2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the
Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
(CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the 33rd edition of the international men's
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championship of Africa. A total of 24 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
who qualified automatically as hosts.


Draw

The draw took place on 18 July 2019, 18:30
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), in
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
,
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. A total of 52 teams entered the tournament, including the hosts
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, while
Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
and
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
chose to not enter the qualifiers.


Seeding

The teams were seeded based upon their June 2019
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(ranking shown in parentheses). All 44 teams from Pot 1 to Pot 4 entered the competition at the group stage, while teams from Pot 5 had to compete at the
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in order to advance to the group stage. Each group contained one team from Pot 1, 2 and 3. Groups from A to D contained a winning team from the
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, while groups from E to L contained a team from Pot 4. Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.


Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying competition was as follows. After the rescheduling of the final tournament from June/July to January/February, the dates of matchdays 3–6 of the group stage were also rescheduled. Due to the
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, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice. FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed, and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF. 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. On 19 August 2020, CAF announced the second revised dates for both Africa Cup of Nations and FIFA World Cup qualifiers.


Preliminary round

All eight teams from Pot 5 were drawn into four ties and played in home-and-away two-legged format. The four winners advanced to the group stage to join the 44 teams which entered directly. They went to positions A4, B4, C4 and D4 respectively based on their tie number.


Group stage

The 48 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four teams (from Group A to Group L). Teams consisted of the 44 teams which entered directly, in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations hosts,
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, participated in the qualifiers with the team guaranteed a spot in the finals regardless of its ranking in the group. Their matches and results counted in determining the qualification of the other teams from their group. If Cameroon had finished out of top two teams in their group, a group runner-up would not have qualified for the main tournament. ;Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; # Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #
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scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Away goals scored in all group matches; #Drawing of lots.


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group F


Group G


Group H


Group I


Group J


Group K


Group L


Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italics'' indicates hosts for that year.


