CAF Africa Cup of Nations-2021 (Cameroon)

The 2021 CAF Africa Cup of Nations was held in Cameroon with 24 teams. Senegal won the tournament, beating Egypt in the final 0:0 (4:2 on penalties). Egypt finished second, Cameroon third and Burkina Faso fourth. Below you will find the final order of the teams, the group tables, the knockout bracket and the rating points every team received.

#	Group A	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cameroon ★★★★★ 2 2	CAF	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
2	Burkina Faso 1 2Burkina Faso and Cape Verde both finished on 4 points with identical goal difference (0); decided by total goals scored in the group (Burkina Faso 3 vs Cape Verde 2).	CAF	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Cape VerdeBurkina Faso and Cape Verde tied on points and goal difference; decided by goals scored. Cape Verde finished 3rd in its group but ranked among the top four third-placed teams (1st overall) and advanced to the Round of 16.	CAF	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Ethiopia ★ 1 1	CAF	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

#	Group B	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Senegal ★ 2	CAF	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	5
2	Guinea 1Guinea and Malawi were fully identical on every statistic (4 points, goal difference 0, 2 goals for/against); their head-to-head on 10 January — won 1-0 by Guinea — was the decisive criterion.	CAF	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	MalawiGuinea and Malawi were statistically identical; decided by their head-to-head (won 1-0 by Guinea). Malawi finished 3rd in its group but ranked among the top four third-placed teams (2nd overall) and advanced to the Round of 16.	CAF	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Zimbabwe	CAF	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	1

#	Group C	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morocco ★ 1 1	CAF	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
2	Gabon	CAF	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5
3	ComorosComoros finished 3rd in its group with 3 points and goal difference -2 — ranked among the top four third-placed teams (4th overall), reaching the knockout stage on their tournament debut.	CAF	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2
4	Ghana ★★★★ 5 1	CAF	3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1

#	Group D	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria ★★★ 5 8	CAF	3	3	0	0	6	1	5	9
2	Egypt 7 3 2	CAF	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	6
3	Sudan ★ 2 1Sudan and Guinea-Bissau both finished on 1 point with identical goal difference (-3); Sudan placed 3rd on more goals scored (1 vs 0).	CAF	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
4	Guinea-Bissau	CAF	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

#	Group E	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Côte d'Ivoire ★★★ 2 5	CAF	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	7
2	Equatorial Guinea	CAF	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	6
3	Sierra Leone	CAF	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
4	Algeria ★★ 1 2Defending champions Algeria were eliminated at the group stage, losing to Ivory Coast in matchday three.	CAF	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

#	Group F	Conf	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mali 1 2	CAF	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
2	GambiaThe Gambia's AFCON debut.	CAF	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	7
3	Tunisia ★ 2 1Tunisia finished 3rd in its group with 3 points and the best goal difference (+2) among the third-placed teams — ranked among the top four (3rd overall).	CAF	3	1	0	2	4	2	2	3
4	Mauritania	CAF	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7	0