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The last team to succeed the feat, South Africa, won the 1996 tournament by beating Tunisia 2-0 in the final at Soweto.
Here, the AFP Sport lists 10 things to know about the island team of the Indian Ocean Nigeria, triple champion three times, was shocked in the group stage.
– They are relatively old, with eight of thirty men or more than 23 players and there are no teenagers. Defender Jeremy Morel, 35, is the eldest and midfielder Rayan Raveloson, 22, the youngest.
– The players have clubs in France (10), Reunion (three), Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand and the United States (one each) plus two locals.
– Goalkeeper Jean Randrianasolo of CNaPS Sport Champion and midfielder Jean Rakotoarisoa of Fosa Juniors are the two players playing on the vast island.
– Malagasys has the longest names of African football, and the list is completed by the attacker Charles Andriamahitsinoro, based in Saudi Arabia, with 17 letters.
– The captain is the attacker Faneva Andriatsima, a 35-year-old playing for second-tier French club Clermont Foot.
– They are ranked 108th in the world, with the Faroe Islands occupying a higher position and Zimbabwe next.. Tunisia, ranked quarter-final, ranks 25th.
– The nickname of the team is Barea, Prized cattle with long horns that mean wealth in one of the world's poorest countries.
– Madagascar plays at the rudimentary Stade Mahamasina, a field of 22 000 places in the capital, Antananarivo, used mainly for football and rugby.
– Closer to previous qualifications, the Barea were for the 1984 finals in Ivory Coast – They lost 2-1 overall against Malawi in a playoff of the final round.
– Despite his presence in Egypt, Madagascar is only one of the third seeds in the draw for the 2021 Nations Cup qualifications to do next Thursday in Cairo.
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