Goalscorers

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*{{fbicon, BDI Saidi Ntibazonkiza *{{fbicon, CTA Louis Mafouta *{{fbicon, RSA
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Vincent Aboubakar Vincent Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and captains the Cameroon national team. Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and mov ...
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Baba Rahman Abdul Rahman Baba (born 2 July 1994), also known as Baba Rahman, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Reading, on loan from Chelsea, and the Ghana national team. Beginning his career at Dreams FC, he played in th ...
*{{fbicon, GUI
Mady Camara Mohamed Mady Camara (born 28 February 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Roma, on loan from Olympiacos. He also represents the Guinea national team. Club career Ajaccio Camara began his ...
*{{fbicon, GUI
Sékou Condé Sékou Condé (born 9 June 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender. Club career After playing in the Ukrainian and Israeli football clubs in August 2015, Condé signed a contract with FC Olimpik Donetsk and made his ...
*{{fbicon, GUI Mamadou Kane *{{fbicon, GUI
José Kanté José Kanté Martínez (born 27 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Spain, he played for the Guinea national team, representing the country in three Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Born in Sabadell ...
*{{fbicon, GUI Seydouba Soumah *{{fbicon, GUI
Issiaga Sylla Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Montpellier and the Guinea national team. Club career Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse on 4 May 201 ...
*{{fbicon, GNB Marcelo Djaló *{{fbicon, GNB João Mário *{{fbicon, GNB Frédéric Mendy *{{fbicon, GNB Pelé *{{fbicon, GNB Alfa Semedo *{{fbicon, CIV Willy Boly *{{fbicon, CIV
Gervinho Gervais Yao Kouassi (born 27 May 1987), known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Aris and the Ivory Coast national team. Gervinho began his career at ASEC Abidjan and Toumod ...
*{{fbicon, CIV
Max Gradel Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Turkish club Sivasspor and the Ivory Coast national team. Gradel received his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national team i ...
*{{fbicon, CIV
Sébastien Haller Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller (born 22 June 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Ivory Coast national team. Haller began his career in France with Auxerre, and moved on loan to ...
*{{fbicon, CIV
Wilfried Kanon Serge Wilfried Kanon (born 6 July 1993) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays mainly as a centre-back for Finnish club HIFK and the Ivory Coast national team. Club career Early career Born in Taabo, Ivory Coast, Kanon made his debu ...
*{{fbicon, CIV
Jean Evrard Kouassi Jean Evrard Kouassi (born 25 September 1994) is an Ivorian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang Professional F.C., Zhejiang and Ivory Coast nati ...
*{{fbicon, KEN
Masoud Juma Masoud Juma Choka (born 3 February 1996) is a Kenyan Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Saudi club Al-Jabalain FC, Al-Jabalain and the Kenya national football team, Kenya national team. ...
*{{fbicon, KEN Cliff Nyakeya *{{fbicon, KEN
Michael Olunga Michael Olunga Ogada (born 26 March 1994) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatari club Al-Duhail and captains the Kenya national team. Club career Early career and Gor Mahia While still a student at the Upper ...
*{{fbicon, KEN
Johanna Omolo Johanna Ochieng Omolo (born 31 July 1989) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays for the Belgian club Oostende as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Nairobi, Omolo has played club football in Kenya, Belgium and Luxembourg for Co ...
*{{fbicon, LES
Masoabi Nkoto Masoabi Synous Nkoto (born 14 January 1992) is a Mosotho professional footballer who plays as a forward for Martyr's Memorial A-Division League club Jawalakhel YC and the Lesotho national team. Club career Jawalakhel Youth Club In March 2023 ...
*{{fbicon, LES
Jane Thabantso Jane Thabantso (born 22 January 1996) is a Mosotho professional footballer who plays as a forward for Matlama and the Lesotho national team. References 1996 births Living people Lesotho men's footballers Men's association football forw ...
*{{fbicon, LBR Kpah Sherman *{{fbicon, LBY
Mohamed Bettamer Mohamed Abdelkadir Bettamer (born 1 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Concord Rangers on loan from Hayes & Yeading United. Born in England, he represents Libya at international level. Early and persona ...
*{{fbicon, LBY
Hamdou Elhouni Hamdou Mohamed Elhouni ( ar, حمدو محمد الهوني, born 2 February 1994) is a Libyan professional footballer who plays for Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis and the Libya national team as a left winger. He has previously played for ...
*{{fbicon, LBY Anis Saltou *{{fbicon, MAD
