title: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J
text: # 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J
  
  Group J of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).
  
  The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.
  
  Tunisia and Egypt, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
  
  ## Standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
  | 2 | Egypt | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 | Final tournament | 3–2 | — | 6–0 | 4–1 |
  | 3 | Niger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
  | 4 | Eswatini | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
  
  * ↑ Egypt were named as hosts of the final tournament replacing Cameroon on 8 January 2019. At that time, they had already clinched a top two place in Group J and assured of qualification to the final tournament.
  * ↑ The official name of Swaziland was changed to Eswatini in 2018 after they had played their first qualifying match, and since then both FIFA and CAF have used the name Eswatini for official use.
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
  There were 34 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
  
  4 goals
  
  * Mohamed Salah
  * Naïm Sliti
  
  3 goals
  
  * Trézéguet
  
  2 goals
  
  * Marwan Mohsen
  * Victorien Adebayor
  * Firas Chaouat
  * Taha Yassine Khenissi
  * Yassine Meriah
  
  1 goal
  
  * Ayman Ashraf
  * Ahmed El Mohamady
  * Baher El Mohamady
  * Mohamed Elneny
  * Ahmed Hegazi
  * Salah Mohsen
  * Amr Warda
  * Sibonginkosi Gamedze
  * Sifiso Nkambule
  * Amadou Moutari
  * Youssouf Oumarou
  * Anice Badri
  * Syam Ben Youssef
  