# 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group F

Group F of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 12 to 20 January 2022. The group consisted of debutants the Gambia, as well as Mali, Mauritania and Tunisia.
Mali and Gambia as the top two teams, along with Tunisia as one of the four best third-placed teams, advanced to the round of 16.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | May 2021 | December 2021 |
| F1 | Tunisia | UNAF | Group J winners | 17 November 2020 | 20th | 2019 | Winners (2004) | 26 | 30 |
| F2 | Mali | WAFU | Group A winners | 17 November 2020 | 12th | 2019 | Runners-up (1972) | 57 | 53 |
| F3 | Gambia | WAFU | Group D winners | 25 March 2021 | 1st | None | Debut | 152 | 150 |
| F4 | Mauritania | WAFU | Group E runners-up | 30 March 2021 | 2nd | 2019 | Group stage (2019) | 101 | 103 |
Notes
* ↑ The rankings of May 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

## Matches
### Tunisia vs Mali

| Tunisia | Mali |
| GK | 22 | Bechir Ben Saïd |
| CB | 6 | Dylan Bronn |
| CB | 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa | | 81' |
| RM | 21 | Hamza Mathlouthi | 22' |
| CM | 28 | Aïssa Laïdouni | | 67' |
| CM | 17 | Ellyes Skhiri | 47' |
| LM | 12 | Ali Maâloul |
| RF | 14 | Hannibal Mejbri | | 46' |
| CF | 10 | Wahbi Khazri (c) |
| LF | 23 | Naïm Sliti | | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | | 46' |
| MF | 25 | Anis Ben Slimane | | 67' |
| FW | 9 | Yoann Touzghar | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri | | 81' |
| Coach: ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Mounkoro |
| RB | 2 | Hamari Traoré (c) | 18' |
| CB | 17 | Falaye Sacko |
| CB | 5 | Boubakar Kouyaté |
| LB | 6 | Massadio Haïdara |
| CM | 8 | Diadie Samassékou |
| CM | 4 | Amadou Haidara | | 81' |
| RW | 14 | Adama Malouda Traoré | | 73' |
| AM | 21 | Adama Noss Traoré | | 59' |
| LW | 19 | Moussa Djenepo | 33' | 81' |
| CF | 18 | Ibrahima Koné | | 73' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Yves Bissouma | | 59' |
| FW | 10 | Kalifa Coulibaly | | 73' |
| FW | 7 | Moussa Doumbia | | 73' |
| MF | 11 | Lassana Coulibaly | | 81' |
| FW | 9 | El Bilal Touré | 87' | 81' |
| Coach: ||
| Mohamed Magassouba ||
* Man of the Match:
* Ibrahim Mounkoro (Mali)
* Assistant referees:
* Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)
* Issa Yaya (Chad)
* Fourth official:
* Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
* Video assistant referee:
* Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)

### Mauritania vs Gambia

| Mauritania | Gambia |
| GK | 22 | Babacar Diop |
| CB | 21 | El Hassen Houeibib | | 80' |
| CB | 14 | Mohamed Dellahi Yali |
| CB | 3 | Aly Abeid |
| RWB | 2 | Souleymane Karamoko | | 46' |
| LWB | 28 | Abdoulkader Thiam | | 66' |
| CM | 12 | Almike N'Diaye | 30' | 65' |
| CM | 8 | Guessouma Fofana |
| CM | 17 | Abdallahi Mahmoud | | 59' |
| CF | 27 | Aboubakar Kamara (c) |
| CF | 25 | Pape Ibnou Ba | 28' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 4 | Harouna Abou Demba | | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Souleymane Doukara | | 59' |
| FW | 7 | Idrissa Thiam | | 65' |
| FW | 11 | Oumar Camara | | 66' |
| FW | 10 | Adama Ba | | 80' |
| Coach: ||
| Didier Gomes Da Rosa ||
| GK | 1 | Modou Jobe |
| CB | 6 | Sulayman Marreh |
| CB | 5 | Omar Colley |
| CB | 26 | Ibou Touray |
| RWB | 12 | James Gomez | | 82' |
| LWB | 13 | Pa Modou Jagne (c) |
| CM | 3 | Ablie Jallow | | 64' |
| CM | 28 | Ebou Adams |
| CM | 19 | Ebrima Colley | 56' | 74' |
| SS | 10 | Musa Barrow |
| CF | 9 | Assan Ceesay | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 24 | Dembo Darboe | 90+1' | 64' |
| MF | 8 | Ebrima Darboe | | 64' |
| FW | 7 | Lamin Jallow | 90+1' | 74' |
| DF | 25 | Bubacarr Sanneh | | 82' |
| Coach: ||
| Tom Saintfiet ||
* Man of the Match:
* Musa Barrow (Gambia)
* Assistant referees:
* James Fredrick Emile (Seychelles)
* Carine Atezambong Fomo (Cameroon)
* Fourth official:
* Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
* Video assistant referee:
* Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)

