Niger at the Africa Cup of Nations

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Niger has participated in two Africa Cup of Nations, the 2012 and 2013 editions.

Historically, Niger has been considered a much weaker side in the strong West African Football Union, and didn't have much success in major tournament's qualification. Until 2010s, Niger had never qualified for any AFCON editions. However, Niger produced a stunning qualifying run in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, overcame giants like Egypt and South Africa to book its final debut,[1] where they lost all three matches.[2] Niger once again participated a year in later in the same edition, obtained one point[3] though unable to prevent early elimination.[4] Since then, Niger haven't qualified for the tournament.

Records[edit]

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 to Ethiopia 1968 Did not enter
Sudan 1970 Did not qualify
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1976 Did not qualify
Ghana 1978 Withdrew
Nigeria 1980
Libya 1982 Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986 Did not enter
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992 Did not qualify
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 Withdrew during qualifying
Burkina Faso 1998 Disqualified for withdrawing in 1996
Ghana Nigeria 2000 to
Angola 2010 		Did not qualify
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5
South Africa 2013 15th 3 0 1 2 0 4
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Did not qualify
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019
Cameroon 2021
Ivory Coast 2023
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
Total Group stage 2/36 6 0 1 5 1 9

Matches[edit]

2012 Africa Cup of Nations[edit]

Group A
Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Gabon 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Morocco 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Niger 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
AFCON editions Date Location Opponents Results Niger scorers Opponent scorers
Equatorial GuineaGabon 2012 23 January 2012 Gabon Libreville  Gabon 0–2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 31'
Stéphane N'Guéma 42'
27 January 2012  Tunisia 1–2 William N'Gounou 9' Youssef Msakni 4'
Issam Jemâa 89'
31 January 2012  Morocco 0–1 Younès Belhanda 78'

2013 Africa Cup of Nations[edit]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana (A) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Mali (A) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 DR Congo 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Niger 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals
AFCON editions Date Location Opponents Results Niger scorers Opponent scorers
South Africa 2013 20 January 2013 South Africa Port Elizabeth  Mali 0–1 Seydou Keita 84'
24 January 2013  DR Congo 0–0
28 January 2013  Ghana 0–3 Asamoah Gyan 6'
Christian Atsu 23'
John Boye 49'

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations team profiles: Focus on Niger's AFCON history". www.livesoccertv.com.
  2. ^ "African Nations Cup: Morocco sink Niger for late pride". January 30, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "African Nations Cup: Niger pick up their first ever point after 0-0 draw with DR Congo". Sky Sports.
  4. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Ghana 3-0 Niger". January 28, 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

External links[edit]

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