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The '''Total''' '''2018 African Nations Championship qualification''' is a men's [[association football|football]] competition which decided the participating teams of the [[2018 African Nations Championship]]. Only national team players who are playing in their country's own domestic league are eligible to compete in the tournament.
The '''Total''' '''2018 African Nations Championship qualification''' is a men's [[association football|football]] competition which decided the participating teams of the [[2018 African Nations Championship]]. Only national team players who are playing in their country's own domestic league are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Revision as of 13:11, 7 August 2017

2018 African Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 April – 22 August 2017
Teams48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored82 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Sékou Amadou Camara (5 goals)
← 2016
2020 →
All statistics correct as of 29 July 2017.

The Total 2018 African Nations Championship qualification is a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who are playing in their country's own domestic league are eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Kenya who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

Teams

A total of 48 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.[2]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
Northern Zone 2 spots
West Zone A 2 spots
West Zone B 3 spots
Central Zone 3 spots
Central-East Zone 2 spots +
 Kenya (hosts)
Southern Zone 3 spots
Total 15 spots + hosts 48 teams
Notes
  • Central African Republic were excluded by the CAF from participating because of their withdrawal against DR Congo in the 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.
  • Chad withdrew on 27 March 2016, but however, on 24 May 2016, Chad announced that they would not be able to qualify for CHAN 2018, and São Tomé and Príncipe officially entered the qualification, along with Equatorial Guinea.
  • Egypt were expected to withdraw from the CHAN 2018, but however, on 4 June 2016, it was announced that Egypt would participate in the CHAN 2018 qualification.
  • On 12 March 2017, the Football Association of Malawi announced their senior national football team would withdraw from the competition due to the lack of funding.[3] However, they later announced its reversal of this decision and would continue to compete.[4]

Schedule

The draw was held on 3 February 2017 at Libreville, Gabon.[5]

The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[6]

Zone / Round Matchday Date
Northern Zone
Central Zone 		West Zone A
West Zone B 		Central-East Zone
Southern Zone
— — First round First leg 20–22 April 2017
Second leg 28–30 April 2017
— First round Second round First leg 14–16 July 2017
Second leg 21–23 July 2017
First round Second round Third round First leg 11–13 August 2017
Second leg 18–20 August 2017

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[7]

Northern Zone

  • All four teams (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco) entered the first round.

First round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  –  Morocco – –
Algeria  –  Libya – –
Egypt v Morocco
Morocco v Egypt
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Algeria v Libya
Libya v Algeria

West Zone A

  • All eight teams (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone) entered the first round.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sierra Leone  2–4  Senegal 1–1 1–3
Guinea-Bissau  1–10  Guinea 1–3 0–7
Liberia  1–2  Mauritania 0–2 1–0
Gambia  0–4  Mali 0–0 0–4
Sierra Leone 1–1 Senegal
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Senegal 3–1 Sierra Leone
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Senegal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guinea-Bissau 1–3 Guinea
 Report
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)
Guinea 7–0 Guinea-Bissau
 Report

Guinea won 10–1 on aggregate.

Liberia 0–2 Mauritania
Report
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)
Mauritania 0–1 Liberia
Report
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

Gambia 0–0 Mali
Report
Mali 4–0 Gambia
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Mali won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Senegal  –  Guinea – –
Mauritania  –  Mali – –
Senegal v Guinea
Guinea v Senegal
Mauritania v Mali
Mali v Mauritania

West Zone B

  • Two teams (Benin, Togo) entered the first round.
  • Five teams (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo  2–2 (7–8 p)  Benin 1–1 1–1
Togo 1–1 Benin
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Benin 1–1 Togo
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Penalties
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2–2 on aggregate. Benin won 8–7 on penalties.

Second round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin  –  Nigeria – –
Niger  –  Ivory Coast – –
Burkina Faso  –  Ghana – –
Benin v Nigeria
Nigeria v Benin
Niger v Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast v Niger
Burkina Faso v Ghana
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Ghana v Burkina Faso

Central Zone

  • All six teams (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe) entered the first round.

