Group C of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group initially consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia and Burundi. However, on 23 May 2022, CAF announced that Kenya were disqualified from the qualifiers due to the continued suspension of the Football Kenya Federation by FIFA.[1][2] The group thus went ahead with only the remaining three teams.

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 4 June 2022 and 12 September 2023.[3]

Cameroon and Namibia, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Final tournament 1–1 3–0 Canc.
2  Namibia 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5 2–1 1–1 Canc.
3  Burundi 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 0–1 3–2 Canc.
4  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified Canc. Canc. Canc.
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Namibia 1–1 Burundi
  • Shalulile 10'
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Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

Burundi 0–1 Cameroon
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National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Cameroon 1–1 Namibia
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Namibia 2–1 Cameroon
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Burundi 3–2 Namibia
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National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Cameroon 3–0 Burundi
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Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "CAF Media Statement on Zimbabwe and Kenya AFCON 2023 qualifiers". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Exciting paths as draw is conducted for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "2023 CAF Draw Fixtures" (PDF). CAF. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.