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Group D of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Benin, Libya and Rwanda.

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.

Nigeria and Benin, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Final tournament		—	3–0	1–2	1–0
2	Benin	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			1–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Rwanda	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			0–0	2–1	—	0–1
4	Libya	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5			0–3	0–0	1–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: Benin 3, Rwanda 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Benin +2, Rwanda –2
2. Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 win following an incident upon their arrival in Libya, where they were stranded at the airport for over 12 hours, before ultimately refusing to play and pulling out.

Matches

Libya	1–1	Rwanda
Al-Dhawi 16'	Report	Nshuti 47'

Nigeria	3–0	Benin
Lookman 45+2', 83' Osimhen 78'	Report

Rwanda	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Benin	2–1	Libya
Mounié 50' Olaitan 62' (pen.)	Report	Al Badri 9' (pen.)

Benin	3–0	Rwanda
Mounié 50' Hountondji 67' Imourane 70'	Report

Nigeria	1–0	Libya
Dele-Bashiru 86'	Report

Rwanda	2–1	Benin
Nshuti 70' Bizimana 75' (pen.)	Report	Hountondji 42'

Libya	0–3 Awarded	Nigeria
	Report

Rwanda	0–1	Libya
	Report	Saad Mohamed 84'

Benin	1–1	Nigeria
Tijani 16'	Report	Osimhen 81'

Nigeria	1–2	Rwanda
Chukwueze 59'	Report	Mutsinzi 72' Nshuti 75'

Libya	0–0	Benin
	Report

Notes

1. Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 walkover win, and fines were applied against Libya, after the match did not take place as scheduled after the Nigerian team was allegedly left stranded at Al Abraq International Airport for more than 12 hours upon arrival, leading the Nigerian federation to refuse to play and send the team back home.

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 1.91 goals per match.

3 goals

• Innocent Nshuti

2 goals

• Andréas Hountondji
• Steve Mounié
• Ademola Lookman
• Victor Osimhen

1 goal

• Hassane Imourane
• Junior Olaitan
• Mohamed Tijani
• Faisal Al Badri
• Subhi Al-Dhawi
• Fahd Saad Mohamed
• Samuel Chukwueze
• Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
• Djihad Bizimana
• Ange Mutsinzi

References

1. "Morocco to host 2025 Africa Cup of Nations". CAFOnline.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. "Qualifying groups for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 revealed". CAF. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
3. Oyebola, Mike (25 December 2023). "CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
5. "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
6. "Nigeria players 'held hostage' in airport and left with no food and water ahead of Libya clash". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
7. "Nigeria's Super Eagles boycott Libya match over 'mind games'". Deutsche Welle. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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