African Nations Championship
FIFA Region
CAF
Season
2020
Location
Africa
Abbreviation
AFNNC

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# TeamsNew Teams Entering This RoundTeams From Previous RoundFormat
1st Round284 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)None14 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances
2nd Round322 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 Round6None2nd Round winners: Southern Zone (6)3 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances
Group16Winners: 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
Quarterfinals8None4 winners and 4 runners up from each group from Group StageKnockout matches
Semifinals4None4 winners from QuarterfinalsKnockout matches
Final2None2 winners from SemifinalsKnockout match

Final

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sun - 7 Feb 2021
 Mali 02 MoroccoStade Ahmadou Ahidjo

3rd Place Final

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sat - 6 Feb 2021
 Guinea 20 CameroonStade de la Réunification

Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Wed - 3 Feb 2021
 Mali 00 GuineaStade Omnisport de Douala
 Mali advances on PKs (5-4) 
 Morocco 40 CameroonLimbé Omnisport Stadium

Quarterfinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sat - 30 Jan 2021
 Mali 00 CongoStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
 Mali advances on PKs (5-4) 
 Congo DR 12 CameroonStade Omnisport de Douala
Sun - 31 Jan 2021
 Morocco 31 ZambiaStade de la Réunification
 Guinea 10 RwandaLimbé Omnisport Stadium

Group Stage

 Group ALeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Mali 32 -1-07-31211 -0-0310121 -1-04211
2Cameroon 31 -2-05-21121 -1-0421110 -1-01000
3Burkina Faso 31 -1-14-32121 -1-0431210 -0-1001-1
4Zimbabwe 30 -0-30-15-410 -0-1001-120 -0-2014-3
Quarterfinals
DateHome Status RoadVenue
16.01.21Cameroon 10 ZimbabweStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
 Mali 10 Burkina FasoStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
20.01.21Cameroon 11 MaliStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
 Burkina Faso 31 ZimbabweStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
24.01.21Burkina Faso 00 CameroonStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
 Zimbabwe 01 MaliStade Omnisport de Douala
 Group BLeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Congo DR 32 -1-07-42211 -0-0310121 -1-04321
2Congo 31 -1-14-22021 -1-0421110 -0-1001-1
3Niger 30 -2-12-23-110 -0-1012-120 -2-02110
4Libya 30 -2-12-12-120 -2-0211010 -0-1001-1
Quarterfinals
DateHome Status RoadVenue
17.01.21Libya 00 NigerStade Omnisport de Douala
 Congo DR 10 CongoStade Omnisport de Douala
21.01.21Libya 11 Congo DRStade Omnisport de Douala
 Congo 11 NigerStade Omnisport de Douala
25.01.21Congo 10 LibyaStade Omnisport de Douala
 Niger 12 Congo DRStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
 Group CLeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Morocco 32 -1-07-62421 -1-0410111 -0-03523
2Rwanda 31 -2-05-32110 -1-0100021 -1-04321
3Togo 31 -0-23-45-110 -0-1023-121 -0-13220
4Uganda 30 -1-21-37-420 -0-2037-410 -1-01000
Quarterfinals
DateHome Status RoadVenue
18.01.21Morocco 10 TogoStade de la Réunification
 Rwanda 00 UgandaStade de la Réunification
22.01.21Morocco 00 RwandaStade de la Réunification
 Uganda 12 TogoStade de la Réunification
26.01.21Uganda 25 MoroccoStade de la Réunification
 Togo 23 RwandaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
 Group DLeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Guinea 31 -2-05-63311 -0-0330320 -2-02330
2Zambia 31 -2-05-31221 -1-0431210 -1-01000
3Tanzania 31 -1-14-34-110 -1-0122021 -0-1312-1
4Namibia 30 -1-21-04-420 -1-1101-110 -0-1003-3
Quarterfinals
DateHome Status RoadVenue
19.01.21Zambia 20 TanzaniaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
 Guinea 30 NamibiaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
23.01.21Zambia 11 GuineaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
 Namibia 01 TanzaniaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
27.01.21Namibia 00 ZambiaLimbé Omnisport Stadium
 Tanzania 22 GuineaStade de la Réunification

3rd Round

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateMadagascar  12 Namibia  
22.09.19Madagascar 10 NamibiaMahamasina Municipal Stadium
19.10.19Namibia 20 MadagascarSam Nujoma Stadium
AggregateZimbabwe  31 Lesotho  
22.09.19Zimbabwe 31 LesothoNational Sports Stadium (Harare)
20.10.19Lesotho 00 ZimbabweSetsoto Stadium
AggregateEswatini  23 Zambia  
22.09.19Eswatini 01 ZambiaMavuso Sports Centre
19.10.19Zambia 22 EswatiniNational Heroes Stadium