Anicet Abel Anicet Abel Andrianantenaina (born 13 March 1990) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. Career AJ Auxerre Born in Antananarivo, Anicet began his career in his home town with Ajesaia ...
*{{fbicon, MAD
Ibrahim Amada Ibrahim Samuel Amada (born 28 February 1990) is a Madagascar, Malagasy professional Association football, footballer who last played for Ratchaburi F.C., Ratchaburi and the Madagascar national football team as a midfielder. Club career Amada was ...
*{{fbicon, MAD
Carolus Andriamatsinoro Charles Carolus Andriamatsinoro (born 6 July 1989), simply known as Andria, is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Najran and the Madagascar national team. Club career WA Tlemcen On 31 January 2011, Carolu ...
*{{fbicon, MAD Jeremy Morel *{{fbicon, MAD Rayan Raveloson *{{fbicon, MWI Gabadinho Mhango *{{fbicon, MWI
Gerald Phiri Gerald Phiri (born 6 October 1988) is a Zambian sprinter who participates in 60 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre events in both indoor and outdoor events. He began competing in athletics while in school and continued his career at Texas A&M Unive ...
*{{fbicon, MLI Mohamed Camara *{{fbicon, MLI
Moussa Djenepo Moussa Djenepo (born 15 June 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège and the Mali national team. Club career Early career Djenepo began his career at Yeelen Oly ...
*{{fbicon, MLI Moussa Doumbia *{{fbicon, MLI
Sékou Koïta Sékou Koïta (born 28 November 1999) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Mali national team. Club career On 8 January 2018, Koïta moved to Wolfsberger AC on loan ...
*{{fbicon, MLI Adama Traoré *{{fbicon, MLI
El Bilal Touré El Bilal Touré (born 3 October 2001) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Atalanta and the Mali national team. Club career Reims On 3 January 2020, Touré signed his first professional contract with Reims. He ...
*{{fbicon, MTN
Diallo Guidileye Diallo Guidileye (born 30 December 1989) is a Mauritanian footballer, who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Fath Union Sport, a club based in Rabat. Club career Guidileye began his career playing for AS Poissy, in the western suburb ...
*{{fbicon, MTN Hacen *{{fbicon, MTN Aboubakar Kamara *{{fbicon, MTN Bakary N'Diaye *{{fbicon, MTN Mamadou Niass *{{fbicon, MRI Ashley Nazira *{{fbicon, MRI Kevin Perticots *{{fbicon, MAR Zakaria Aboukhlal *{{fbicon, MAR
Noussair Mazraoui Noussair Mazraoui ( ar, نُصَيْر مَزرَاوِيّ; born 14 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Morocco at international level ...
*{{fbicon, MAR
Munir {{redirect, Monir, the village in Iran, Monir, Iran Muneer (also spelled Moneer, Monir, Mounir, or Muneyr, ar, منير, meaning ''illuminating'', ''lightsome'', ''bright'', ''luminous'') is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to: Given na ...
*{{fbicon, MOZ Kamo-Kamo *{{fbicon, MOZ
Mexer Edson André Sitoe (born 8 September 1988), known as Mexer, is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TFF First League club Bandırmaspor and the Mozambique national team. Brought to Europe by Sporting CP in 2010 ...
*{{fbicon, MOZ
Witi Witiness Chimoio João Quembo (born 26 August 1996), known as Witi, is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.D. Nacional as a winger. Club career Born in Beira, Witi began his career with Sporting Club da Be ...
*{{fbicon, NAM
Elmo Kambindu Wazza Elmo Kambindu (born 26 May 1993) is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a forward for South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purpos ...
*{{fbicon, NAM Chris Katjiukua *{{fbicon, NIG
Yussif Moussa Yussif Daouda Moussa (born 4 September 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Iraqi club Al-Talaba. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Niger national football team. Club career On 9 December 2021, he agreed to return to ...
*{{fbicon, NIG Youssef Oumarou *{{fbicon, NIG Amadou Wonkoye *{{fbicon, NGA
Peter Etebo Oghenekaro Peter Etebo (born 9 November 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Thessaloniki, on loan from Stoke City, and the Nigeria national team. Etebo started out at Warri Wolves where he spent three ...
*{{fbicon, NGA Samuel Kalu *{{fbicon, RWA Lague Byiringiro *{{fbicon, STP Marcos Barbeiro *{{fbicon, STP
Harramiz Harramiz Quieta Ferreira Soares (born 3 August 1990), known simply as Harramiz, is a Santoméan professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Portuguese Liga 3 club Alverca and the São Tomé and Príncipe national team. He ...
*{{fbicon, STP Iniesta *{{fbicon, STP Jocy *{{fbicon, STP Ludgério Silva *{{fbicon, SEN
Habib Diallo Mouhamadou Habibou "Habib" Diallo (born 18 June 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Senegal national team. Club career Metz In the summer of 2015, Diallo was promoted to th ...
*{{fbicon, SEN Cheikhou Kouyaté *{{fbicon, SEN Badou Ndiaye *{{fbicon, SEN
Opa Nguette Opa Nguette (born 8 July 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for the Senegal national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder and striker. Nguette was a France youth international, having represented his nation at under-18 to und ...
