African Nations Cup 2021


Qualifying Tournament

NB: The tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon. On 30 June 2020, CAF moved the 
tournament for the third time to January 2022 following the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preliminary Round 

First Leg
 9-10-19 Djibouti              Djibouti          1-1 Gambia
 9-10-19 Paynesville           Liberia           1-0 Chad
 9-10-19 Belle Vue Harel       Mauritius         1-3 São Tomé/Príncipe 
 9-10-19 Omdurman              South Sudan       2-1 Seychelles

Second Leg
13-10-19 Bakau                 Gambia            1-1 Djibouti           [3-2 pen]
13-10-19 N'Djamena             Chad              1-0 Liberia            [5-4 pen] 
13-10-19 São Tome              São Tomé/Príncipe 2-1 Mauritius
13-10-19 Victoria              Seychelles        0-1 South Sudan

Group Stage

Group A

13-11-19 Windhoek              Nambia            2-1 Chad
14-11-19 Bamako                Mali              2-2 Guinea  
17-11-19 Mahamat               Chad              0-2 Mali
17-11-19 Conakry               Guinea            2-0 Namibia 
11-11-20 Conakry               Guinea            1?0 Chad
13-11-20 Bamako                Mali              1?0 Namibia
15-11-20 N'Djamena             Chad              1?1 Guinea
17-11-20 Windhoek              Namibia           1?2 Mali
24- 3-21                       Chad              0?3 Namibia         [awarded; Chad disqualified]
24- 3-21 Conakry               Guinea            1?0 Mali
28- 3-21 Windhoek              Namibia           2?1 Guinea
28- 3-21                       Mali              3?0 Chad            [awarded; Chad disqualified]

 1.MALI               6  4  1  1 10- 4 13 
 2.GUINEA             6  3  2  1  8- 5 11
 3.Namibia            6  3  0  3  8- 7  9
 4.Chad               6  0  1  5  2-12  1

Group B

13-11-19 Blantyre              Malawi            1?0 South Sudan
13-11-19 Ouagadougou           Burkina Faso      0?0 Uganda
17-11-19 Khartoum              South Sudan       1?2 Burkina Faso
17-11-19 Kira                  Uganda            2?0 Malawi
12-11-20 Entebbe               Uganda            1?0 South Sudan
12-11-20 Ouagadougou           Burkina Faso      3?1 Malawi
16-11-20 Blantyre              Malawi            0?0 Burkina Faso
16-11-20 Nairobi               South Sudan       1?0 Uganda
24- 3-21 Entebbe               Uganda            0?0 Burkina Faso
24- 3-21 Omdurman              South Sudan       0?1 Malawi
29- 3-21 Lilongwe              Malawi            1?0 Uganda
29- 3-21 Ouagadougou           Burkina Faso      1?0 South Sudan

 1.BURKINA FASO       6  3  3  0  6- 2 12  
 2.MALAWI             6  3  1  2  4- 5 10
 3.Uganda             6  2  2  2  3- 2  8 
 4.South Sudan        6  1  0  5  2- 6  3
 
Group C

13-11-19 Omdurman              Sudan             4?0 São Tomé and Príncipe
14-11-19 Cape Coast            Ghana             2?0 South Africa
17-11-19 Johannesburg          South Africa      1?0 Sudan
18-11-19 São Tomé              São Tomé/Príncipe 0?1 Ghana
12-11-20 Cape Coast            Ghana             2?0 Sudan
13-11-20 Durban                South Africa      2?0 São Tomé/Príncipe
16-11-20 Port Elizabeth        São Tomé/Príncipe 2?4 South Africa
17-11-20 Omdurman              Sudan             1?0 Ghana
24- 3-21 São Tomé              São Tomé/Príncipe 0?2 Sudan
25- 3-21 Johannesburg          South Africa      1?1 Ghana
28- 3-21 Cape Coast            Ghana             3?1 São Tomé/Príncipe
28- 3-21 Omdurman              Sudan             2?0 South Africa

 1.GHANA              6  4  1  1  9- 3 13 
 2.SUDAN              6  4  0  2  9- 3 12 
 3.South Africa       6  3  1  2  8- 7 10 
 4.São Tomé/Príncipe  6  0  0  6  3-16  0
 