First round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea  –  Gabon – –
Congo  –  DR Congo – –
São Tomé and Príncipe  –  Cameroon – –
Equatorial Guinea v Gabon
Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)
Gabon v Equatorial Guinea
Congo v DR Congo
DR Congo v Congo
São Tomé and Príncipe v Cameroon
Cameroon v São Tomé and Príncipe

Central-East Zone

  • Two teams (Somalia, South Sudan) entered the first round.
  • Seven teams (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Somalia  1–4  South Sudan 1–2 0–2
Somalia 1–2 South Sudan
South Sudan 2–0 Somalia
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

South Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Sudan  1–5  Uganda 0–0 1–5
Tanzania  1–1 (a)  Rwanda 1–1 0–0
Djibouti  w/o  Ethiopia 1–5 —
Burundi  0–1  Sudan 0–0 0–1
South Sudan 0–0 Uganda
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Uganda 5–1 South Sudan
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Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania 1–1 Rwanda
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Rwanda 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

1–1 on aggregate. Rwanda won on away goals.

Djibouti 1–5 Ethiopia
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Ethiopia Cancelled Djibouti
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Ethiopia won on walkover after Djibouti withdrew prior to the second leg.[10]

Burundi 0–0 Sudan
Sudan 1–0 Burundi

Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda  –  Rwanda – –
Ethiopia  –  Sudan – –
Uganda v Rwanda
Rwanda v Uganda
Ethiopia v Sudan
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
Sudan v Ethiopia
TBC
Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

Southern Zone

  • Four teams (Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles) entered the first round.
  • Ten teams (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  2–0  Malawi 1–0 1–0
Mauritius  3–2  Seychelles 2–1 1–1
Madagascar 1–0 Malawi
Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)
Malawi 0–1 Madagascar
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Madagascar won 2–0 on aggregate.

Mauritius 2–1 Seychelles
Seychelles 1–1 Mauritius

Mauritius won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  4–2  Mozambique 2–2 2–0
Mauritius  2–4  Angola 0–1 2–3
Comoros  2–1  Lesotho 2–0 0–1
Namibia  1–1 (5–4 p)  Zimbabwe 1–0 0–1
Botswana  0–3  South Africa 0–2 0–1
Eswatini  0–7  Zambia 0–4 0–3
Madagascar 2–2 Mozambique
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Mozambique 0–2 Madagascar
Report

Madagascar won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mauritius 0–1 Angola
Report
Angola 3–2 Mauritius
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Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

Comoros 2–0 Lesotho
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Lesotho 1–0 Comoros
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Comoros win 2–1 on aggregate.

Namibia 1–0 Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe 1–0 Namibia
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Penalties
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1–1 on aggregate. Namibia won 5–4 on penalties.

Botswana 0–2 South Africa
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South Africa 1–0 Botswana
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Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

Eswatini 0–4 Zambia
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Zambia 3–0 Eswatini
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Referee: João Goma (Angola)

Zambia won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  –  Angola – –
Comoros  –  Namibia – –
South Africa  –  Zambia – –
Madagascar v Angola
Angola v Madagascar
Comoros v Namibia
Namibia v Comoros
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
South Africa v Zambia
TBC
Zambia v South Africa

Qualified teams

Team Qualifying zone Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Kenya (hosts) Central-East Zone (automatic) 5 February 2016[1] 0 (debut)
TBD Northern Zone August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD West Zone A August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD West Zone B August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD Central Zone August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD Central-East Zone August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD Southern Zone August 2017
TBD August 2017
TBD August 2017
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. ^ Libya play their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.
  2. ^ a b The first leg between Senegal and Guinea was postponed to mid-week to avoid a clash with general assembly elections.[8] The second leg was also postponed to mid-week as a result.
  3. ^ Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.[9]
  4. ^ a b The first leg between Burundi and Sudan was postponed by a week to allow Sudan to travel to Burundi following the lifting of the suspension of the Sudan Football Association on 13 July.[11] The second leg was also postponed by a week as a result.

References

  1. ^ a b "Kenya to Host 2018 Africa Nations Cup". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Tirage au Sort des Eliminatoires du CHAN Total, Kenya 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Press Release on FAM Exco meeting resolutions". Football Association of Malawi. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Malawi make U-turn over Nations Cup withdrawal". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Fixtures of Total CHAN Kenya 2018 qualifiers". CAF. 4 February 2017.
  6. ^ "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  7. ^ "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ "Elim. CHAN 2018 : Sénégal-Guinée reporté". foot224.net. 3 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Sextet start race to Kenya 2018". CAF. 20 April 2017.
  10. ^ "ELIMINATOIRES CHAN 2018: DJIBOUTI DÉCLARE FORFAIT !". africatopsports.com. 18 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Eliminatoires CHAN 2018 : Burundi vs Soudan, reporté d'une semaine". iwacu-burundi.org. 15 July 2017.
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