Africa Cup of Nations qualifying – Results and Standings

After Sunday’s action 18 teams have qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroon, leaving 14 teams fighting for the remaining six places.

Africa Cup of Nations qualifying

Africa Cup of Nations matchday 6 qualifying results on Sunday:

Group A

At Windhoek

Namibia 2 (Shalulile 45+2, 77) Guinea 1 (Kane 17)

Group C

At Accra 

Ghana 3 (Opuku 12, J. Ayew 31-pen, Rahman 60) Sao Tome e Principe 1 (Carvalho 83)

At Omdurman, Sudan

Sudan 2 (Malik 5, Abdelrahman 31) South Africa 0

Group J

At Dar es Salaam

Tanzania 1 (Msuva 45+2) Libya 0

At Rades, Tunisia

Tunisia 2 (Jaziri 4, Akapo 52-og) Equatorial Guinea 1  (Chaouat 88-og)

Africa Cup of Nations matchday 6 final standings on Sunday (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Group A

Mali       6 4 1 1 10  4 13 – qualify

Guinea     6 3 2 1  8  5 11 – qualify

Namibia    6 3 0 3  8  7  9

Chad       6 0 1 5  2 12  1

Group C

Ghana      6 4 1 1  9  3  13 – qualify 

Sudan      6 4 0 2  9  3  12 – qualify

S. Africa  6 3 1 2  8  7  10

Sao Tome   6 0 0 6  3 16   0

Group J

Tunisia    6 5 1 0 14  5 16 – qualify

E. Guinea  6 3 0 3  7  7  9 – qualify 

Tanzania   6 2 1 3  5  6  7

Libya      6 1 0 5  7 15  3

Note: Group winners and runners-up qualify for finals in Cameroon.

State of play after matches on Sunday in qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon:

Qualifiers (18)

Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Contenders (14, for six places)

Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda

Eliminated (15)

Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

Disqualified (1)

Chad

Note: Djibouti, Liberia, Mauritius and Seychelles were eliminated in a preliminary round and Eritrea and Somalia did not enter.

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