2nd Round

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateBotswana  23 Zambia  
26.07.19Botswana 00 ZambiaFrancistown Stadium
03.08.19Zambia 32 BotswanaNational Heroes Stadium
AggregateComoros  02 Namibia  
26.07.19Comoros 02 NamibiaStade Saïd Mohamed Cheikh
04.08.19Namibia 00 ComorosSam Nujoma Stadium
AggregateMauritius  17 Zimbabwe  
28.07.19Mauritius 04 ZimbabweAuguste Vollaire Stadium
04.08.19Zimbabwe 31 MauritiusBarbourfields Stadium
AggregateMadagascar  33 Mozambique  
28.07.19Madagascar 10 MozambiqueMahamasina Municipal Stadium
04.08.19Mozambique 32 MadagascarEstádio do Zimpeto
 Madagascar advances w/more away goals (2-0) 
AggregateLesotho  62 South Africa  
28.07.19Lesotho 32 South AfricaSetsoto Stadium
04.08.19South Africa 03 LesothoVolkswagen Dobsonville Stadium
AggregateEswatini  22 Angola  
28.07.19Eswatini 11 AngolaMavuso Sports Centre
03.08.19Angola 11 EswatiniEstádio 11 de Novembro
 Eswatini advances on PKs (4-1) 
AggregateBurundi  06 Uganda  
21.09.19Burundi 03 UgandaStade Intwari
19.10.19Uganda 30 BurundiStar Times Uganda Stadium
AggregateSenegal  11 Guinea  
21.09.19Senegal 10 GuineaStade Léopold Sédar Senghor
20.10.19Guinea 10 SenegalStade du 28 Septembre
 Guinea advances on PKs (2-1) 
AggregateMauritania  02 Mali  
21.09.19Mauritania 00 MaliStade Olympique (Nouakchott)
20.10.19Mali 20 MauritaniaStade Omnisports Modibo Kéïta
AggregateEthiopia  12 Rwanda  
22.09.19Ethiopia 01 RwandaTigray Stadium
19.10.19Rwanda 11 EthiopiaStade Régional de Nyamirambo
AggregateGhana  01 Burkina Faso  
22.09.19Ghana 01 Burkina FasoBaba Yara Sports Stadium
20.10.19Burkina Faso 00 GhanaStade du 4-Août
AggregateNiger  21 Côte d'Ivoire  
22.09.19Niger 20 Côte d'IvoireGénéral Seyni Kountché Stadion
20.10.19Côte d'Ivoire 10 NigerStade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
AggregateCentral African Republic  16 Congo DR  
22.09.19Central African Republic 02 Congo DRStade Barthélemy Boganda
20.10.19Congo DR 41 Central African RepublicStade des Martyrs
AggregateEquatorial Guinea  23 Congo  
22.09.19Equatorial Guinea 22 CongoNuevo Estadio de Malabo
20.10.19Congo 10 Equatorial GuineaStade Alphonse Massamba-Débat
AggregateTogo  43 Nigeria  
22.09.19Togo 41 NigeriaStade de Kégué
19.10.19Nigeria 20 TogoAgege Stadium
AggregateTanzania  22 Sudan  
22.09.19Tanzania 01 SudanBenjamin Mkapa National Stadium
18.10.19Sudan 12 TanzaniaStade de Omdurman
 Tanzania advances w/more away goals (4-3) 

1st Round

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateEswatini  11 Malawi  
20.04.19Eswatini 00 MalawiMavuso Sports Centre
11.05.19Malawi 11 EswatiniKamuzu Stadium
AggregateBotswana  51 Seychelles  
20.04.19Botswana 20 SeychellesLobatse Stadium
11.05.19Seychelles 13 BotswanaStade Linité
AggregateDjibouti  35 Ethiopia  
26.07.19Djibouti 01 EthiopiaStade El Hadj Hassan Gouled
04.08.19Ethiopia 43 Djibouti
AggregateBurundi  41 South Sudan  
27.07.19Burundi 20 South SudanStade Intwari
04.08.19South Sudan 12 BurundiStar Times Uganda Stadium
AggregateSomalia  27 Uganda  
27.07.19Somalia 13 UgandaStade El Hadj Hassan Gouled
03.08.19Uganda 41 SomaliaStar Times Uganda Stadium
AggregateGuinea-Bissau  07 Mali  
27.07.19Guinea-Bissau 04 MaliEstádio Nacional 24 de Setembro
04.08.19Mali 30 Guinea-BissauStade Omnisports Modibo Kéïta
AggregateCape Verde Islands  12 Mauritania  
27.07.19Cape Verde Islands 00 MauritaniaEstádio Nacional de Cabo Verde
03.08.19Mauritania 21 Cape Verde IslandsStade Olympique (Nouakchott)
AggregateCentral African Republic  00 São Tomé e Principe  
27.07.19Central African Republic CANC São Tomé e PrincipeComplexe Sportif Barthelemy Boganda
03.08.19São Tomé e Principe CANC Central African RepublicEstádio Nacional 12 de Julho
 Central African Republic advances by walkover 
AggregateChad  45 Equatorial Guinea  
28.07.19Chad 33 Equatorial GuineaStade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
04.08.19Equatorial Guinea 21 ChadNuevo Estadio de Malabo
AggregateBenin  01 Togo  
28.07.19Benin 00 TogoStade Charles de Gaulle (Porto-Novo)
04.08.19Togo 10 BeninStade de Kégué
AggregateLiberia  13 Senegal  
28.07.19Liberia 10 SenegalAntoinette Tubman Stadium
03.08.19Senegal 30 LiberiaStade Léopold Sédar Senghor
AggregateTanzania  00 Kenya  
28.07.19Tanzania 00 KenyaBenjamin Mkapa National Stadium
04.08.19Kenya 00 TanzaniaMoi International Sports Centre
 Tanzania advances on PKs (3-2) 
AggregateTunisia  31 Libya  
21.09.19Tunisia 10 LibyaStade de Rades
20.10.19Libya 12 TunisiaStade Boubker Ammar
AggregateAlgeria  03 Morocco  
21.09.19Algeria 00 MoroccoStade Mustapha Tchaker
19.10.19Morocco 30 AlgeriaStade Municipal de Berkane