2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B

Group B of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament is one of the 12 groups that will decide the teams which qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consist of four teams: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi, and South Sudan (winner of preliminary round).[1]

The teams will play against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally between November 2019 and September 2020.[2][3]

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

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.[7] 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.[8]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Burkina Faso 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 3–1 30 Mar
2  Uganda 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 7 22 Mar — 2–0 1–0
3  Malawi 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4 0–0 30 Mar — 1–0
4  South Sudan 4 1 0 3 2 4 −2 3 1–2 1–0 22 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2020. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches
Malawi 1–0 South Sudan
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Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Burkina Faso 0–0 Uganda
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Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
South Sudan 1–2 Burkina Faso
  • Pawaar  90'
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Referee: Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)
Uganda 2–0 Malawi
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Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Uganda 1–0 South Sudan
  • Lwaliwa  86'
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Referee: Messie Nkounkou (DR Congo)
Burkina Faso 3–1 Malawi
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Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Malawi 0–0 Burkina Faso
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Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djamal (Djibouti)
South Sudan 1–0 Uganda
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Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Uganda v Burkina Faso
South Sudan v Malawi
Burkina Faso v South Sudan
Malawi v Uganda

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match (as of 16 November 2020).

2 goals

1 goal

Notes
  1. South Sudan will play their home matches outside the country due to renovation of Juba Stadium.

References
  1. "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 23 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.
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