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Revision as of 10:08, 10 January 2022

"2022 Africa Cup of Nations" redirects here. For the women's tournament, see 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2021
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryCameroon
Dates9 January – 6 February 2022[1]
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored4 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar (2 goals)
← 2019
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 9 January 2022.

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons,[2] is the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament is hosted by Cameroon,[3] and will take place from 9 January to 6 February 2022.[1]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2021 but the CAF announced on 15 January 2020 that due to unfavourable climatic conditions during this period, the tournament is taking place from 9 January to 6 February 2021.[4] On 30 June 2020, the CAF moved the tournament for the second time to January 2022 following the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent, whilst retaining the name 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes.[5]

Algeria are the defending champions, having won the 2019 edition.

Host selection

After the CAF Executive Committee meeting on 24 January 2014, it was announced that there were three official candidates for the 2021 edition:[6]

Bids:

  • Algeria
  • Guinea
  • Ivory Coast

Rejected Bids:

  • DR Congo
  • Gabon
  • Zambia

This list was different from the list of the host nation bids for both the 2019 and 2021 edition of the Cup of Nations as announced by CAF in November 2013, with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Zambia also on the original list.[7] All three official candidates also bid for hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

The decision of the host country was postponed from early 2014 to grant each bidding country adequate time to receive the inspection delegation.[6] After the final vote at the CAF Executive Committee meeting, on 20 September 2014, the CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 AFCON tournaments: 2019 to Cameroon, 2021 to Ivory Coast, and 2023 to Guinea.[8]

Host change

On 30 November 2018, CAF stripped Cameroon from hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[9] However, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad said that Cameroon had agreed to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Consequently, Ivory Coast, original hosts of 2021, will host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and Guinea, original hosts of 2023, will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[10][11]

On 30 January 2019, the CAF President confirmed the timetable shift, after a meeting with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[12]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place between 9 January and 6 February 2021. The preliminary round and two matchdays of the qualifying group stage had already been played between 9 October and 19 November 2019. The third and fourth matchdays of the qualifying group stage, which were initially scheduled to take place from 23 to 31 March and 1 to 9 June 2020 respectively, were postponed and all remaining qualifying matches rescheduled due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.[13]

On 19 June 2020, the CAF stated it was undecided about when continental competitions would resume, and were prioritising new schedules for the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals, the postponed 2020 African Nations Championship and the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations, alongside the 2021 Africa Cup of Nation, as football competitions across the continent had been postponed, cancelled or suspended.[14]

On 30 June 2020, however, the CAF announced the rescheduling of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to January 2022 "after consultation with stakeholders and taking into consideration the current global situation" according to a published statement, with new dates to be announced at a later date.[15] Subsequently, other continental competitions and events to be held were rescheduled or cancelled, including new dates for the remaining AFCON qualifiers, which were now to be completed by March 2021.[16] On 31 March 2021, it was confirmed that the final tournament would take place from 9 January to 6 February 2022, exactly one year after its originally scheduled start date.[1]

