2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 2008 African Cup of Nations. 48 African nations, including hosts Ghana, entered the competition. Ghana automatically qualified as host country.

Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Teams that did not enter 3 Groups 3.1 Group 1 3.2 Group 2 3.3 Group 3 3.4 Group 4 3.5 Group 5 3.6 Group 6 3.7 Group 7 3.8 Group 8 3.9 Group 9 3.10 Group 10 3.11 Group 11 3.12 Group 12 3.13 Best runners-up (groups 2-11) 4 Top goalscorers 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Qualified teams

The 16 qualified teams are:

•  Ghana as hosts.
•  Côte d'Ivoire as group 1 winner.
•  Egypt as group 2 winner.
•  Nigeria as group 3 winner.
•  Sudan as group 4 winner.
•  Cameroon as group 5 winner.
•  Angola as group 6 winner.
•  Senegal as group 7 winner.
•  Guinea as group 8 winner.
•  Mali as group 9 winner.
•  Namibia as group 10 winner.
•  Zambia as group 11 winner.
•  Morocco as group 12 winner.
•  Tunisia,  Benin, and  South Africa as the three best runners-up from groups 2-11.

[edit] Teams that did not enter

The following CAF member national teams decided not to enter or were not allowed to enter the African Nations Cup 2008 qualifying rounds (World Ranking from May 16, 2007):

•  Central African Republic [180]
•  Comoros [182]
•  Guinea-Bissau [187] (excluded due to missing payments)
•  Somalia [192]
•  São Tomé and Príncipe [199]

[edit] Groups

The 47 nations were divided into 11 groups of four teams and 1 group of 3 teams, with the 12 group winners and the best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (originally groups 1-11, now groups 2-11 after the withdrawal of Djibouti from group 1) qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between September 2, 2006 and October 13, 2007.

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	10	4	3	1	0	13	0	+13
Gabon	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1
Madagascar	0	4	0	0	4	0	14	-14
Djibouti	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

On 17 August 2006, the Djibouti Football Federation announced that  Djibouti was withdrawing from the qualifying tournament, without giving a reason.^[1]

2 September 2006	Gabon	4 - 0	Madagascar	Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
	Henry Antchouet  40' Daniel Cousin  67' (pen.) Shiva N'Zigou  76',  82'

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8 October 2006	Côte d'Ivoire	5 - 0	Gabon	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Kolo Touré  10' Arouna Koné  22',  55',  70' Aruna Dindane  32'

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25 March 2007	Madagascar	0 - 3	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo
			Steve Gohouri  29' Aruna Dindane  35' Amara Diané  82'

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3 June 2007	Côte d'Ivoire	5 - 0	Madagascar	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Salomon Kalou  18' Arouna Koné  30',  82' Yaya Touré  48' Didier Drogba  90'

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17 June 2007	Madagascar	0 - 2	Gabon	Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo
			Georges Akieremy  20' Elvis Eva-Kedi  89'

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8 September 2007	Gabon	0 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Djibouti withdrew prior to the start of qualification; all Djibouti matches were therefore cancelled.

•  Djibouti v  Côte d'Ivoire, 3 September 2006
•  Madagascar v  Djibouti, 8 October 2006
•  Djibouti v  Gabon, 25 March 2007
•  Gabon v  Djibouti, 3 June 2007
•  Côte d'Ivoire v  Djibouti, 17 June 2007
•  Djibouti v  Madagascar, 9 September 2007

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	12	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7
Mauritania	7	6	2	1	3	9	10	-1
Burundi	7	6	2	1	3	6	8	-2
Botswana	7	6	2	1	3	3	7	-4

2 September 2006	Egypt	4 - 1	Burundi	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
	Mohamed Zidan  5' Hosni Abd-Rabou  29' Mohamed Aboutraika  31' Ahmed Hassan  52' (pen.)		Musabah Suleimani  79' (pen.)

