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Group H 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: Algeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana (winners of the preliminary round).

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally scheduled between November 2019 and September 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice. FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed, and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF.

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. 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.

Algeria and Zimbabwe, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 6 4 2 0 19 6 +13 14 Final tournament — 3–1 5–0 5–0
2  Zimbabwe 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 2–2 — 0–2 0–0
3  Zambia 6 2 1 3 8 12 −4 7 3–3 1–2 — 2–1
4  Botswana 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4 0–1 0–1 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Algeria 5–0 Zambia
Report
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, BlidaReferee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Zimbabwe 0–0 Botswana
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National Sports Stadium, HarareReferee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Botswana 0–1 Algeria
Report
National Stadium, GaboroneReferee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)
Zambia 1–2 Zimbabwe
Report
National Heroes Stadium, LusakaReferee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Zambia 2–1 Botswana
Report
National Heroes Stadium, LusakaReferee: Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)
Algeria 3–1 Zimbabwe
Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Zimbabwe 2–2 Algeria
Report
National Sports Stadium, HarareReferee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood (Sudan)
Botswana 1–0 Zambia
Report
Francistown Stadium, FrancistownReferee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)
Botswana 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report
Francistown Stadium, FrancistownReferee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Zambia 3–3 Algeria
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National Heroes Stadium, LusakaReferee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)
Algeria 5–0 Botswana
Report
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, BlidaReferee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Zimbabwe 0–2 Zambia
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National Sports Stadium, HarareReferee: Molise Retselisitsoe (Lesotho)

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 22 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.

External links

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