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Madagascar participated once in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 in Egypt. On 16 October 2018, Madagascar qualified to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history, after they won 1–0 against Equatorial Guinea. During their debut match against Guinea on 22 June 2019, Anicet Abel scored Madagascar's first-ever AFCON goal and secured their first point of the competition with a 2–2 draw against Guinea. The team defeated Burundi in their second match and followed it up with a 2–0 victory over the Super Eagles of Nigeria to top Group B. Then Madagascar advanced to quarter-finals after beating DR Congo in the round of 16. The team's successful performance was coined by pundits as the Iceland of Africa, resembling the shockingly successful debut of Iceland in UEFA Euro 2016. However, Madagascar's dream ended abruptly after suffering a 0–3 defeat at the hand of another former champion, Tunisia.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GR
1957	Part of  France									Part of  France
1959
1962	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1963
1965	Did not enter									Did not enter
1968
1970
1972	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	5	details
1974										2	1	0	1	3	4	details
1976	Withdrew									Withdrew
1978	Did not enter									Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	6	details
1982										4	2	1	1	4	7	details
1984										4	1	1	2	3	4	details
1986										2	0	0	2	2	6	details
1988										2	1	0	1	2	3	details
1990	Withdrew									Withdrew
1992	Did not qualify									5	2	2	1	3	2	details
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Withdrew during qualifiers									Withdrew during qualifiers
1998	Banned for withdrawal in 1996									Banned for withdrawal in 1996
2000	Did not qualify									8	2	3	3	9	12	details
2002										8	2	2	4	7	8	details
2004										4	2	0	2	2	8	details
2006										2	0	1	1	3	4	details
2008										4	0	0	4	0	14	details
2010										8	3	3	2	12	9	details
2012										6	0	1	5	4	14	details
2013										2	0	0	2	1	7	details
2015										2	1	0	1	2	2	details
2017										6	0	3	3	5	12	details
2019	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	2	1	7	7		8	5	1	2	12	10	details
2021	Did not qualify									6	2	2	2	9	9	details
2023										6	0	3	3	1	9	details
2025	To be determined									To be determined
2027
2029
Total	Quarter-finals	1/34	5	2	2	1	7	7		93	26	23	44	90	155	–

Tournaments

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Madagascar	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Burundi	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Guinea	2–2	Madagascar
Kaba 34' Kamano 66' (pen.)	Report	Abel 49' Andriamatsinoro 55'

Madagascar	1–0	Burundi
Ilaimaharitra 76'	Report

Madagascar	2–0	Nigeria
Nomenjanahary 13' Andriamatsinoro 53'	Report

Round of 16

Madagascar	2–2 (a.e.t.)	DR Congo
Amada 9' Andriatsima 77'	Report	Bakambu 21' Mbemba 90'
Penalties
Amada Métanire Fontaine Mombris	4–2	Tisserand Bakambu M'Poku Bolasie

Quarter-finals

Madagascar	0–3	Tunisia
	Report	Sassi 52' Msakni 60' Sliti 90+3'

Goalscorers

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the team

Kits

2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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Squads

Madagascar squads
v t e Madagascar squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Dabo 2 Andriamatsinoro 3 Rakotoarisoa 4 Randrianarisoa 5 Razakanantenaina 6 Ilaimaharitra 7 Caloin 8 Andrianarimanana 9 Andriatsima (c) 10 Rakotoharimalala 11 Voavy 12 Nomenjanahary 13 Abel 14 Morel 15 Amada 16 Randrianasolo 17 Rambeloson 18 Raveloson 19 Gros 20 Métanire 21 Fontaine 22 Mombris 23 Adrien Coach: Dupuis

References

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