*{{fbicon, SEN
Sidy Sarr Sidy Sarr (born 5 June 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Currently a free agent, he most recently played for Primeira Liga club Chaves. He represents the Senegal national team. Club career In S ...
*{{fbicon, SEY Nigel Hoareau *{{fbicon, SLE
Mustapha Bundu Mustapha Bundu Shong Hames (born 28 February 1997) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Andorra, on loan from Belgian club Anderlecht. He also represents the Sierra Leonean national team. Born in Freeto ...
*{{fbicon, SLE
Kei Kamara Kei Ansu Kamara (; born 1 September 1984) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a striker for CF Montréal of Major League Soccer. He is one of only eleven players to have scored 100 goals in MLS history, achieving the l ...
*{{fbicon, RSA Lebogang Phiri *{{fbicon, RSA
Bongani Zungu Bongani Zungu (born 9 October 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa national team. Club career Having joined the University of Pretoria from Dynamos at the sta ...
*{{fbicon, SSD
Tito Okello Tito Lutwa Okello (1914 – 3 June 1996) was a Ugandan military officer and politician. He was the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986. Background Tito Okello was born into an ethnic Acholi family in circa 1914 ...
*{{fbicon, SSD Stephen Pawaar *{{fbicon, SSD Koang Thok *{{fbicon, SDN Ramadan Agab *{{fbicon, SDN Mohamed El-Rasheed *{{fbicon, SDN Ahmed Hamid *{{fbicon, SDN Seifeldin Malik *{{fbicon, TAN
Salum Abubakar Salum Abubakar (born 26 August 1992) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional footba ...
*{{fbicon, TAN Feisal Salum *{{fbicon, TAN
Mbwana Samatta Mbwana Ally Samatta (born 23 December 1992) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club Genk, on loan from Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe, and captains the Tanzania national team. Samatta began hi ...
*{{fbicon, TOG Elom Nya-Vedji *{{fbicon, TOG Hakim Ouro-Sama *{{fbicon, TUN Mohamed Dräger *{{fbicon, TUN
Youssef Msakni Youssef Msakni ( ar, يوسف المساكني; born 28 October 1990) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Qatar Stars League club Al Arabi, on loan from Al-Duhail, and the Tunisia national team. Msa ...
*{{fbicon, TUN Ellyes Skhiri *{{fbicon, TUN
Anis Ben Slimane Anis Ben Slimane ( ar, أنيس بن سليمان; born 16 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Sheffield United. Ben Slimane had a tumultuous youth career, playing for eight different clubs in twelve yea ...
*{{fbicon, UGA
Fahad Bayo Bayo Aziz Fahad is a Ugandan professional footballer currently playing for MFK Vyškov in the Czech National Football League. Bayo has played internationally for Uganda. Youth career Bayo was the top scorer in the Uganda National Secondary Scho ...
*{{fbicon, UGA
Halid Lwaliwa Halid Lwaliwa (born 22 August 1996) is a Ugandan footballer who plays as a centre-back for FK Bregalnica Štip and the Uganda national football team. Club career Born in Iganga, Lwaliwa attended St. Mary's Boarding Secondary School in Kiten ...
*{{fbicon, UGA
Emmanuel Okwi Emmanuel Arnold Okwi (born 25 December 1992) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and the Uganda national team. Club career Okwi played for Uganda Super L ...
*{{fbicon, ZAM
Clatous Chama Clatous Chama (born 18 June 1991), also known as Mwamba wa Lusaka, is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tanzanian Premier League club Simba Simba is a fictional character and the protagonist of Disney' ...
*{{fbicon, ZAM
Enock Mwepu Enock Mwepu (born 1 January 1998) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Having begun his career in his native Zambia, Mwepu signed for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 before moving Brighton & Hove Alb ...
*{{fbicon, ZAM Collins Sikombe *{{fbicon, ZIM Perfect Chikwende *{{fbicon, ZIM Prince Dube *{{fbicon, ZIM Tinotenda Kadewere *{{fbicon, ZIM Knowledge Musona , 1 own goal= *{{fbicon, CMR Macky Bagnack (against Cape Verde) *{{fbicon, CHA Mathieu Adoassou (against Namibia) *{{fbicon, EQG
Carlos Akapo Carlos Akapo Martínez (born 12 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes. Born in Spain, he represents the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Akapo was ...
(against Tunisia) *{{fbicon, GAM Mohammed Mbye (against Djibouti) *{{fbicon, GUI
Issiaga Sylla Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Montpellier and the Guinea national team. Club career Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse on 4 May 201 ...
(against Mali) *{{fbicon, MOZ Faisal Bangal (against Cape Verde) *{{fbicon, NGA
Chidozie Awaziem Chidozie Collins Awaziem (born 1 January 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Croatian club Hajduk Split on loan from Boavista. Club career Porto Born in Enugu, Awaziem joined FC Porto from Portuga ...
(against Lesotho) *{{fbicon, STP Jordão Diogo (against Sudan) *{{fbicon, TUN Firas Chaouat (against Equatorial Guinea)


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