2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group C

Group C 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: Ghana, South Africa, Sudan, and São Tomé and Príncipe (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  Ghana 4 3 0 1 5 1 +4 9[lower-alpha 1] Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 2–0 30 Mar
2  South Africa 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 9[lower-alpha 1] 22 Mar — 1–0 2–0
3  Sudan 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6 1–0 30 Mar — 4–0
4  São Tomé and Príncipe (E) 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0 0–1 2–4 22 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2020. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated.
Notes:
  1. Ranked on H2H record: Ghana 3, South Africa 0.

Matches
Sudan 4–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Ghana 2–0 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
South Africa 1–0 Sudan
 Report
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Ghana
Report
Referee: Messie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)
Ghana 2–0 Sudan
 Report
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
South Africa 2–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Report
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)
São Tomé and Príncipe 2–4 South Africa
 Report
Referee: Tawel Camara Younoussa (Guinea)
Sudan 1–0 Ghana
  • Abdelrahman  90+2'
 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
South Africa v Ghana
São Tomé and Príncipe v Sudan
Ghana v São Tomé and Príncipe
Sudan v South Africa

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match (as of 17 November 2020).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the São Toméan Football Federation agreed to play their home match against South Africa in Port Elizabeth.[9]

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.
  9. "Sao Tome and Principe agree to play home qualifier in South Africa". Kickoff.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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