2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

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Group J of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Tunisia, Libya, Tanzania, and Equatorial Guinea.[1]

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally scheduled between November 2019 and September 2020.[2][3]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice.[4] FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed,[5] and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF.[6]

On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament had been postponed from January 2021 to January 2022, without announcing the new dates of the remaining qualifiers.[7] On 19 August 2020, the CAF announced the new dates of the remaining qualifiers, with matchdays 3 and 4 rescheduled to be played between 9–17 November 2020, and matchdays 5 and 6 rescheduled to be played between 22 and 30 March 2021.[8]

Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 16 Final tournament — 2–1 1–0 4–1
2  Equatorial Guinea 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 9 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
3  Tanzania 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 1–1 2–1 — 1–0
4  Libya 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 2–5 2–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Tanzania 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
 Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius
)
20:00 UTC+1
Tunisia 4–1 Libya
 Report
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt
)
Libya 2–1 Tanzania
 Report
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia)[note 1]
Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi
)
Tunisia 1–0 Tanzania
 Report
Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola
)
Tanzania 1–1 Tunisia
 Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique
)
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Tanzania
 Report
Tunisia 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
 Report
Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR
)
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania 1–0 Libya
 Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia
)

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^
    ongoing civil war
    .

References

  1. ^ "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture (March 2020)" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ^ "Total AFCON 2021 qualifiers postponed". CAF. 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA.com. 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Cameroon 2021 qualifiers resume November, Qatar 2022 set for May 2021". CAF. 19 August 2020.

External links

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