2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D

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Group D 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: DR Congo, Gabon, Angola and Gambia (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]

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of The Gambia.svgFlag of Gabon.svgFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svgFlag of Angola.svg
1Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 631297+210 [lower-alpha 1] Final tournament 2–1 2–2 1–0
2Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 631286+210 [lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–0 2–1
3Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 62314519 1–0 0–0 0–0
4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 61144734 1–3 2–0 0–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (3), on head-to-head away goals scored (1) and on overall goal difference (+2). Overall goals scored: Gambia 9, Gabon 8.

Matches

Angola  Flag of Angola.svg1–3Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
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Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg0–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg2–1Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Report
Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg2–2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
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Independence Stadium, Bakau
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg2–1Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
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Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Referee: Kouassi Attiogbe (Togo)
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg0–0Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
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Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg2–1Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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Independence Stadium, Bakau
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg0–1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
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Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg3–0Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
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Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg1–0Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
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Independence Stadium, Bakau
Referee: Adissa Abdul Ligali (Benin)

DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg1–0Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
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Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg2–0Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
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Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.08 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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