2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E

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Group E 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: Morocco, Mauritania, the Central African Republic, and Burundi. [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]

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Morocco.svgFlag of Mauritania.svgFlag of Burundi.svgFlag of the Central African Republic.svg
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 6420101+914 Final tournament 0–0 1–0 4–1
2Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 623154+19 0–0 1–1 2–0
3Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 612361045 0–3 3–1 2–2
4Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 611451164 0–2 0–1 2–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg2–0Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
  • Mabidé Soccerball shade.svg5'
  • Mafouta Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
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Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg0–0Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
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Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg0–3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg2–0Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
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Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg1–1Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
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Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg4–1Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
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Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg3–1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
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Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: David Molise (Lesotho)
Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg0–2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Burundi  Flag of Burundi.svg2–2Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
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Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania.svg0–0Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg0–1Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
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Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg1–0Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
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Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. Central African Republic played home game in Cameroon due to their home stadium, Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, did not meet CAF standard. [9]

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