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 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]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 TBD 8 Sep
2  South Africa 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 TBD — 1–0 TBD
3  Sudan 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3 TBD 8 Sep — 4–0
4  São Tomé and Príncipe 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 0–1 TBD TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches
Sudan 4–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Ghana 2–0 South Africa
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
South Africa 1–0 Sudan
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Ghana
Referee: Messie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)
South Africa Postponed São Tomé and Príncipe
Ghana Postponed Sudan
São Tomé and Príncipe Postponed South Africa
Sudan Postponed Ghana
South Africa Postponed Ghana
São Tomé and Príncipe Postponed Sudan
Ghana v São Tomé and Príncipe
Sudan v South Africa

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 18 November 2019).

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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.
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