2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Group J 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: Tunisia, Libya, Tanzania, and Equatorial Guinea.^[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]

Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Final tournament		—	2–1	1–0	4–1
2	Equatorial Guinea	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Tanzania	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7			1–1	2–1	—	1–0
4	Libya	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3			2–5	2–3	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Tanzania	2–1	Equatorial Guinea
Msuva 69' Abubakar 90+2'	Report	Obiang 15'

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

19:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Tunisia	4–1	Libya
Khazri 33', 90' Khaoui 41', 52'	Report	Elhouni 45+1'

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

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Equatorial Guinea	0–1	Tunisia
	Report	Khazri 74'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

Libya	2–1	Tanzania
Al Warfali 68' (pen.) Saltou 81'	Report	Samatta 18' (pen.)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

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Libya	2–3	Equatorial Guinea
Al Warfali 55' (pen.) Bettamer 58'	Report	Josete 33' Obiang 90+1' Obama 90+4'

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11)

21:00 UTC+2

Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Tunisia	1–0	Tanzania
Msakni 18' (pen.)	Report

13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

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Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Libya
Salvador 27'	Report

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)

20:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Tanzania	1–1	Tunisia
Salum 48'	Report	Khaoui 11'

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)

22:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

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Libya	2–5	Tunisia
Ellafi 21', 54'	Report	Skhiri 39' Jaziri 48', 90+3' Dräger 51' Slimane 84'

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25)

21:00 UTC+2

Martyrs of February Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tanzania
Nsue 90'	Report

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25)

20:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

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Tunisia	2–1	Equatorial Guinea
Jaziri 4' Akapo 52' (o.g.)	Report	Chaouat 88' (o.g.)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)

14:00 UTC+1

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)

Tanzania	1–0	Libya
Msuva 45+2'	Report

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Seifeddine Jaziri
• Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
• Wahbi Khazri

2 goals

• Pedro Obiang
• Sanad Al Warfali
• Muaid Ellafi
• Simon Msuva

1 goal

• Josete Miranda
• Emilio Nsue
• Salomón Obama
• Iban Salvador
• Mohamed Bettamer
• Hamdou Elhouni
• Anis Saltou
• Salum Abubakar
• Feisal Salum
• Mbwana Samatta
• Mohamed Dräger
• Youssef Msakni
• Ellyes Skhiri
• Anis Ben Slimane

1 own goal

• Carlos Akapo (against Tunisia)
• Firas Chaouat (against Equatorial Guinea)

Notes

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

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.

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