### Gambia vs Mali

| Gambia | Mali |
| GK | 1 | Modou Jobe |
| RB | 14 | Noah Sonko Sundberg | | 73' |
| CB | 12 | James Gomez |
| CB | 5 | Omar Colley (c) |
| LB | 26 | Ibou Touray |
| DM | 6 | Sulayman Marreh | 24' |
| CM | 28 | Ebou Adams | | 83' |
| CM | 2 | Yusupha Bobb |
| RW | 3 | Ablie Jallow | | 83' |
| LW | 10 | Musa Barrow |
| CF | 9 | Assan Ceesay | | 73' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 21 | Saidy Janko | | 73' |
| FW | 19 | Ebrima Colley | | 73' |
| FW | 11 | Modou Barrow | | 83' |
| FW | 23 | Muhammed Badamosi | 90+4' | 83' |
| Coach: ||
| Tom Saintfiet ||
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Mounkoro |
| RB | 2 | Hamari Traoré (c) |
| CB | 17 | Falaye Sacko |
| CB | 5 | Boubakar Kouyaté |
| LB | 6 | Massadio Haïdara | 43' |
| CM | 11 | Lassana Coulibaly | 20' | 46' |
| CM | 8 | Diadie Samassékou | | 46' |
| CM | 20 | Yves Bissouma |
| RF | 14 | Adama Malouda Traoré |
| CF | 18 | Ibrahima Koné |
| LF | 19 | Moussa Djenepo | 40' | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Adama Noss Traoré | | 46' |
| MF | 4 | Amadou Haidara | | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Moussa Doumbia | | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Mohamed Magassouba ||
* Man of the Match:
* Yves Bissouma (Mali)
* Assistant referees:
* Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)
* Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)
* Fourth official:
* Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
* Video assistant referee:
* Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

### Tunisia vs Mauritania

| Tunisia | Mauritania |
| GK | 22 | Bechir Ben Saïd |
| RB | 21 | Hamza Mathlouthi |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa | 37' | 81' |
| CB | 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| LB | 12 | Ali Maâloul |
| CM | 25 | Anis Ben Slimane | 45+1' | 71' |
| CM | 17 | Ellyes Skhiri |
| CM | 18 | Ghailene Chaalali |
| RF | 8 | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | | 60' |
| CF | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri | | 71' |
| LF | 10 | Wahbi Khazri (c) | 15' | 80' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | | 60' |
| MF | 28 | Aïssa Laïdouni | | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Hamza Rafia | | 71' |
| FW | 7 | Youssef Msakni | | 80' |
| DF | 4 | Omar Rekik | | 81' |
| Coach: ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
| GK | 22 | Babacar Diop |
| CB | 21 | El Hassen Houeibib |
| CB | 14 | Mohamed Dellahi Yali |
| CB | 3 | Aly Abeid | | 14' |
| RWB | 4 | Harouna Abou Demba |
| LWB | 28 | Abdoulkader Thiam |
| RM | 7 | Idrissa Thiam | | 68' |
| CM | 12 | Almike N'Diaye | | 60' |
| CM | 8 | Guessouma Fofana |
| LM | 11 | Oumar Camara | | 60' |
| CF | 27 | Aboubakar Kamara (c) | 37' | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 23 | Mouhamed Soueid | | 14' |
| FW | 25 | Pape Ibnou Ba | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Hemeya Tanjy | | 60' |
| MF | 24 | Yacoub Sidi Ethmane | | 60' |
| DF | 2 | Souleymane Karamoko | | 68' |
| Coach: ||
| Didier Gomes Da Rosa ||
* Man of the Match:
* Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia)
* Assistant referees:
* Mahmoud Ahmed Abouelregal (Egypt)
* Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
* Fourth official:
* Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
* Video assistant referee:
* Mahmoud Mohamed Ashour (Egypt)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)

