2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group G

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Group G 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: Egypt, Kenya, Togo, and Comoros. [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]

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Egypt.svgFlag of the Comoros.svgFlag of Kenya.svgFlag of Togo.svg
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6330103+712 Final tournament 4–0 1–1 1–0
2Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 62314629 0–0 2–1 0–0
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 61417707 1–1 1–1 1–1
4Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 60243852 1–3 0–1 1–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Togo  Flag of Togo.svg0–1Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Report
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Report

Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0–0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–1Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Report
Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–1Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Report
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–0Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg2–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Report
Togo  Flag of Togo.svg1–3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0–0Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Report
Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg4–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
Togo  Flag of Togo.svg1–2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Report
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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