Cairo – The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Friday in Egypt and this is how the competition works:
First round
– The 24 qualifiers have been seeded according to the world rankings and divided into six groups of four
– Each team plays the other three in its group once with three points awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss
– The winners and runners-up in each group and the best four third-place teams — a total of 16 — qualify for the second round
– If teams finish level on points, the following tiebreakers will apply to decide placings:
1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all the head-to-head criteria, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams
1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing lots
Knockout rounds
– This phase consists of eight second round matcRead More
