AFCON 2021 Qualifiers: Uganda Cranes to start campaign away from home

• AFCON 2020 Qualifiers (Group B)
• Opening Match Days (11^th – 19^th November 2019)
• Match Day 1: Burkina Faso Vs Uganda Cranes – Ouagadougou
• Match Day 2: Uganda Cranes Vs Malawi Flames – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole

Uganda Cranes will kick start the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualification campaign away from home.

Matchdays one and two of the gruelling campaign for these qualifiers will see the CECAFA giants travel to Ouagadougou for a date with Burkina Faso in November this very year.

Uganda will then host the Malawi Flames within the same week at the Mandela National Stadium before an eight-month break for month day three and four in August and September 2020.

On Matchday three, Uganda Cranes shall host the winner between Seychelles and South Sudan in Kampala before subsequently travelling away for the return leg.

Matchday five comes between 5^th – 13^th October 2020 with a home date against West Africans Burkina Faso.

The final match will be played away from home as Uganda travels to Malawi between 9^th – 17^th November 2020.

Only two countries will qualify from each of the 12 groups.

Uganda is in Group B that also has top seeds; Burkina Faso, Malawi and will be joined by the victorious side between islanders Seychelles and South Sudan.

Seychelles play South Sudan in a two-legged preliminary qualifier to determine who makes it to the group stages.

The final tournament in 2021 will be hosted by Cameroon.

Full Fixtures:

Match Day 1 & 2 (11th – 19th November 2019):

• Burkina Faso Vs Uganda Cranes – Ouagadougou
• Uganda Cranes Vs Malawi Flames – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole

Match Day 3 & 4 (31^st August – 8^th September 2020):

• Uganda Cranes Vs Seychelles / South Sudan – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole
• Seychelles / South Sudan Vs Uganda Cranes – Juba National Stadium

Match Day 5 (5^th – 13^th October 2020):

• Uganda Cranes Vs Burkina Faso – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole

Match Day 6 (9^th – 17^th November 2020):

• Malawi Flames Vs Uganda Cranes – Blantyre