Group D

13-11-19 Luanda                Angola            1?3 Gambia
14-11-19 Kinshasa              DR Congo          0?0 Gabon
17-11-19 Franceville           Gabon             2?1 Angola
18-11-19 Bakau                 Gambia            2?2 DR Congo
12-11-20 Franceville           Gabon             2?1 Gambia
14-11-20 Kinshasa              DR Congo          0?0 Angola
16-11-20 Bakau                 Gambia            2?1 Gabon
17-11-20 Luanda                Angola            0?1 DR Congo
25- 3-21 Franceville           Gabon             3?0 DR Congo
25- 3-21 Bakau                 Gambia            1?0 Angola
29- 3-21 Kinshasa              DR Congo          1?0 Gambia
29- 3-21 Luanda                Angola            2?0 Gabon

 1.GAMBIA             6  3  1  2  9- 7 10
 2.GABON              6  3  1  2  8- 6 10
 3.DR Congo           6  2  3  1  4- 5  9
 4.Angola             6  1  1  4  4- 7  4
 
Group E

13-11-19 Bangui                Central Afr. Rep. 2?0 Burundi
15-11-19 Rabat                 Morocco           0?0 Mauritania
19-11-19 Bujumbura             Burundi           0?3 Morocco
19-11-19 Nouakchott            Mauritania        2?0 Central Afr. Rep.
11-11-20 Nouakchott            Mauritania        1?1 Burundi
13-11-20 Casablanca            Morocco           4?1 Central Afr. Rep.
15-11-20 Bujumbura             Burundi           3?1 Mauritania
17-11-20 Douala                Central Afr. Rep. 0?2 Morocco
26- 3-21 Bujumbura             Burundi           2?2 Central Afr. Rep.
26- 3-21 Nouakchott            Mauritania        0?0 Morocco
30- 3-21 Bangui                Central Afr. Rep. 0?1 Mauritania
30- 3-21 Rabat                 Morocco           1?0 Burundi

 1.MOROCCO            6  4  2  0 10- 1 14 
 2.MAURITANIA         6  2  3  1  5- 4  9
 3.Burundi            6  1  2  3  6-10  5
 4.Central Afr. Rep.  6  1  1  4  5-11  4
 
Group F

13-11-19 Yaoundé               Cameroon          0?0 Cape Verde
14-11-19 Maputo                Mozambique        2?0 Rwanda
17-11-19 Kigali                Rwanda            0?1 Cameroon
18-11-19 Praia                 Cape Verde        2?2 Mozambique
12-11-20 Praia                 Cape Verde        0?0 Rwanda
12-11-20 Douala                Cameroon          4?1 Mozambique
16-11-20 Maputo                Mozambique        0?2 Cameroon
17-11-20 Kigali                Rwanda            0?0 Cape Verde
24- 3-21 Kigali                Rwanda            1?0 Mozambique
26- 3-21 Praia                 Cape Verde        3?1 Cameroon
30- 3-21 Douala                Cameroon          0?0 Rwanda
30- 3-21 Maputo                Mozambique        0?1 Cape Verde

 1.CAMEROON           6  3  2  1  8- 4 11 
 2.CAPE VERDE         6  2  4  0  6- 3 10
 3.Rwanda             6  1  3  2  1- 3  6
 4.Mozambique         6  1  1  4  5-10  4

Group G

14-11-19 Lomé                  Togo              0?1 Comoros
14-11-19 Alexandria            Egypt             1?1 Kenya
18-11-19 Moroni                Comoros           0?0 Egypt
18-11-19 Kasarani              Kenya             1?1 Togo
11-11-20 Kasarani              Kenya             1?1 Comoros
14-11-20 Cairo                 Egypt             1?0 Togo
15-11-20 Moroni                Comoros           2?1 Kenya
17-11-20 Lomé                  Togo              1?3 Egypt
25- 3-21 Moroni                Comoros           0?0 Togo
25- 3-21 Nairobi               Kenya             1?1 Egypt
29- 3-21 Cairo                 Egypt             4?0 Comoros
29- 3-21 Lomé                  Togo              1?2 Kenya

 1.EGYPT              6  3  3  0 10- 3 12 
 2.COMOROS            6  2  3  1  4- 6  9
 3.Kenya              6  1  4  1  7- 7  7
 4.Togo               6  0  2  4  3- 8  2
 
Group H

14-11-19 Blida                 Algeria           5?0 Zambia
15-11-19 Harare                Zimbabwe          0?0 Botswana
18-11-19 Gaborone              Botswana          0?1 Algeria
19-11-19 Lusaka                Zambia            1?2 Zimbabwe
12-11-20 Lusaka                Zambia            2?1 Botswana
12-11-20 Algiers               Algeria           3?1 Zimbabwe
16-11-20 Harare                Zimbabwe          2?2 Algeria
16-11-20 Francistown           Botswana          1?0 Zambia
25- 3-21 Francistown           Botswana          0?1 Zimbabwe
25- 3-21 Lusaka                Zambia            3?3 Algeria
29- 3-21 Blida                 Algeria           5?0 Botswana
29- 3-21 Harare                Zimbabwe          0?2 Zambia

 1.ALGERIA            6  4  2  0 19- 6 14 
 2.ZIMBABWE           6  2  2  2  6- 8  8
 3.Zambia             6  2  1  3  8-12  7
 4.Botswana           6  1  1  4  2- 9  4
 
Group I

13-11-19 Bissau                Guinea-Bissau     3?0 Swaziland
13-11-19 Thiès                 Senegal           2?0 Congo
17-11-19 Manzini               Swaziland         1?4 Senegal
17-11-19 Brazzaville           Congo             3?0 Guinea-Bissau
11-11-20 Thiès                 Senegal           2?0 Guinea-Bissau
12-11-20 Brazzaville           Congo             2?0 Swaziland
15-11-20 Bissau                Guinea-Bissau     0?1 Senegal
16-11-20 Manzini               Swaziland         0?0 Congo
26- 3-21 Manzini               Swaziland         1?3 Guinea-Bissau
26- 3-21 Brazzaville           Congo             0?0 Senegal
30- 3-21 Thiès                 Senegal           1?1 Swaziland
30- 3-21 Bissau                Guinea-Bissau     3?0 Congo

 1.SENEGAL            6  4  2  0 10- 2 14 
 2.GUINEA BISSAU      6  3  0  3  9- 7  9
 3.Congo              6  2  2  2  5- 5  8
 4.Swaziland          6  0  2  4  3-13  2

Group J

15-11-19 Dar es Salaam         Tanzania          2?1 Equatorial Guinea
15-11-19 Tunis                 Tunisia           4?1 Libya
19-11-19 Malabo                Equatorial Guinea 0?1 Tunisia
19-11-19 Monastir              Libya             2?1 Tanzania
11-11-20 Cairo                 Libya             2?3 Equatorial Guinea
13-11-20 Tunis                 Tunisia           1?0 Tanzania
15-11-20 Malabo                Equatorial Guinea 1?0 Libya
17-11-20 Dar es Salaam         Tanzania          1?1 Tunisia
25- 3-21 Benghazi              Libya             2?5 Tunisia
25- 3-21 Malabo                Equatorial Guinea 1?0 Tanzania
28- 3-21 Tunis                 Tunisia           2?1 Equatorial Guinea
28- 3-21 Dar es Salaam         Tanzania          1?0 Libya

 1.TUNISIA            6  5  1  0 14- 5 16 
 2.EQUATORIAL GUINEA  6  3  0  3  7- 7  9
 3.Tanzania           6  2  1  3  5- 6  7
 4.Libya              6  1  0  5  7-15  3

Group K

16-11-19 Antananarivo          Madagascar        1?0 Ethiopia
16-11-19 Abidjan               Ivory Coast       1?0 Niger
19-11-19 Bahir Dar             Ethiopia          2?1 Ivory Coast
19-11-19 Niamey                Niger             2?6 Madagascar
12-11-20 Abidjan               Ivory Coast       2?1 Madagascar
13-11-20 Niamey                Niger             1?0 Ethiopia
17-11-20 Toamasina             Madagascar        1?1 Ivory Coast
17-11-20 Bahir Dar             Ethiopia          3?0 Niger
24- 3-21 Bahir Dar             Ethiopia          4?0 Madagascar
26- 3-21 Niamey                Niger             0?3 Ivory Coast
30- 3-21 Abidjan               Ivory Coast       3?1 Ethiopia
30- 3-21 Toamasina             Madagascar        0?0 Niger

 1.IVORY COAST        6  4  1  1 11- 5 13
 2.ETHIOPIA           6  3  0  3 10- 6  9
 3.Madagascar         6  2  2  2  9- 9  8
 4.Niger              6  1  1  4  3-13  4

