2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A

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Group A 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: Mali, Guinea, Namibia, and Chad (winners of the preliminary round). [1]

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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]

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Mali.svgFlag of Guinea.svgFlag of Namibia.svgFlag of Chad.svg
1Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 6411104+613 Final tournament 2–2 1–0 3–0 [lower-alpha 1]
2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 632185+311 1–0 2–0 1–0
3Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 630387+19 1–2 2–1 2–1
4Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 6015212101 0–2 1–1 0–3 [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 On 22 March 2021, CAF disqualified Chad due to government interference. As a result, the two final matches involving Chad were cancelled and awarded as 3–0 wins for their opponents. [9]

Matches

Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg2–1Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Report
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg2–2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Report
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Chad  Flag of Chad.svg0–2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg2–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg1–0Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Camara Soccerball shade.svg 45' Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid (Egypt)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Report
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Chad  Flag of Chad.svg1–1Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Report
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg1–2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Chad  Flag of Chad.svg0–3
Awarded [note 1]
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg1–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Report
General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg2–1Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Report
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg3–0
Awarded [note 2]
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. On 22 March 2021, CAF decided that the match scheduled for 24 March 2021 would be awarded as a 3–0 win for Namibia due to the disqualification of Chad. [9]
  2. On 22 March 2021, CAF decided that the match scheduled for 28 March 2021 would be awarded as a 3–0 win for Mali due to the disqualification of Chad. [9]

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