### Gambia vs Tunisia

| Gambia | Tunisia |
| GK | 18 | Baboucarr Gaye |
| RB | 12 | James Gomez | 89' |
| CB | 16 | Mohammed Mbye | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Omar Colley |
| LB | 13 | Pa Modou Jagne (c) |
| RM | 14 | Noah Sonko Sundberg | | 61' |
| CM | 15 | Ebrima Sohna | | 46' |
| CM | 2 | Yusupha Bobb |
| LM | 11 | Modou Barrow | | 85' |
| CF | 21 | Saidy Janko | | 62' |
| CF | 10 | Musa Barrow |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 3 | Ablie Jallow | | 46' |
| MF | 28 | Ebou Adams | 48' | 46' |
| DF | 26 | Ibou Touray | | 61' |
| FW | 23 | Muhammed Badamosi | | 62' |
| FW | 17 | Bubacarr Jobe | | 85' |
| Coach: ||
| Tom Saintfiet ||
| GK | 22 | Bechir Ben Saïd |
| RB | 21 | Hamza Mathlouthi | 45+2' | 57' |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa |
| CB | 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| LB | 13 | Ali Abdi |
| CM | 25 | Anis Ben Slimane |
| CM | 17 | Ellyes Skhiri (c) |
| CM | 28 | Aïssa Laïdouni |
| RF | 8 | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | | 57' |
| CF | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri |
| LF | 19 | Hamza Rafia | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Youssef Msakni | | 57' |
| DF | 20 | Mohamed Dräger | 90+2' | 57' |
| MF | 14 | Hannibal Mejbri | 90+2' | 68' |
| Other disciplinary actions: ||
| GK | 1 | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 45+3' |
| Coach: ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
* Man of the Match:
* Baboucarr Gaye (Gambia)
* Assistant referees:
* Soulaimane Amaldine (Comoros)
* Liban Abdourazak Ahmed (Djibouti)
* Fourth official:
* Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
* Video assistant referee:
* Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco)

### Mali vs Mauritania

| Mali | Mauritania |
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Mounkoro |
| RB | 2 | Hamari Traoré (c) | | 64' |
| CB | 17 | Falaye Sacko |
| CB | 5 | Boubakar Kouyaté |
| LB | 6 | Massadio Haïdara |
| CM | 4 | Amadou Haidara | | 82' |
| CM | 20 | Yves Bissouma | 60' | 63' |
| RW | 14 | Adama Malouda Traoré | | 74' |
| AM | 21 | Adama Noss Traoré |
| LW | 7 | Moussa Doumbia |
| CF | 18 | Ibrahima Koné | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 26 | Mohamed Camara | | 63' |
| DF | 12 | Moussa Sissako | | 64' |
| FW | 25 | Lassine Sinayoko | | 74' |
| FW | 10 | Kalifa Coulibaly | | 75' |
| MF | 23 | Aliou Dieng | | 82' |
| Coach: ||
| Mohamed Magassouba ||
| GK | 22 | Babacar Diop | | 81' |
| RB | 4 | Harouna Abou Demba | | 39' |
| CB | 14 | Mohamed Dellahi Yali (c) |
| CB | 3 | Aly Abeid | 48' |
| LB | 20 | Houssen Abderrahmane |
| CM | 23 | Mouhamed Soueid | | 62' |
| CM | 8 | Guessouma Fofana |
| CM | 18 | Bodda Mouhsine |
| RF | 11 | Oumar Camara | | 62' |
| CF | 25 | Pape Ibnou Ba |
| LF | 7 | Idrissa Thiam | 78' | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Souleymane Karamoko | | 39' |
| FW | 10 | Adama Ba | | 62' |
| MF | 26 | Beyatt Lekweiry | | 62' |
| GK | 1 | M'Backé N'Diaye | | 81' |
| MF | 24 | Yacoub Sidi Ethmane | | 81' |
| Coach: ||
| Didier Gomes Da Rosa ||
* Man of the Match:
* Moussa Doumbia (Mali)
* Assistant referees:
* Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)
* Lionel Andrianantenaina (Madagascar)
* Fourth official:
* Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
* Video assistant referee:
* Adil Zourak (Morocco)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)