Summary
The 2020 African Nations Championship (AFNNC) (Group Stage through Final) will be held in Cameroon from 16 January 2021 to 1 March 2021. A total of 48 of 54 national teams from FIFA's CAF region entered this tournament. This tournament is held in even-numbered years. Only national team players that play in their country's own domestic league are allowed to play for their national team in this tournament. With Cameroon being the host country, the Cameroon national team did not need to qualify and their play started with the Group Stage.
Prior to the Group Stage, the Qualification Phase, teams only play teams in their zone and all rounds are Home/Away, highest aggregate goals advance. If after applying the "Away Goals Rule", teams are still tied, they go directly to a penalty shoot out. At the end of the Group Stage, table ranking ties will be broken by (1) head-to-head goal difference, (2) head-to-head goals scored, (3) in-group goal difference, (4) in group goals scored, then (5) a drawing.
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Competition Structure
Stage | # Teams | New Teams Entering This Round | Teams From Previous Round | Format |
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1st Round | 28 | 4 teams from Central Zone (Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Principe), 8 teams from Central Eastern Zone (Burundi, Djbouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda), 4 teams from Northern Zone (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco), 4 teams from Southern Zone (Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Seychelles), 6 teams from Western Zone A (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal), 2 teams from Western Zone B (Benin, Togo) | None | 14 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
2nd Round | 32 | 2 teams from Central Zone (Congo, Congo DR), 2 teams from Central Eastern Zone (Rwanda, Sudan), 10 teams from Southern Zone (Angola, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), 1 teams from Western Zone A (Guinea), 5 teams from Western Zone B (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria) | 1st Round winners: Central Zone (2), Central Eastern Zone (4), Southern Zone (2), Western Zone A (3), Western Zone B (1) | 16 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
3rd Round | 6 | None | 2nd Round winners: Southern Zone (6) | 3 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
Group | 16 | Winners: Central Zone 2nd Round (2), Central Eastern Zone 2nd Round (3), Northern Zone 1st Round (2), Southern Zone 3rd Round (3), Western Zone A 2nd Round (2) Western Zone B 2nd Round (3), Host Country: Cameroon | 4 groups of 4 with 1 match against each team in group | |
Quarterfinals | 8 | None | 4 winners and 4 runners up from each group from Group Stage | Knockout matches |
Semifinals | 4 | None | 4 winners from Quarterfinals | Knockout matches |
Final | 2 | None | 2 winners from Semifinals | Knockout match |
3rd Place Final
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Quarterfinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Group Stage
Group A | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | Mali | 3 | 2 -1-0 | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 -0-3 | 0 | - | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
Quarterfinals |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Mali | 10 | Burkina Faso | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Burkina Faso | 31 | Zimbabwe | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo |
24.01.21 | Burkina Faso | 00 | Cameroon | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Group B | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | Congo DR | 3 | 2 -1-0 | 7 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Congo | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
3 | Niger | 3 | 0 -2-1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Libya | 3 | 0 -2-1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Quarterfinals |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Group C | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 -1-0 | 7 | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
2 | Rwanda | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Togo | 3 | 1 -0-2 | 3 | - | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 -1-2 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | -4 | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarterfinals |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Group D | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | Guinea | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Zambia | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 -1-2 | 1 | - | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
Quarterfinals |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
3rd Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Madagascar | 12 | Namibia |
22.09.19 | Madagascar | 10 | Namibia | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium |
19.10.19 | Namibia | 20 | Madagascar | Sam Nujoma Stadium |
Aggregate | Zimbabwe | 31 | Lesotho |
Aggregate | Eswatini | 23 | Zambia |
2nd Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Botswana | 23 | Zambia |
Aggregate | Comoros | 02 | Namibia |
Aggregate | Mauritius | 17 | Zimbabwe |
Aggregate | Madagascar | 33 | Mozambique |
28.07.19 | Madagascar | 10 | Mozambique | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium |
04.08.19 | Mozambique | 32 | Madagascar | Estádio do Zimpeto | ||
Madagascar advances w/more away goals (2-0) |
Aggregate | Lesotho | 62 | South Africa |
28.07.19 | Lesotho | 32 | South Africa | Setsoto Stadium |
04.08.19 | South Africa | 03 | Lesotho | Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium |
Aggregate | Eswatini | 22 | Angola |
Aggregate | Burundi | 06 | Uganda |
Aggregate | Senegal | 11 | Guinea |
Aggregate | Mauritania | 02 | Mali |
21.09.19 | Mauritania | 00 | Mali | Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) |
20.10.19 | Mali | 20 | Mauritania | Stade Omnisports Modibo Kéïta |
Aggregate | Ethiopia | 12 | Rwanda |
Aggregate | Ghana | 01 | Burkina Faso |
22.09.19 | Ghana | 01 | Burkina Faso | Baba Yara Sports Stadium |
20.10.19 | Burkina Faso | 00 | Ghana | Stade du 4-Août |
Aggregate | Niger | 21 | Côte d'Ivoire |
22.09.19 | Niger | 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | Général Seyni Kountché Stadion |
20.10.19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10 | Niger | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
Aggregate | Central African Republic | 16 | Congo DR |
22.09.19 | Central African Republic | 02 | Congo DR | Stade Barthélemy Boganda |
20.10.19 | Congo DR | 41 | Central African Republic | Stade des Martyrs |
Aggregate | Equatorial Guinea | 23 | Congo |
22.09.19 | Equatorial Guinea | 22 | Congo | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo |
20.10.19 | Congo | 10 | Equatorial Guinea | Stade Alphonse Massamba-Débat |
Aggregate | Togo | 43 | Nigeria |
Aggregate | Tanzania | 22 | Sudan |
1st Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Eswatini | 11 | Malawi |
Aggregate | Botswana | 51 | Seychelles |
20.04.19 | Botswana | 20 | Seychelles | Lobatse Stadium |
11.05.19 | Seychelles | 13 | Botswana | Stade Linité |
Aggregate | Djibouti | 35 | Ethiopia |
Aggregate | Burundi | 41 | South Sudan |
27.07.19 | Burundi | 20 | South Sudan | Stade Intwari |
04.08.19 | South Sudan | 12 | Burundi | Star Times Uganda Stadium |
Aggregate | Somalia | 27 | Uganda |
Aggregate | Guinea-Bissau | 07 | Mali |
27.07.19 | Guinea-Bissau | 04 | Mali | Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro |
04.08.19 | Mali | 30 | Guinea-Bissau | Stade Omnisports Modibo Kéïta |
Aggregate | Cape Verde Islands | 12 | Mauritania |
27.07.19 | Cape Verde Islands | 00 | Mauritania | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde |
03.08.19 | Mauritania | 21 | Cape Verde Islands | Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) |
Aggregate | Central African Republic | 00 | São Tomé e Principe |
27.07.19 | Central African Republic | CANC | São Tomé e Principe | Complexe Sportif Barthelemy Boganda |
03.08.19 | São Tomé e Principe | CANC | Central African Republic | Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho | ||
Central African Republic advances by walkover |
Aggregate | Chad | 45 | Equatorial Guinea |
28.07.19 | Chad | 33 | Equatorial Guinea | Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya |
04.08.19 | Equatorial Guinea | 21 | Chad | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo |
Aggregate | Benin | 01 | Togo |
Aggregate | Liberia | 13 | Senegal |
Aggregate | Tanzania | 00 | Kenya |
Aggregate | Tunisia | 31 | Libya |
Aggregate | Algeria | 03 | Morocco |