Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria beat Benin after qualifying
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.
2019 Schedule
MADMAD0TBD
0BeninBEN
SLESLE1FT0BeninBEN- BeninBEN2FT
2ZAMZAM - BeninBEN0FT
1NGANGA - BeninBEN0FT
0TOGTOG 
LESLES0FT0BeninBEN- BeninBEN1FT0LESLES
GABGAB0FT2BeninBEN- SLESLEPPDBeninBEN
- BeninBENPPDNGANGA
- LESLESPPDBeninBEN
- BeninBENPPDLESLES
- BeninBEN1FT0SLESLE
- NGANGA2FT1BeninBEN
- BeninBEN2FT2ZAMZAM
SENSEN1FT0BeninBEN
GUIGUI1FT2BeninBEN
ALGALG1FT0BeninBEN
CIVCIV1FT2BeninBEN- SENSEN1FT0BeninBEN
MARMAR1FT1BeninBEN- BeninBEN0FT
0CMRCMR - BeninBEN0FT
0GNBGNB 
GHAGHA2FT2BeninBEN- BeninBEN3FT
1MTNMTN - GUIGUI0FT1BeninBEN
2019 Schedule
2-1-3, 3rd in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying
- GUIGUI011/6FT
1BeninBEN - BeninBEN318/6FT1MTNMTN
- GHAGHA225/6FT2BeninBEN
- BeninBEN029/6FT0GNBGNB
- BeninBEN02/7FT0CMRCMR
- MARMAR15/7FT1BeninBEN
- SENSEN110/7FT0BeninBEN
- CIVCIV16/9FT2BeninBEN
- ALGALG19/9FT0BeninBEN
- GUIGUI11/10FT2BeninBEN
- SENSEN13/10FT0BeninBEN
- BeninBEN213/10FT2ZAMZAM
- NGANGA213/11FT1BeninBEN
- BeninBEN117/11FT0SLESLE
- BeninBEN0FT0LESLES
- LESLES0FT0BeninBEN
- BeninBEN0FT0NGANGA
- SLESLE0FT0BeninBEN
- GABGAB011/10FT2BeninBEN
- BeninBEN114/11FT0LESLES
- LESLES017/11FT0BeninBEN
- BeninBEN012/1FT0TOGTOG
- BeninBEN027/3FT1NGANGA
- BeninBEN28/6FT2ZAMZAM
- SLESLE115/6FT0BeninBEN
- MADMAD0TBD0BeninBEN
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2019 Ladder
| TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +7 | 14 |
| Sierra Leone | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Benin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
2019 Team LeadersAfrica Cup of Nations qualifying
- Goals
- Assists
RankingsAfrica Cup of Nations qualifying
Goal Difference0Tied-22nd
Goals Scored3Tied-40th
Assists0Tied-1st
Goals Conceded3Tied-6th