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2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

Group F of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided one of the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Rwanda.{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/news/draw-for-2021-africa-cup-of-nations-released |title=Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released |publisher=CAF |date=18 July 2019 |accessdate=23 July 2019}}

As the hosts of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 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.

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally scheduled between November 2019 and September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/imh0bgnhdjvis8tk8fi4.pdf|title=TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture|publisher=CAF}}{{cite web|url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/a4njucywncxydon5mqr5.pdf|title=TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 Fixture (March 2020)|publisher=CAF}}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice.{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/total-afcon-2021-qualifiers-postponed|title=Total AFCON 2021 qualifiers postponed|publisher=CAF|date=13 March 2020}} FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/dedicated-covid-19-working-group-proposes-recommendations-after-first-meeting|title=Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting|publisher=FIFA.com|date=3 April 2020}} and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-unanimously-approves-covid-19-relief-plan|title=FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan|publisher=FIFA.com|date=25 June 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/decisions-of-caf-executive-meeting-30-june-2020|title=Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020|publisher=CAF|date=30 June 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/cameroon-2021-qualifiers-resume-november-qatar-2022-set-for-may-2021|title= Cameroon 2021 qualifiers resume November, Qatar 2022 set for May 2021|publisher=CAF|date=19 August 2020}}

Cameroon, the group winners and tournament hosts, were joined by Cape Verde, the group runners-up, in qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

{{2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification group tables|Group F|only_pld_pts=no|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

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|stadium = Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

|attendance =

|referee = Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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|score = 2–0

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|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

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|score = 0–1

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|stadium = Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

|attendance =

|referee = Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032400/

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|time = {{UTZ|15:00|-1}}

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|score = 2–2

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|stadium = Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

|attendance =

|referee = Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

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|id = CPV v RWA

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|12|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|-1}}

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|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

|attendance =

|referee = Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

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|id = CMR v MOZ

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|12|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|1}}

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|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Réunification, Douala

|attendance =

|referee = Kalilou Traore Ibrahim (Ivory Coast)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032489/

}}

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|id = MOZ v CMR

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|16|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|CMR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032509/

}}

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|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

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|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|CPV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

|attendance =

|referee = Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032510/

}}

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|id = RWA v MOZ

|date = {{Start date|2021|3|24|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

|attendance =

|referee = Issa Sy (Senegal)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032530/

}}

{{Football box

|id = CPV v CMR

|date = {{Start date|2021|3|26|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|-1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|CMR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

|attendance =

|referee = Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032529/

}}

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|id = CMR v RWA

|date = {{Start date|2021|3|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Japoma Stadium, Douala

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032563/

}}

{{Football box

|id = MOZ v CPV

|date = {{Start date|2021|3|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|CPV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

|attendance =

|referee = Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/2021/matches/2032562/

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=20 |matches=12

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

}}

References

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External links

{{2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification}}

Group F