FINAL AFCON NATIONAL TEAMS TO BE KNOWN TODAY as Arsenal Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fails to guide Gabon to the 2019 tournament.

By Saleh Najmundeen/School of Communication Studies, WIUC-GHANA

A 1-1 draw with Gabon secured Burundi the point they needed to reach the African Cup Of Nations for the first time in their history!

Burundi have qualified for their first ever in African Cup Of Nations, thanks goes to a 1-1 draw with Gabon, who will be missing in Egypt later this year.

Pierre—Emerick Abubameyang’s Gabon went into the match in Bujumbura needing to win only, but they were unable to clinch the victory which would have booked their place in the tournament.

The national teams that have already qualified to the 2019 African Cup Of Nations in Egypt are :

Group A
Senegal
Madagascar

Group B
Morocco
Cameroon

Group C
Mali
Burundi

Group F
Ghana
Kenya

Group J
Tunisia
Egypt

Group H
Cote d’ivoire
Guinea

Group I
Angola
Mauritania

Group K
Guinea—Bissau
Mozambique.

The CAF African Cup of Nations takes place from 21 June to 19 July 2019.

On 30 November, 2018, Cameroon was stripped of the right to host this year's AFCON due to infrastructural delays, the Book Harald Insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis and on 8 January, 2019, CAF awarded Egypt the rights to host it.

Hence a temporary change from the usual January to February calendar.

The CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017 decided to add eight teams to the usual 16 only, bringing the competing teams at the final to 24.

Africa has 54 countries, which means nearly every other African country now has an equal chance of qualifying.

Burundi's first time appearance is therefore to be expected.

Some of the teams in groups D, E and L playing on Sunday have qualified already but they need to honour their remaining fixtures to help determine the last eight places in groups A to K.

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