2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K

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Group K 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: Ivory Coast, Niger, Madagascar, and Ethiopia. [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]

Ivory Coast and Ethiopia, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svgFlag of Ethiopia.svgFlag of Madagascar.svgFlag of Niger.svg
1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6411115+613 Final tournament 3–1 2–1 1–0
2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 6303106+49 2–1 4–0 3–0
3Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 62229908 1–1 1–0 0–0
4Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 6114313104 0–3 1–0 2–6
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg1–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
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Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–0Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
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Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg2–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
Niger  Flag of Niger.svg2–6Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
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Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–1Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
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Niger  Flag of Niger.svg1–0Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
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Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg1–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg3–0Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
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Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)

Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia.svg4–0Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
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Niger  Flag of Niger.svg0–3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg3–1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
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Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg0–0Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
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Goalscorers

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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