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Group I of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament is one of the 12 groups that will decide the teams which qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consist of four teams: Senegal, Congo, Guinea-Bissau, and Eswatini.[1]

The teams will play against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally 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 had been postponed until further notice.[4] FIFA had 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]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 Final tournament 2–0 2–0 1–1
2  Guinea-Bissau 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 0–1 3–0 3–0
3  Congo 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–0 3–0 2–0
4  Eswatini 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2 1–4 1–3 0–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Guinea-Bissau 3–0 Eswatini
Report
Referee: Abdoul Ohabee Kanoso (Madagascar)
Senegal 2–0 Congo
Report

Eswatini 1–4 Senegal
Report
Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)
Congo 3–0 Guinea-Bissau
Report

Senegal 2–0 Guinea-Bissau
Report
Congo 2–0 Eswatini
Report
Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

Guinea-Bissau 0–1 Senegal
Report
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Eswatini 0–0 Congo
Report
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Congo v Senegal
Eswatini v Guinea-Bissau

Senegal v Eswatini
Guinea-Bissau v Congo

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of 15 November 2020).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture (March 2020)" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ^ "Total AFCON 2021 qualifiers postponed". CAF. 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA.com. 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Cameroon 2021 qualifiers resume November, Qatar 2022 set for May 2021". CAF. 19 August 2020.