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Benin at the Africa Cup of Nations

Benin is a weaker side in the Africa Cup of Nations, and only managed four appearances in the tournament. Benin first appeared in 2004,[1] before qualified again in 2008, 2010 and 2019. While Benin has not been unable to join the top two highest ranked team in AFCON history, nor even win a single match in the competition, Benin managed its best performance in the tournament, during the 2019 AFCON when Benin came to quarter-finals, including a shock win over Morocco after penalty shootout.[2] This means Benin is the first team to reach the quarter-finals of AFCON without ever winning a single competitive match in their participation history.

List of performances edit

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1957 Part of   France
  1959
  1962 Not affiliated to CAF
  1963
  1965 Did not enter
  1968
  1970
  1972 Did not qualify
  1974 Withdrew
  1976
  1978 Did not enter
  1980 Did not qualify
  1982 Did not enter
  1984 Did not qualify
  1986
  1988
  1990
  1992
  1994
  1996 Withdrew
  1998 Did not qualify
    2000
  2002
  2004 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 8
  2006 Did not qualify
  2008 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 7
  2010 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 5
    2012 Did not qualify
  2013
  2015
  2017
  2019 Quarter-finals 8th 5 0 4 1 3 4
  2021 Did not qualify
  2023 To be determined
  2025
      2027
Total Quarter-finals 4/34 14 0 5 9 7 24

Squads edit

Participation history edit

2004 Tunisia edit

Main article: 2004 Africa Cup of Nations
Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
  South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
South Africa  2–0  Benin
Nomvethe   58', 76'
Attendance: 12,000
Morocco  4–0  Benin
Chamakh   17'
Mokhtari   73'
Ouaddou   75'
El Karkouri   80'
Attendance: 20,000
Nigeria  2–1  Benin
Lawal   35'
Utaka   76'		 Latoundji   90'
Attendance: 15,000

2008 Ghana edit

Main article: 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ivory Coast 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
  Mali 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4
  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Mali  1–0  Benin
Kanouté   49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 11,000
Ivory Coast  4–1  Benin
Drogba   40'
Y. Touré   44'
Keïta   53'
Dindane   63'		 Report Omotoyossi   90'
Attendance: 13,000
Nigeria  2–0  Benin
Mikel   53'
Yakubu   86'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000

2010 Angola edit

Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
  Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
  Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Mozambique  2–2  Benin
Miro   29'
Fumo   54'		 Report Omotoyossi   14' (pen.)
Khan   20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Nigeria  1–0  Benin
Yakubu   42' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,000
Egypt  2–0  Benin
Elmohamady   7'
Moteab   23'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500

2019 Egypt edit

Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3   Benin 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: CAF
Ghana  2–2  Benin
 Report
Attendance: 8,094[4]
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Benin  0–0  Guinea-Bissau
Report
Attendance: 9,212[5]
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Benin  0–0  Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 14,120[6]
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Round of sixteen
Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Benin
 Report
Penalties
 1–4
Attendance: 7,500[7]
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Quarter-finals
Senegal  1–0  Benin
 Report
Attendance: 5,798[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Football 365 - Toute l'actualité du foot en direct - Football".
  2. ^ "Benin shock Morocco to reach last eight". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ Kick-off delayed by 15 minutes due to floodlight failure
  4. ^ "Ghana vs. Benin". ESPN. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Benin vs. Guinea-Bissau". ESPN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Benin vs. Cameroon". ESPN. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Morocco vs. Benin". ESPN. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Senegal vs. Benin". ESPN. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

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