2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F

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Group F of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided one of the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Rwanda. [1]

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As the hosts of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon participated in the qualifiers with the team guaranteed a spot in the finals regardless of its ranking in the group. Their matches and results counted in determining the qualification of the other teams from their group.

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]

Cameroon, the group winners and tournament hosts, were joined by Cape Verde, the group runners-up, in qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Cameroon.svgFlag of Cape Verde.svgFlag of Rwanda.svgFlag of Mozambique.svg
1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 632184+411 Final tournament 0–0 0–0 4–1
2Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 624063+310 3–1 0–0 2–2
3Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 61321326 0–1 0–0 1–0
4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 611451054 0–2 0–1 2–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–0Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Report
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg2–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Report
Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg0–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg2–2Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia
Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg0–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Report
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg4–1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
Stade de la Réunification, Douala
Referee: Kalilou Traore Ibrahim (Ivory Coast)

Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg0–2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Report
Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg0–0Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg1–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Report
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg3–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Report
Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia
Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg0–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Report
Japoma Stadium, Douala
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg0–1Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Report
Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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