Group L

13-11-19 Freetown              Sierra Leone      1?1 Lesotho
13-11-19 Uyo                   Nigeria           2?1 Benin
17-11-19 Porto Novo            Benin             1?0 Sierra Leone
17-11-19 Maseru                Lesotho           2?4 Nigeria
13-11-20 Benin City            Nigeria           4?4 Sierra Leone
14-11-20 Porto Novo            Benin             1?0 Lesotho
17-11-20 Freetown              Sierra Leone      0?0 Nigeria
17-11-20 Maseru                Lesotho           0?0 Benin
27- 3-21 Maseru                Lesotho           0?0 Sierra Leone
27- 3-21 Porto Novo            Benin             0?1 Nigeria
30- 3-21 Lagos                 Nigeria           3?0 Lesotho
15- 6-21 Conakry               Sierra Leone      1?0 Benin

 1.NIGERIA            6  4  2  0 14- 7 14
 2.SIERRA LEONE       6  1  4  1  6- 6  7
 3.Benin              6  2  1  3  3- 4  7
 4.Lesotho            6  0  3  3  3- 9  3


Final Tournament
Cameroon, 9 January to 6 February 2022.

Group A 

 9- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cameroon          2?1 Burkina Faso
                                [Aboubakar 40pen, 45+3pen; Sangaré 24]
 9- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Ethiopia          0?1 Cape Verde
                                [J. Tavares 45+1]
13- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cameroon          4?1 Ethiopia
                                [Toko Ekambi 8, 68, Aboubakar 53, 55; Hotessa 4]
13- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cape Verde        0?1 Burkina Faso
                                [Bandé 39]
17- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cape Verde        1?1 Cameroon
                                [Rodrigues 53; Aboubakar 39]
17- 1-22 Bafoussam             Burkina Faso      1?1 Ethiopia
                                [Bayala 25; Kebede 52pen]

 1.CAMEROON           3  2  1  0  7- 3  7
 2.BURKINA FASO       3  1  1  1  3- 3  4
 3.CAPE VERDE         3  1  1  1  2- 2  4
 4.Ethiopia           3  0  1  2  2- 6  1

Group B

10- 1-22 Bafoussam             Senegal           1?0 Zimbabwe
                                [Mané 90+7pen]
10- 1-22 Bafoussam             Guinea            1?0 Malawi
                                [I. Sylla 35] 
14- 1-22 Bafoussam             Senegal           0?0 Guinea
14- 1-22 Bafoussam             Malawi            2?1 Zimbabwe
                                [Mhango 43, 58; Wadi 38]
18- 1-22 Bafoussam             Malawi            0?0 Senegal
18- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Zimbabwe          2?1 Guinea
                                [Musona 26, Mahachi 43; Keita 49]

 1.SENEGAL            3  1  2  0  1- 0  5
 2.GUINEA             3  1  1  1  2- 2  4
 3.MALAWI             3  1  1  1  2- 2  4
 4.Zimbabwe           3  1  0  2  3- 4  3

Group C 

10- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Morocco           1?0 Ghana
                                [Boufal 83] 
10- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Comoros           0?1 Gabon
                                [Boupendza 16]
14- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Morocco           2?0 Comoros
                                [Amallah 16, Aboukhlal 88]
14- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Gabon             1?1 Ghana
                                [Allevinah 88; A. Ayew 18]
18- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Gabon             2?2 Morocco
                                [Allevinah 21, Aguerd 81og; Boufal 74pen, Hakimi 84]
18- 1-22 Garoua                Ghana             2?3 Comoros
                                [Boakye 64, Djiku 77; Ben Nabouhane 4, Mogni 62, 85]

 1.MOROCCO            3  2  1  0  5- 2  7 
 2.GABON              3  1  2  0  4- 3  5
 3.COMOROS            3  1  0  2  3- 5  3
 4.Ghana              3  0  1  2  3- 5  1

Group D

11- 1-22 Garoua                Nigeria           1?0 Egypt
                                [Iheanacho 30] 
11- 1-22 Garoua                Sudan             0?0 Guinea-Bissau
15- 1-22 Garoua                Nigeria           3?1 Sudan
                                [Chukwueze 3, Awoniyi 45, Simon 46; Khedr 70pen]
15- 1-22 Garoua                Guinea-Bissau     0?1 Egypt
                                [Salah 69]
19- 1-22 Garoua                Guinea-Bissau     0?2 Nigeria
                                [Sadiq 56, Troost-Ekong 75]
19- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Egypt             1?0 Sudan
                                [Abdelmonem 35]