Qualification

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA ranking
at start of event
 Cameroon Hosts / Group F
winners		 8 January 2019 20th 2019 Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017) 50
 Senegal Group I winners 15 November 2020 16th 2019 Runners-up (2002, 2019) 20
 Algeria Group H winners 16 November 2020 19th 2019 Winners (1990, 2019) 29
 Mali Group A winners 17 November 2020 12th 2019 Runners-up (1972) 53
 Tunisia Group J winners 17 November 2020 20th 2019 Winners (2004) 30
 Burkina Faso Group B winners 24 March 2021 12th 2017 Runners-up (2013) 60
 Guinea Group A runners-up 24 March 2021 13th 2019 Runners-up (1976) 81
 Comoros Group G runners-up 25 March 2021 1st None Debut 132
 Gabon Group D runners-up 25 March 2021 8th 2017 Quarter-finals (1996, 2012) 89
 Gambia Group D winners 25 March 2021 1st None Debut 150
 Egypt Group G winners 25 March 2021 25th 2019 Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) 45
 Ghana Group C winners 25 March 2021 23rd 2019 Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) 52
 Equatorial Guinea Group J runners-up 25 March 2021 3rd 2015 Fourth place (2015) 114
 Zimbabwe Group H runners-up 25 March 2021 5th 2019 Group stage (2004, 2006, 2017, 2019) 121
 Ivory Coast Group K winners 26 March 2021 24th 2019 Winners (1992, 2015) 56
 Morocco Group E winners 26 March 2021 18th 2019 Winners (1976) 28
 Nigeria Group L winners 27 March 2021 19th 2019 Winners (1980, 1994, 2013) 36
 Sudan Group C runners-up 28 March 2021 9th 2012 Winners (1970) 125
 Malawi Group B runners-up 29 March 2021 3rd 2010 Group stage (1984, 2010) 129
 Ethiopia Group K runners-up 30 March 2021 11th 2013 Winners (1962) 137
 Mauritania Group E runners-up 30 March 2021 2nd 2019 Group stage (2019) 103
 Guinea-Bissau Group I runners-up 30 March 2021 3rd 2019 Group stage (2017, 2019) 106
 Cape Verde Group F runners-up 30 March 2021 3rd 2015 Quarter-finals (2013) 73
 Sierra Leone Group L runners-up 15 June 2021 3rd 1996 Group stage (1994, 1996) 108

Format

A total of 24 teams competed in the final tournament. Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot, with the other 23 teams qualified through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The teams in each group playeed a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group and the four highest ranked third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16. The round of 16 winners advanced to the quarter-finals and the quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third place match, while the semi-final winners contested the final.

Match ball

CAF announced the official match ball, named TOGHU, on 23 November 2021.[17]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with two referees from the CONCACAF chosen for the staff.[18]

Referees

Assistant referees

Video assistant referees

CAF announced the video assistant referees, with one referee from UEFA and one referee from the CONCACAF assigned.[18]

Draw

The final draw was originally scheduled to take place on 25 June 2021, but was postponed to 17 August 2021.[1][2][19] The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Cameroon (hosts)
 Algeria (title holders)
 Senegal
 Tunisia
 Nigeria
 Morocco

 Egypt
 Ghana
 Mali
 Ivory Coast
 Guinea
 Burkina Faso

 Cape Verde
 Gabon
 Mauritania
 Zimbabwe
 Guinea-Bissau
 Sierra Leone

 Sudan
 Malawi
 Comoros
 Equatorial Guinea
 Ethiopia
 Gambia

Venues

With the Africa Cup of Nations expanded from 16 to 24 teams, at least six venues are expected to be used across five Cameroonian cities.[20] The six stadiums selected to host matches are the Olembe Stadium and Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in the capital Yaoundé, the Japoma Stadium in Douala, the Limbe Stadium in Limbe, the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam and the Roumde Adjia Stadium in Garoua.[21] The opening match of the tournament and the final are set to take place at the newly built 60,000 seater Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé.[22]

Douala Yaoundé
Japoma Stadium Olembe Stadium Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 42,500
Garoua Bafoussam Limbe
Roumdé Adjia Stadium Kouekong Stadium Limbe Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Group stage

The top two teams of each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, advance to the round of 16. All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):[23]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams is still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are applied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon (H) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
3  Cape Verde 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Cape Verde 0–1 Burkina Faso.
Cameroon 2–1 Burkina Faso
Aboubakar 40' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.) Report Sangaré 24'
Ethiopia 0–1 Cape Verde
Report J. Tavares 45+1'
Cameroon 4–1 Ethiopia
 Report Hotessa 4'
Cape Verde 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report Bandé 39'
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Cape Verde 1–1 Cameroon
Rodrigues 53' Report Aboubakar 39'
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Ethiopia
Bayala 25' Report Kebede 52' (pen.)