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2 September 2006	Mauritania	4 - 0	Botswana	Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
	Saidou M'Bodj  2' Karamoko Moussa  10',  23' Yoann Langlet  31'

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7 October 2006	Botswana	0 - 0	Egypt	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

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8 October 2006	Burundi	3 - 1	Mauritania	Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura
	Yamin Selemani  3',  30' Henry Mbazumutima  45'		Buha Ibrahim  7'

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25 March 2007	Botswana	1 - 0	Burundi	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone
	Thato Siska  57'

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25 March 2007	Egypt	3 - 0	Mauritania	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
	Mohamed Zidan  20' Bilal Sidibé  23' (o.g.) Hossam Ghaly  66'

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3 June 2007	Burundi	1 - 0	Botswana	Stade Amahoro, Kigali[2]
	Abdul Hakimana  63'

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3 June 2007	Mauritania	1 - 1	Egypt	Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
	Yoann Langlet  67'		Ahmed Hassan  15'

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16 June 2007	Botswana	2 - 1	Mauritania	Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone
	Modiri Marumo  19' Dipsy Selolwane  40'		Yoann Langlet  75'

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9 September 2007[3]	Burundi	0 - 0	Egypt	Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura

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13 October 2007[3]	Egypt	1 - 0	Botswana	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
	Mohamed Fadl  77'

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13 October 2007[3]	Mauritania	2 - 1	Burundi	Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
	Pascal Corville  32' Ahmed Teguedi  50'		Abdallah Imantona  85' (pen.)

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	15	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7
Uganda	11	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5
Niger	4	6	1	1	4	5	11	-6
Lesotho	4	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6

2 September 2006	Uganda	3 - 0	Lesotho	Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	Geoffrey Massa  29',  42' David Obua  57' (pen.)

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2 September 2006	Nigeria	2 - 0	Niger	Abuja Stadium, Abuja
	Aiyegbeni Yakubu  27' Christian Obodo  60'

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8 October 2006	Lesotho	0 - 1	Nigeria	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
			Aiyegbeni Yakubu  50'

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8 October 2006	Niger	0 - 0	Uganda	Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey

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24 March 2007	Nigeria	1 - 0	Uganda	MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta
	Nwankwo Kanu  73'

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25 March 2007	Lesotho	3 - 1	Niger	Setsoto National Stadium, Maseru
	Refiloe Potse  22',  44' Mpitsa Marai  75'		Daouda Kamilou  80'

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2 June 2007	Uganda	2 - 1	Nigeria	Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	David Obua  52' (pen.) Ibrahim Sekagya  65' (pen.)		John Utaka  25'

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3 June 2007	Niger	2 - 0	Lesotho	Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey
	Hamidou Djibo  10' Souliman Sako  36'

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17 June 2007	Niger	1 - 3	Nigeria	Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey
	Daouda Kamilou  68'		Nwankwo Kanu  40' Taye Taiwo  70' Aiyegbeni Yakubu  89'

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19 June 2007[4]	Lesotho	0 - 0	Uganda	Setsoto National Stadium, Maseru

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8 September 2007	Nigeria	2 - 0	Lesotho	Warri Township Stadium, Warri
	Stephen Makinwa  42' Ikechukwu Uche  73'

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8 September 2007	Uganda	3 - 1	Niger	Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	David Obua  2' (pen.),  77',  86'		Seydou Idrissa  45'

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Sudan	15	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9
Tunisia	13	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9
Seychelles	4	6	1	1	4	3	14	-11
Mauritius	2	6	0	2	4	3	10	-7

3 September 2006	Mauritius	0 - 0	Tunisia	Stade George V, Curepipe

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3 September 2006	Sudan	3 - 0	Seychelles	Stade de Khartoum, Khartoum
	Bader Eldin Abdalla Galag  22' Haytham Tambal  77' (pen.),  90'

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7 October 2006	Seychelles	2 - 1	Mauritius	Stade Linité, Victoria
	Wilnes Brutus  22',  81'		Kervin Godon  50'

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7 October 2006	Tunisia	1 - 0	Sudan	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
	Richard Gastin Lado  79' (o.g.)

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24 March 2007	Seychelles	0 - 3	Tunisia	Stade Linité, Victoria
			Issam Jemâa  16',