Africa Cup of Nations 2021

Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Groups

The 33rd edition of Africa Cup of Nations 2021 is scheduled from 9 January to 6 February 2021. Due to sponsors the tournament is known as AFCON, or Total Africa Cup of Nations organized by the Confederation of African Football(CAF). 

The tournament is originally scheduled to play in June and July 2021 but the COVID-19 pandemic tournament got postponed from 9 January to 6 February 2022.

The tournament is host by Cameroon with 24 teams are going to play with 6 venues. At final the 24 teams are divided into six groups of four teams each. All teams from each group going to play a single round-robin.  On 24 January 2014  the CAF Executive Committee meeting decided that there will be three official candidates for the 2021 edition(Algeria, Guinea, Ivory Coast).

The decision was postponed and after it was decided to host the 2021 tournament by Cameroon. Here we are updating about Africa Cup of Nations 2021 full tournament update with Qualifier, Fixtures & Schedules.

Africa Cup of Nations 2021

Africa Cup of Nations 2021

Draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Cameroon Egypt Cape Verde Sudan
Algeria Ghana Gabon Malawi
Senegal Mali Mauritania Comoros
Tunisia Ivory Coast Zimbabwe Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ethiopia
Morocco Burkina Faso Sierra Leone The Gambia

Venues

For Africa Cup Nations 2021 tournament they will use six venues within five cities, After the number of teams increase  from 16 teams to 24 teams they will use atleast six venues or may be increase.

The Final and the Opening match are set to take place in the newly build stadium Olembe Stadium with 60,000 seater.

  • Douala:Japoma Stadium(Capacity:50,000)
  • Yaounde: Olembe Stadium(Capacity:60,000)
  • Yaounde: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo(Capacity:42,500)
  • Garoua: Roumde Adjia Stadium(Capacity: 30,000)
  • Bafoussam: Kouekong Stadium(Capacity:20,000
  • Limbe: Limbe Stadium(Capacity:20,000)

Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Point Table

In each group stage, there will be 6 teams.

Group A – Teams and Fixture

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
2 Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Cape Verde 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4 Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
9 January 2022
Group A Team 1  Score Team 2
Group A Cameroon 2-1 Burkina Faso
Group A Ethiopia 0-1 Cape Verde
13 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group A Cameroon 4-1 Ethiopia
Group A Cape Verde 0-1 Burkina Faso
17 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group A Cape Verde 1-1 Cameroon
Group A Burkina Faso 1-1 Ethiopia

Group B- Teams and Fixture 

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Senegal 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
2 Guinea 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 Malawi 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4 Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
10 January 2022
Group B Team 1 score Team 2
Group B Senegal 1-0 Zimbabwe
Group B Guinea 1-0 Malawi
14 Janaury 2022
Group B Team 1 score Team 2
Group B Senegal 0-0 Guinea
Group B Malawi 2-1 Zimbabwe
18 January 2022
Group B Team 1 score Team 2
Group B Malawi 0-0 Senegal
Group B Zimbabwe 2-1 Guinea

Group C – Teams and Fixture

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
2 Gabon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3 Comoros 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
4 Ghana 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1
10 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group C Morocco 1-0 Ghana
Group C Comoros 0-1 Gabon
14 Janaury 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group C Morocco 2-0 Comoros
Group C Gabon 1-1 Ghana
18 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group C Gabon 2-2 Morocco
Group C Ghana 2-3 Comoros

Group D – Teams and Fixture

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2 Egypt 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3 Sudan 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
4 Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 1
11 January 2022
Group D Team 1 score Team 2
Group D Nigeria 1-0 Egypt
Group D Sudan 0-0 Guinea-Bissau
15 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group D Nigeria 3-1 Sudan
Group D Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Egypt
19 September 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group D Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Nigeria
Group D Egypt 1-0 Sudan

Group E – Teams and Fixture

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2 Equatorial Guinea 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3 Sierra leone 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
4 Algeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
11 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group E Algeria 0-0 Sierra leone
Group E Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Ivory Coast
16 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group E Ivory Coast 2-2 Sierra leone
Group E Algeria 0-1 Equatorial Guinea
17 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group E Ivory Coast 3-1 Algeria
Group E Sierra leone 0-1 Equatorial Guinea

Group F – Teams and Fixture

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mali 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2 The Gambia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 3
4 Mauritania 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0
12 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group F Tunisia 0-1 Mali
Group F Mauritania 0-1 The Gambia
16 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group F The Gambia 1-1 Mali
Group F Tunisia 4-0 Mauritania
20 January 2022
Group Team 1 score Team 2
Group F The Gambia 1-0 Tunisia
Group F Mali 2-0 Mauritania

2021 Africa Cup Round of 16

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Group A Group B Date Location Team for Quarter-final
Burkina Faso vs Gabon Nigeria vs Tunisia 23 January Limbe, Garoua Burkina Faso vs Tunisia
Senegal vs Cape Verde Mali vs Equatorial Guinea 25 January/ 26 January Bafoussam,  Limbe Senegal vs Winner R16-M8
Guinea vs Gambia Cameroon vs Comoros 24 January Bafoussam, Yaounde Gambia vs Cameroon
Ivory Coast vs Egypt Morocco vs Malawi 26 January/ 25 January Douala, Yaounde Winner R16-M7 vs Morocco

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2021 Africa Cup Quarter-finals

Location/Date Team for Quarter-final
Garoua/29 Jan Burkina Faso vs Tunisia
Douala/30 Jan Senegal vs equatorial Guinea
Douala/29 Jan Gambia vs Cameroon
Yaounde/30 Jan Egypt  vs Morocco

2021 Africa Cup Semi-finals

Location/Date Team for Semi-final
Yaounde/2 Feb Burkina Faso vs Senegal (1-3 )
Yaounde/3 Feb Cameroon vs Egypt (1-3)

2021 Africa Cup Finals

Location/Date Team for Final
Yaounde/6 Feb Senegal vs Egypt

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