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]

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

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Final tournament — 3–1 2–1 1–0
2  Ethiopia 6 3 0 3 10 6 +4 9 2–1 — 4–0 3–0
3  Madagascar 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8 1–1 1–0 — 0–0
4  Niger 6 1 1 4 3 13 −10 4 0–3 1–0 2–6 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Madagascar 1–0 Ethiopia
  • Raveloson 18'
 Report
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Niger
 Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Joao Goma (Angola)
Ethiopia 2–1 Ivory Coast
 Report
Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
Niger 2–6 Madagascar
 Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Ivory Coast 2–1 Madagascar
 Report
Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Abidjan
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Niger 1–0 Ethiopia
  • Oumarou 73'
 Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Hassen Corneh (Liberia)
Madagascar 1–1 Ivory Coast
 Report
Barikadimy Stadium, Toamasina
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Ethiopia 3–0 Niger
 Report
Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)
Ethiopia 4–0 Madagascar
 Report
Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Niger 0–3 Ivory Coast
Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)
Ivory Coast 3–1 Ethiopia
 Report
Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Abidjan
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)
Madagascar 0–0 Niger
Report
Barikadimy Stadium, Toamasina
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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.

External links

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