2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

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Group J 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: Tunisia, Libya, Tanzania, and Equatorial Guinea. [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]

Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Tunisia.svgFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svgFlag of Tanzania.svgFlag of Libya.svg
1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 6510145+916 Final tournament 2–1 1–0 4–1
2Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 63037709 0–1 1–0 1–0
3Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 62135617 1–1 2–1 1–0
4Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 610571583 2–5 2–3 2–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg2–1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg4–1Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
Report
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg0–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Report
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)
Libya  Flag of Libya.svg2–1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia) [note 1]
Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

Libya  Flag of Libya.svg2–3Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Report
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–0Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report
Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg1–0Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
Report
Estadio de Malabo , Malabo
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg1–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

Libya  Flag of Libya.svg2–5Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Report
Martyrs of February Stadium, Benghazi
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Equatorial Guinea  Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg1–0Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Report

Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2–1Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Report
Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg1–0Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 Libya will play their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.

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