC+0

Ethiopia	0–3	Guinea
	Report	Guirassy 16', 23' (pen.) Touré 19'

Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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16 November 2024 (2024-11-16)

16:00 UTC+1

Ethiopia	0–2	Tanzania
	Report	Msuva 15' Salum 31'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa (DR Congo)

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

16 November 2024 (2024-11-16)

18:00 UTC+0

Guinea	1–0	DR Congo
Guirassy 90+2'	Report

Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

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19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

16:00 UTC+1

DR Congo	1–2	Ethiopia
Batubinsika 90+2'	Report	Desta 36' Nasir 90+6'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Leonidas Lenine Da Graca (Cape Verde)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–0	Guinea
Msuva 61'	Report

Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

6 goals

• Serhou Guirassy

2 goals

• Meschak Elia
• Simon Msuva
• Feisal Salum

1 goal

• Dylan Batubinsika
• Théo Bongonda
• Edo Kayembe
• Fiston Mayele
• Bereket Desta
• Kenean Markneh
• Mohammednur Nasir
• Mohamed Bayo
• Seydouba Cissé
• Abdoulaye Touré
• Mudathir Yahya

1 own goal

• Clement Mzize (against DR Congo)