 1.NIGERIA            3  3  0  0  6- 1  9
 2.EGYPT              3  2  0  1  2- 1  6
 3.Sudan              3  0  1  2  1- 4  1 
 4.Guinea-Bissau      3  0  1  2  0- 3  1

Group E

11- 1-22 Douala                Algeria           0?0 Sierra Leone
12- 1-22 Douala                Equatorial Guinea 0?1 Ivory Coast
                                [Gradel 5]
16- 1-22 Douala                Ivory Coast       2?2 Sierra Leone
                                [Haller 25, Pepé 65; Mu. Kamara 55, A. Kamara 90+3]
16- 1-22 Douala                Algeria           0?1 Equatorial Guinea
                                [Esteban 70]
20- 1-22 Douala                Ivory Coast       3?1 Algeria
                                [Kessié 22, I. Sangaré 39, Pepé 54; Bendebka 73]
20- 1-22 Limbe                 Sierra Leone      0?1 Equatorial Guinea
                                [Ganet 38]

 1.IVORY COAST        3  2  1  0  6- 3  7
 2.EQUATORIAL GUINEA  3  2  0  1  2- 1  6
 3.Sierra Leone       3  0  2  1  2- 3  2 
 4.Algeria            3  0  1  2  1- 4  1

Group F

12- 1-22 Limbe                 Tunisia           0?1 Mali
                                [Koné 48pen]
12- 1-22 Limbe                 Mauritania        0?1 Gambia
                                [A. Jallow 10]
16- 1-22 Limbe                 Gambia            1?1 Mali
                                [Mu. Barrow 90pen; Koné 79pen]
16- 1-22 Limbe                 Tunisia           4?0 Mauritania
                                [Mathlouthi 4, Khazri 9, 64, Jaziri 66]
20- 1-22 Limbe                 Gambia            1?0 Tunisia
                                [A. Jallow 90+3] 
20- 1-22 Douala                Mali              2?0 Mauritania
                                [Haidara 2, Koné 49pen]

 1.MALI               3  2  1  0  4- 1  7
 2.GAMBIA             3  2  1  0  3- 1  7
 3.TUNISIA            3  1  0  2  4- 2  3
 4.Mauritania         3  0  0  3  0- 7  0


Round of 16
23- 1-22 Limbe                 Burkina Faso      1?1 Gabon             [aet, 7-6 pen]
                                [B. Traoré 28; Guira 90+1og]
23- 1-22 Garoua                Nigeria           0?1 Tunisia
                                [Msakni 47]
24- 1-22 Bafoussam             Guinea            0?1 Gambia
                                [Mu. Barrow 71]
24- 1-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cameroon          2?1 Comoros
                                [Toko Ekambi 29, Aboubakar 70; Y. M'Changama 81]
25- 1-22 Bafoussam             Senegal           2?0 Cape Verde
                                [Mané 63, B. Dieng 90+2]
25- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Morocco           2?1 Malawi
                                [En-Nesyri 45+2, Hakimi 70; Mhango 7]
26- 1-22 Douala                Ivory Coast       0?0 Egypt             [aet, 4-5 pen]
26- 1-22 Limbe                 Mali              0?0 Equatorial Guinea [aet, 5-6 pen]

Quarterfinals
29- 1-22 Douala                Gambia            0?2 Cameroon
                                [Toko Ekambi 50, 57]
29- 1-22 Garoua                Burkina Faso      1?0 Tunisia
                                [Da. Ouattara 45+3] 
30- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Egypt             2?1 Morocco           [aet]
                                [Salah 53, Trezeguet 100; Boufal 7pen]
30- 1-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Senegal           3?1 Equatorial Guinea
                                [Diedhiou 28, Kouyaté 68, I. Sarr 79; Buyla 57]

Semifinals
 2- 2-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Burkina Faso      1?3 Senegal
                                [Touré 82; A. Diallo 70, I. Gueye 76, Mané 87]
 3- 2-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Cameroon          0?0 Egypt             [aet, 1-3 pen]

Third Place Match
 5- 2-22 Yaoundé (A. Ahidjo)   Burkina Faso      3?3 Cameroon          [3-5 pen; no extra time]
                                [Yago 24, A. Onana 43og, Dj. Ouattara 49; Bahoken 71, Aboubakar 85, 87]


Final
 6- 2-22 Yaoundé (Olembe)      Senegal           0?0 Egypt             [aet, 4-2 pen]



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