2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 March 2017 – 13 November 2018 |
| Teams | 51 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 10 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Paulin Voavy (2 goals)
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The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches will be organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the 32nd edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon who qualified automatically as hosts.
A total of 51 teams entered the tournament, including the hosts (Cameroon) which qualified automatically for the final tournament. The draw for the qualifications stage took place on 12 January 2017, 19:30 UTC+1, in Libreville, Gabon.
For seeding, the teams were ranked using CAF's own system which were calculated based on the team's performance in the three most recent editions the Africa Cup of Nations final tournaments, the three most recent editions the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup final tournament and qualifying campaign.
The teams ranked 1–45 (Pots 1–4) directly entered the group stage, while the teams ranked 46–51 (Pot 5) entered the preliminary round.
The draw procedure is as follows:
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.
The six teams were drawn into three ties, played in home-and-away two-legged format. The three winners advance to the group stage to join the 45 teams which entered directly.
The 48 teams were drawn into 12 groups of four teams (from Group A to Group L). They consisted of the 45 teams which entered directly, plus the three winners of the preliminary round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Unlike the qualifying tournament of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, all matches of the host team will count leading us to the three following possible scenarios:
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14):
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