The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Friday June 21,2019 in Egypt
This is the 32nd edition of the biennial international Men's Football Tournament
The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon,but it was stripped of hosting due to delays in the delivery of infrastructure
The tournament has also been moved from the original dates of 15 June – 13 July to 21 June – 19 July due to Ramadan
Tut, the official mascot of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
FIRST ROUND
- The 24 qualifiers have been seeded according to the world rankings and divided into 6 groups of 4
Group A - Egypt;DR Congo;Uganda ;Zimbabwe
Group B - Nigeria;Guinea;Madagascar; Burundi
Group C - Senegal;Algeria;Kenya;Tanzania
Group D - Morocco;Ivory Coast;South Africa;Namibia
Group E - Tunisia;Mali;Mauritania;Angola
Group F - Cameroon;Ghana;Benin;Guinea - Bissau
-- Each team plays the other three in its group once with three points awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss
-- The winners and runners-up in each group and the best four third-place teams -- a total of 16 -- qualify for the second round
-- If teams finish level on points, the following tiebreakers will apply to decide placings:
1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all the head-to-head criteria, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams
1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing lots
KNOCKOUT ROUNDS
-- This phase consists of eight second round matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and the final
-- Teams drawing after 90 minutes play 30 minutes extra-time and if they are still level, a penalty shootout will decide the winners
-- The VAR (video assistant referee) system will be used from the quarter-finals onwards
This is the 32nd edition of the biennial international Men's Football Tournament
The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon,but it was stripped of hosting due to delays in the delivery of infrastructure
The tournament has also been moved from the original dates of 15 June – 13 July to 21 June – 19 July due to Ramadan
Tut, the official mascot of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
FIRST ROUND
- The 24 qualifiers have been seeded according to the world rankings and divided into 6 groups of 4
Group A - Egypt;DR Congo;Uganda ;Zimbabwe
Group B - Nigeria;Guinea;Madagascar; Burundi
Group C - Senegal;Algeria;Kenya;Tanzania
Group D - Morocco;Ivory Coast;South Africa;Namibia
Group E - Tunisia;Mali;Mauritania;Angola
Group F - Cameroon;Ghana;Benin;Guinea - Bissau
-- Each team plays the other three in its group once with three points awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss
-- The winners and runners-up in each group and the best four third-place teams -- a total of 16 -- qualify for the second round
-- If teams finish level on points, the following tiebreakers will apply to decide placings:
1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all the head-to-head criteria, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams
1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing lots
KNOCKOUT ROUNDS
-- This phase consists of eight second round matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third-place play-off and the final
-- Teams drawing after 90 minutes play 30 minutes extra-time and if they are still level, a penalty shootout will decide the winners
-- The VAR (video assistant referee) system will be used from the quarter-finals onwards
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