2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Group J 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 consists of four teams: Tunisia, Libya, Tanzania, and Equatorial Guinea.[1]

The teams will play against each other in home-and-away round-robin format 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]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Qualify for final tournament — 4–1 TBD TBD
2  Libya 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 TBD — 2–1 TBD
3  Tanzania 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 TBD TBD — 2–1
4  Equatorial Guinea 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 0–1 TBD TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches
Tanzania 2–1 Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Tunisia 4–1 Libya
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Tunisia
Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)
Libya 2–1 Tanzania
Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)
Libya Postponed Equatorial Guinea
TBC (Country TBC)[note 1]
Tunisia Postponed Tanzania
Equatorial Guinea Postponed Libya
Tanzania Postponed Tunisia
Libya Postponed Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea Postponed Tanzania
Tunisia Postponed Equatorial Guinea
Tanzania Postponed Libya

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of 19 November 2019).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes
  1. Libya will play their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
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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.
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