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The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the
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2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the
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, the biennial international men's
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championship of Africa organized by the
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(CAF). The tournament was hosted by Egypt. The competition was held from 21 June to 19 July 2019, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017 to move the Africa Cup of Nations from January/February to June/July for the first time. It was also the first Africa Cup of Nations expanded from 16 to 24 teams. The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon. Cameroon would have hosted the competition for the first time since
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. They were also the title holders after winning the previous edition. On 30 November 2018, Cameroon was stripped of hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays in the delivery of infrastructure, the
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and the
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. However, the country was given the right to host the next edition of the tournament. On 8 January 2019, Egypt was chosen by the CAF Executive Committee as the host nation of the competition. The tournament was also moved from the original dates of 15 June – 13 July to 21 June – 19 July due to
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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by
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. Hosts
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were eliminated at the same stage after losing 0–1 to
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defeated
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1–0 in the final, winning their second title and first since
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, while Nigeria came third after beating Tunisia 1–0 in the third-place play-off match.


Host selection

After the CAF Executive Committee meeting on 24 January 2014, it was announced that there were six official candidates for the 2019 edition: Bids: *Algeria *Cameroon *Ivory Coast Rejected Bids: *Guinea / Guinea-Bissau / Liberia / Sierra Leone *Kenya / Uganda *Malawi / Zambia / Zimbabwe *Nigeria *Senegal This list was different from the list of the host nation bids for both the 2019 and 2021 edition of the Cup of Nations as announced by CAF in November 2013, with Gabon also on the original list, but Cameroon not on it. Among the six official candidates, Algeria, Guinea and Ivory Coast also bid for hosting the
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. Democratic Republic of the Congo had originally put themselves forward as host candidates but withdrew in July 2014. Security concerns and threats from various militant groups particularly in the eastern part of the country were an early issue with a Congolese bid. Before bidding solo Guinea was part of a four-way joint bid with Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia, similarly Zambia was originally part of a joint bid with Malawi and Zimbabwe. Other nations who expressed early interest in hosting were 2013 champions Nigeria, Senegal, and a joint bid of Kenya and Uganda. The decision of the host country was postponed from early 2014 to grant each bidding country adequate time to receive the inspection delegation. After the final vote at the CAF Executive Committee meeting, on 20 September 2014, the CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 AFCON tournaments: 2019 to Cameroon, 2021 to Ivory Coast, and 2023 to Guinea.


New bid process

It was expected that Cameroon would host this edition but it was sidelined by the CAF on 30 November 2018 in
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, Ghana for non-compliance with the specifications, CAF announced that they would be receiving applications for the new hosts until 14 December 2018. Bids: *Egypt *South Africa The organization of the competition was finally awarded to Egypt on 8 January 2019 by the
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Executive Committee meeting in
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, Senegal. Voters had a choice between two countries after Morocco's sports minister confirmed that his country was not interested in hosting: Egypt and South Africa. North Africa will host the tournament for the first time in 13 years after being hosted by Egypt also in 2006. This is the fifth time that Egypt will host the African Cup after
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and the
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to become the country that has hosted it for the most times in the continent.


Prize money

The
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increased in 2019, the prize money to be shared among the teams participating in the
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.


Sponsorship

In July 2016,
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secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon in 2017 therefore renaming it to Total Africa Cup of Nations.


Mascot

The organizing board of the 2019 African Cup of Nations revealed the AFCON 2019 Mascot; "Tut", which was inspired by the Egyptian Pharaoh
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. His kit bears resemblance to
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's home colors, with the map of
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visible on his shirt as well as the tournament's logo.


Match ball

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replaced
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as the Cup of Nations match ball provider and the official match ball for this tournament, named Neo Pro, was unveiled on 29 May 2019.


Qualification

Due to Morocco withdrawing from being hosts of the 2015 edition, CAF banned the national team of
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from entering the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cups of Nations. However, the ban was overturned by the
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, meaning Morocco, having qualified for this edition of the African Cup of Nations, could participate in the tournament. Due to the withdrawal of
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during
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, they were banned from entering the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.


Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:


Venues

With the
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expanded from 16 to 24 teams, at least six venues were expected to be used. After the
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, the CAF agreed to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24, following the
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. After being awarded the bid, initially Egypt chose eight stadiums to host the tournament. The eight stadiums were
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and Al Salam Stadium in
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,
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and
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in
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, Egyptian Army Stadium and
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in
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,
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in
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and Al Masry Club Stadium in
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. Later, Al Salam Stadium was replaced with
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, which was another stadium located in Cairo. It was expected that the famous
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in Alexandria and
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in Cairo would be used in the tournament, but they weren't selected. On 17 February 2019, it was confirmed that only six stadiums would be used. The six venues were
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and
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in
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,
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in
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,
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in
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,
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in
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and Al Masry Club Stadium in
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. However, on 13 March 2019, Al Masry Club Stadium in
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was replaced by Al Salam Stadium in
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after discovering a problem with one of the stadium's main stands.


Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.


Referees

* Mustapha Ghorbal *
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* Joshua Bondo * Pacifique Ndabihawenimana * Sidi Alioum * Gehad Grisha * Amin Omar *
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* Bamlak Tessema Weyesa * Eric Otogo-Castane *
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* Peter Waweru * Andofetra Rakotojaona * Mahamadou Keita * Beida Dahane * Ahmad Imetehaz Heeralall * Noureddine El Jaafari * Rédouane Jiyed * Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo *
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* Maguette Ndiaye * Issa Sy *
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*
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* Sadok Selmi * Youssef Essrayri * Haythem Guirat *
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Assistant referees

* Mokrane Gourari * Abdelhak Etchiali * Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos *
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* Timothy Kiprono Kirui * Tesfagiorghis Berhe * Samuel Temesgin * Sidibe Sidiki * Gilbert Cheruiyot * Souru Phatsoane * Attia Amsaaed * Lionel Andrianantenaina * Azgaou Lahcen * Mustapha Akarkad * Arsenio Maringule *
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* Baba Adel * Oliver Safari * El Hadji Malick Samba * Zakhele Thusi Siwela * Mohammed Ibrahim * Waleed Ahmed Ali * Yamen Mellouchi * Anouar Hmila *
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Video assistant referees

The EFA announced the
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s (VARs) would be introduced during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, starting from the quarter-finals. * Benoît Millot * Pol van Boekel


Squads

Each team had to register a squad of 23 players (Regulations Article 72).


Format

Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot, with the other 23 teams qualifying through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16. The winners advanced to the quarter-finals. The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semi-finals. The losers of the semi-finals played in a third place play-off, while winners of the semi-finals played in the final.


Draw

The draw took place on 12 April 2019, 20:00
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), facing the Sphinx and the Pyramids in
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, Egypt. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The draw procedure was approved by the CAF Executive Committee on 11 April 2019. For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the
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of April 2019 (shown in parentheses). Hosts
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were automatically assigned to position A1. Defending champions
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were also automatically placed into Pot 1.


Group stage

The top two teams of each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, advanced to the round of 16. All times are local,
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).


Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #
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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Drawing of lots.


Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams


Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,
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and a
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were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match, where a direct penalty shoot-out, without any extra time, was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).


Bracket


Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off


Final


Statistics


Goalscorers


Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: CAF AFCON Team of the Tournament


Tournament rankings

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References


External links

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