2021 In Association Football
The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the year 2021 throughout the world. Events Men's national teams FIFA * 22 July – 7 August: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 19–29 August: 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 12 September – 3 October: 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 30 November – 18 December: 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: AFC =AFF= * 5 December – 1 January 2022: 2020 AFF Championship in ** : ** : ** : ** =CAFA= * 19–23 November: 2021 CAFA U-15 Championship in Dushanbe ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: =SAFF= * 1–16 October: 2021 SAFF Championship in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: =WAFF= * 4–12 October: 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship in ** : ** : ** : ** : * 20 November – 1 December: 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship in ** : ** : UAFA * 20–29 May: 2021 Arab Futsal Cup in ** : ** : ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 COSAFA Cup
The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). It took place on 6–18 July 2021. Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019. Participating nations Venue Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Draw The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Grouping line Match officials Referees #Abongile Tom (South Africa) #Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) #Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola) #Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles) # Akhona Makalima (South Africa) #Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini) #Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique) #Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana) #Osiase Koto (Lesotho) #Audrick Nkole (Zambia) Assistant Referees #Diana Chikotesha (Zambi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Three Nations Cup (Nepal)
The 2021 Three Nations Cup was a friendly international association football tournament organised and control by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). Venue All matches were held at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ..., Nepal. Standings Matches League stage ---- ---- Final Statistics References {{reflist International association football competitions hosted by Nepal 2020–21 in Nepalese football March 2021 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 UEFA Nations League Finals
The 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international Association football, football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. The tournament was held in Italy from 6 to 10 October 2021, and was contested by the four group winners of 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A, Nations League A. The tournament consisted of two semi-finals, a third place play-off and final to determine the champions of the UEFA Nations League. While originally scheduled for 2 to 6 June 2021, the tournament was pushed back due to the postponement of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021. Portugal national football team, Portugal were the defending champions, having won the inaugural 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, 2019 finals. However, they failed to qualify for the 2021 finals after finishing second in their group behind France national f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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UEFA Euro 2020
The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international men's association football, football championship of Europe organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition, UEFA president Michel Platini declared that the tournament would be hosted in several nations as a "romantic" one-off event, with 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries each providing venues for the tournament, making it the second senior international tournament in history after the 2007 AFC Asian Cup to have more than two nations co-hosting it. Portugal national football team, Portugal were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium national football team, Belgium. Italy national football team, Italy won their second European Championship ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021) was the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (26th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. Initially, 12 teams were to play in the tournament, however on 6 February 2019, UEFA's executive committee increased this number to 16. Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate. The tournament was co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia. It was originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 26 June 2021. However, the tournament was rescheduled following the postponement of UEFA Euro 2020 to June/July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates were to be decided initially on 27 May 2020, but then postponed to 17 June 2020, where the UEFA Executive Committee meeting discussed the calendar and format of the tourna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Copa América
The 2021 Copa América was the 47th edition of the Copa América, the international men's association football, football championship organised by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament took place in Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 12 June to 12 July 2020 in Argentina and Colombia as the 2020 Copa América. On 17 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America, the tournament had been postponed for a year, in conjunction with UEFA's decision to also postpone UEFA Euro 2020 to 2021. This was the first time since 1991 Copa América, 1991 where no guest nation took part in the tournament. On 20 May 2021, Colombia was removed as co-host amid 2021 Colombian protests, ongoing protests against President Iván Duque Márquez, and Argentina was then removed on 30 May due to COVID-19 issues. The following day CONMEBOL confirmed Brazil as the new host of the tournament. Hosts Brazil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's association football, soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean regions organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was originally scheduled from 2 through July 25, 2021, but was later rescheduled for July 10 through August 1. Mexico national football team, Mexico were the defending champions. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used at the tournament. The United States men's national soccer team, United States won their seventh Gold Cup title by defeating Mexico 1–0 in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, final at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Qualified teams Twelve teams qualified directly via the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. These were the four group winners of 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A, League A, four group runners-up of 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A, League A and the four group winners of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
The 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League, 2019–20 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the inaugural season of the international Association football, football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The event was held from June 3 to 6, 2021 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, United States, and was contested by the four group winners of 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A, League A. The event consisted of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and final to determine the inaugural champions of the CONCACAF Nations League. The United States men's national soccer team, United States defeated Mexico national football team, Mexico 3–2 after Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time in the 2021 CONCACAF Nations League final, final to become the first champions of the CONCACAF Nations League. Format The CONCACAF Nations League Finals took plac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
The 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala between 1–10 May 2020. However, on 19 March 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF confirmed Guatemala as host and that the dates are going to be May 3–9, 2021. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CONCACAF representatives. Costa Rica, the defending champions, won their third straight and fourth overall title. They, along with runners-up the Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Africa U-17 Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the teams that would have participated in the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2004 or later were eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams qualified and would have played in the final tournament, including Morocco who qualified automatically as hosts. Teams This will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *(H): Qualifying tournament hosts *(Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results *(D): Disqualified Schedule The qualifying competition is split into regional competitions, with the teams entering the qualifying tournament of their zone. The final arrangements of the zonal qualifiers were decided lat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 UNAF U-20 Tournament
The 2021 UNAF U-20 Tournament is the 14th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament will take place in Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ..., from 8 to 17 November 2021. Participants * * * * ' * ' * ' Venues Squads Tournament Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- Champion Scorers ;4 goals * Ely Housseinou Sy ;2 goals * Jorès Rahou * Ahmed Helmi Abdelhamid * Abderrahman Zaki Ahmed * Abdallah Faraj Al Ferjani * Ghaith Whaibi * Mohamed Amine Kechiche * Youssef Snana ;1 goal * Sarvantes Casado Noa * Idriss Bounaas * Ahmed Cherif Zaki * Ahmed Fathi Abdelwahab * Fahd Mohamed * Mohamed Ali Diadié * Issa M’Bareck * Yassine Dridi * Makram Sghaïer * Adem Garreb * Malcom Jamal Lahmidi * Malek Mehri Awards * Golden ball: * Golden boot: * G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |