2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group H

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Group H 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: Algeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana (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]

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Algeria.svgFlag of Zimbabwe.svgFlag of Zambia.svgFlag of Botswana.svg
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6420196+1314 Final tournament 3–1 5–0 5–0
2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 62226828 2–2 0–2 0–0
3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 621381247 3–3 1–2 2–1
4Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 61142974 0–1 0–1 1–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg5–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
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Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg0–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
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National Sports Stadium, Harare
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg0–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
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National Stadium, Gaborone
Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
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National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg2–1Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
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National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg3–1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg2–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
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National Sports Stadium, Harare
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood (Sudan)
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
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Francistown Stadium, Francistown
Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg0–1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
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Francistown Stadium, Francistown
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
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National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg5–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
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Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg0–2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
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National Sports Stadium, Harare
Referee: Molise Retselisitsoe (Lesotho)

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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