Benin
2nd in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying2023 Fixtures
Benin and Sudan qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations, but heavyweights Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia suffered embarrassing home defeats on the penultimate day of preliminaries for the finals.
Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman continued his outstanding year with two goals to help his country to a 3-0 home win over neighbours Benin in their opening 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.
Oumar Diakite scored a second-half equaliser to spare the blushes of newly-crowned African champions Ivory Coast who were held to a 2-2 draw by Benin in a friendly in Amiens, France on Saturday.
Will Osimhen's form shift from club to country? How will Haller's Ivory Coast return go? Will a Chelsea youngster make his Cameroon debut?
What's at stake in the final two gameweeks of African World Cup qualifying round two, as the continent's top sides battle to go to Qatar 2022.
Nigeria defeated Benin 1-0 after already having qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Saturday due a draw between Lesotho and Sierra Leone.
Senegal edged into the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations semifinals with a slender 1-0 win over Benin at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Thursday.
A 93rd-minute goal from Jerome Bonou handed Benin a 2-1 win over Guinea in game 8 of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations at the Stade Lat Dior Tuesday.
Pape Seydou N'Diaye and Augustine Okrah and headline our list of players to watch at the West African regional championship.
Senegal's Idrissa Gana Gueye scored 20 minutes from time to take them through to the Africa Cup of Nations semifinals with a 1-0 win over Benin.
AFCON Qualifying Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nigeria | 6 | +6 | 11 |
2 | Benin | 6 | 0 | 8 |
3 | Rwanda | 6 | -2 | 8 |
4 | Libya | 6 | -4 | 5 |
Team Leaders
Top Scorers
# | Player | Goals | M | A |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saturnin Allag.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marcel Dandjin.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Serge Obassa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top Assists
# | Player | Assists | M | G |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saturnin Allag.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marcel Dandjin.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Serge Obassa | 0 | 0 | 0 |