Burundi participated once in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 in Egypt. The team qualified on 23 March 2019 as the Group C runners-up of the qualification. In the finals, the team was eliminated from the group stage and ranked 22nd out of 24 participants, after finishing bottom of Group B and suffering three defeats while not scoring any goals and conceding four goals.

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957 to 1962	Part of  Belgium
1963 to 1972	Not affiliated to CAF
1974	Did not enter
1976	Did not qualify
1978	Did not enter
1980	Withdrew
1982 to 1992	Did not enter
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
1998	Withdrew
2000 to 2017	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage	22nd	3	0	0	3	0	4
2021	Did not qualify
2023
2025	To be determined
2027
2029
Total	Group stage	1/34	3	0	0	3	0	4

Pos	Team	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

22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

19:00

Nigeria	1–0	Burundi
Ighalo 77'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 3,192^[1]

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)

16:30

Madagascar	1–0	Burundi
Ilaimaharitra 76'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 4,900^[2]

Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)^[3]

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)

18:00

Burundi	0–2	Guinea
	Report	Yattara 25', 52'

Al Salam Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5,753^[4]

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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