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Madagascar at the Africa Cup of Nations

Madagascar participated once in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 in Egypt. On 16 October 2018, Madagascar qualified to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history, after they won 1–0 against Equatorial Guinea.[1][2] During their debut match against Guinea on 22 June 2019,[3] Anicet Abel scored Madagascar's first-ever AFCON goal and secured their first point of the competition with a 2–2 draw against Guinea.[4][5] The team defeated Burundi in their second match[6] and followed it up with a 2–0 victory over the Super Eagles of Nigeria to top Group B.[7][8] Then Madagascar advanced to quarter-finals after beating DR Congo in the round of 16.[9] The team's successful performance was coined by pundits as the Iceland of Africa, resembling the shockingly successful debut of Iceland in UEFA Euro 2016.[10] However, Madagascar's dream ended abruptly after suffering a 0–3 defeat at the hand of another former champion, Tunisia.[11]

Overall record

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Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA GR
  1957 Part of   France Part of   France
  1959
  1962 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
  1963
  1965 Did not enter Did not enter
  1968
  1970
  1972 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 5 details
  1974 2 1 0 1 3 4 details
  1976 Withdrew Withdrew
  1978 Did not enter Did not enter
  1980 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 6 details
  1982 4 2 1 1 4 7 details
  1984 4 1 1 2 3 4 details
  1986 2 0 0 2 2 6 details
  1988 2 1 0 1 2 3 details
  1990 Withdrew Withdrew
  1992 Did not qualify 5 2 2 1 3 2 details
  1994 Did not enter Did not enter
  1996 Withdrew during qualifiers Withdrew during qualifiers
  1998 Banned for withdrawal in 1996 Banned for withdrawal in 1996
    2000 Did not qualify 8 2 3 3 9 12 details
  2002 8 2 2 4 7 8 details
  2004 4 2 0 2 2 8 details
  2006 2 0 1 1 3 4 details
  2008 4 0 0 4 0 14 details
  2010 8 3 3 2 12 9 details
  2012 6 0 1 5 4 14 details
  2013 2 0 0 2 1 7 details
  2015 2 1 0 1 2 2 details
  2017 6 0 3 3 5 12 details
  2019 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 2 1 7 7 8 5 1 2 12 10 details
  2021 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 9 9 details
  2023 6 0 3 3 1 9 details
  2025 To be determined To be determined
      2027
  2029
Total Quarter-finals 1/34 5 2 2 1 7 7 93 26 23 44 90 155 –

Tournaments

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2019 Africa Cup of Nations

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Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

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Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Madagascar 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 6
3   Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4   Burundi 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Guinea  2–2  Madagascar
 Report
Attendance: 5,342[12]
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Madagascar  1–0  Burundi
 Report
Attendance: 4,900[13]
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)[14]
Madagascar  2–0  Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 9,895[15]

Round of 16

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Madagascar  2–2 (a.e.t.)  DR Congo
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 5,890[16]
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Quarter-finals

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Madagascar  0–3  Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 7,568[17]

Goalscorers

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Rank Player 2019 Goals
1 Carolus Andriamatsinoro 2 2
2 Anicet Abel 1 1
Ibrahim Amada 1 1
Faneva Imà Andriatsima 1 1
Marco Ilaimaharitra 1 1
Lalaïna Nomenjanahary 1 1
Total 7

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the team

Kits

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2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Home Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Squads

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References

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  1. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Madagascar qualify for the finals". BBC. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Madagascar reaches first African Cup, Egypt also qualifies". The Washington Post. 16 October 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ "CAFOnline.com". Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Business & Financial News, U.S & International Breaking News | Reuters". www.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Madagascar earn draw in Afcon debut". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Afcon 2019: Burundi won't lose hope after Madagascar defeat, says coach Olivier Niyungeko | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Madagascar Stun Nigeria, 2-0, As Debutantes Win AFCON Group B". beIN SPORTS USA. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2019: The surprise package from Madagascar". Deutsche Welle. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Madagascar stun DR Congo, Algeria ease through". Deutsche Welle. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ Sharuko, Robson (10 July 2019). "Africa: Madagascar's French Armada Reminds Warriors of the British Brigade We Missed". allAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Madagascar 0-3 Tunisia: As it happened". 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Guinea vs. Madagascar". ESPN. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Madagascar vs. Burundi". ESPN. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  14. ^ "MADBDI Referees". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Madagascar vs. Nigeria". ESPN. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Madagascar vs. Congo DR". ESPN. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Madagascar vs. Tunisia". ESPN. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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