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Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe (winners of the preliminary round).[1]
The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 9 June 2022 and 11 September 2023.[2]
Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Nigeria |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | Sierra Leone |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 1 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)
Adrar Stadium, Agadir (Morocco)
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Adrar Stadium, Agadir (Morocco)
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
| Sierra Leone | 2–2 | Guinea-Bissau |
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General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry (Guinea)
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
| Sierra Leone | 2–2 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Report |
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Adrar Stadium, Agadir (Morocco)
Referee: Mawabwe Bodjona (Togo)
| Nigeria | 0–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0–2 | Sierra Leone |
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| Report |
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Adrar Stadium, Agadir (Morocco)
Referee: Jean Philippe Vlei Patrick Tanguy (DR Congo)
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Report |
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Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau (Guinea Bissau)
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia (Liberia)
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
| Guinea-Bissau | 2–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
There were 46 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.
10 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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