Group B

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Guinea 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
3  Malawi 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Guinea 1–0 Malawi.
Senegal 1–0 Zimbabwe
Mané 90+7' (pen.) Report
Guinea 1–0 Malawi
I. Sylla 35' Report
Senegal 0–0 Guinea
Report
Malawi 2–1 Zimbabwe
Mhango 43', 58' Report Wadi 38'
Malawi 0–0 Senegal
Report
Zimbabwe 2–1 Guinea
 Report Keïta 49'

Group C

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Gabon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Comoros 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Ghana 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: CAF
Morocco 1–0 Ghana
Boufal 83' Report
Comoros 0–1 Gabon
Report Boupendza 16'
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Morocco 2–0 Comoros
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Gabon 1–1 Ghana
Allevinah 88' Report A. Ayew 18'
Gabon 2–2 Morocco
 Report
Ghana 2–3 Comoros
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

Group D

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3  Sudan 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
4  Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: CAF
Nigeria 1–0 Egypt
Iheanacho 30' Report
Sudan 0–0 Guinea-Bissau
Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Nigeria 3–1 Sudan
 Report Khedr 70' (pen.)
Guinea-Bissau 0–1 Egypt
Report Salah 69'
Guinea-Bissau 0–2 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Egypt 1–0 Sudan
Abdelmonem 35' Report

Group E

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Equatorial Guinea 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3  Sierra Leone 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CAF
Algeria 0–0 Sierra Leone
Report
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Ivory Coast
Report Gradel 5'
Ivory Coast 2–2 Sierra Leone
 Report
Algeria 0–1 Equatorial Guinea
Report Esteban 70'
Ivory Coast 3–1 Algeria
 Report Bendebka 73'
Sierra Leone 0–1 Equatorial Guinea
Report Ganet 38'

Group F

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Gambia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 3
4  Mauritania 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: CAF
Tunisia 0–1 Mali
Report Koné 48' (pen.)
Mauritania 0–1 Gambia
Report A. Jallow 10'
Gambia 1–1 Mali
Mu. Barrow 90' (pen.) Report Koné 79' (pen.)
Tunisia 4–0 Mauritania
 Report
Gambia 1–0 Tunisia
A. Jallow 90+3' Report
Mali 2–0 Mauritania
 Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  Cape Verde 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Advance to knockout stage
1 B  Malawi 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 F  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 3
4 C  Comoros 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
5 E  Sierra Leone 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 D  Sudan 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:[24]

  Possible combinations of third-placed teams
Third-placed teams
qualify from groups 		1A
vs 		1B
vs 		1C
vs 		1D
vs
A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
23 January – Limbe
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
29 January – Garoua
 
Runner-up Group C
 
 
 
23 January – Garoua
 
 
 
Winner Group D
 
2 February – Douala
 
3rd Group B/E/F
 
 
 
25 January – Bafoussam
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
30 January – Douala
 
3rd Group A/C/D
 
 
 
26 January – Limbe
 
 
 
Winner Group F
 
6 February – Yaoundé (Olembe)
 
Runner-up Group E
 
 
 
24 January – Bafoussam
 
 
 
Runner-up Group B
 
29 January – Douala
 
Runner-up Group F
 
 
 
24 January – Yaoundé (Olembe)
 
 
 
Winner Group A
 
3 February – Yaoundé (Olembe)
 
3rd Group C/D/E
 
 
 
26 January – Douala
 
 Third place play-off
 
Winner Group E
 
30 January – Yaoundé (Olembe)6 February – Yaoundé (Ahidjo)
 
Runner-up Group D
 
  
 
25 January – Yaoundé (Ahidjo)
 
  
 
Winner Group C
 
 
3rd Group A/B/F
 

Round of 16

Runner-up Group AR16-M1Runner-up Group C
Winner Group DR16-M23rd Group B/E/F
Runner-up Group BR16-M4Runner-up Group F
Winner Group AR16-M33rd Group C/D/E
Winner Group BR16-M53rd Group A/C/D
Winner Group CR16-M63rd Group A/B/F
Winner Group ER16-M7Runner-up Group D
Winner Group FR16-M8Runner-up Group E

Quarter-finals

Winner R16-M4Quarter-final BWinner R16-M3
Winner R16-M1Quarter-final AWinner R16-M2
Winner R16-M7Quarter-final CWinner R16-M6
Winner R16-M5Quarter-final DWinner R16-M8

Semi-finals

Winner Quarter-final ASemi-final 1Winner Quarter-final D
Winner Quarter-final BSemi-final 2Winner Quarter-final C

Third place match

Loser Semi-final 1vLoser Semi-final 2

Final

Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 4 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 9 January 2022).

2 goals

1 goal

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