2011 African U-23 Championship qualification
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the first two qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. These matches also serve as part of the qualifiers for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London.
Seeding
In total, 39 teams opted to enter the qualifying tournament. The top 25 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the first qualifying round.
Seeded | Unseeded |
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Preliminary qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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DR Congo | w/o | Chad | ||
Ethiopia | w/o | Equatorial Guinea | ||
Eswatini | w/o | Mauritius | ||
Djibouti | w/o | Madagascar | ||
Sierra Leone | 2–2 (1–3 p) | Liberia | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Somalia | 0–1 | Sudan | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Botswana | 1–0 | Namibia | 1–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Sierra Leone | 1–1 | Liberia |
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Hassan 35' | Johnson 56' |
Second leg
Liberia | 1–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Oliseh 50' | ||
Penalties | ||
3–1 |
Sierra Leone 2–2 Liberia on aggregate. Liberia won 3–1 on penalties
Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate
Botswana won 1–0 on aggregate
First qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Zambia | 3–0 | Rwanda | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Morocco | 3–2 | Mozambique | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Cameroon | 3–3 (1–3 p) | Tanzania | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Senegal | 1–1 (a) | Angola | 0–0 | 1–1 |
South Africa | 4–2 | Libya | 4–2 | 0–0 |
Algeria | 4–0 | Madagascar | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Egypt | 3–2 | Botswana | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Gabon | 4–1 | Eswatini | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Burkina Faso | 2–5 | DR Congo | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Liberia | 4–0 | 0–0 |
Tunisia | 3–0 | Malawi | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Benin | w/o1 | Gambia | ||
Uganda | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Congo | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali | 2–2 (a) | Guinea | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Nigeria | 9–1 | Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | 4–1 |
Ghana | 1–2 | Sudan | 0–1 | 1–1 |
- Notes
- Note 1: Benin advanced to the final round after Gambia withdrew.
The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25–27 March 2011 (first leg) and 8–10 April 2011 (second leg).
First leg
Morocco | 2–0 | Mozambique |
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Hamdallah 83' Labyad 89' |
South Africa | 4–2 | Libya |
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Ndulula 22' Zwane 43' Bhengu 56' Masango 68' |
Report | Mphahlele 72' (o.g.) Al-Ghulla 90+4' |
Algeria | 3–0 | Madagascar |
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Chalali 45+1', 78' Mesfar 86' |
Burkina Faso | 1–2 | DR Congo |
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Adamah-Plange 47' | Mutombo 66' Botayi 86' |
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Liberia |
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Déblé Serges 13', 63' Méité Yacouba 28' Traoré Lacina 90' |
Report |
Tunisia | 2–0 | Malawi |
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Youssef Msakni 4' Ali Maâloul 61' |
Second leg
Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate
Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate
Tanzania 3–3 Cameroon. Tanzania won 5–3 on penalties
Angola 1–1 Senegal. Senegal won on away goals rule
Libya | 0–0 | South Africa |
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South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate
Algeria won 4–0 on aggregate
Egypt won 3–2 on aggregate
Eswatini | 0–1 | Gabon |
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Tandtigora 1' |
Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate
DR Congo | 3–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Bamato 45', 75' Diego Mutombo 78' (pen.) |
Draogo 62' |
Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate
Côte d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate
Tunisia won 3–0 on aggregate
Benin advance after The Gambia withdrew
Congo 1–1 Uganda. Congo won 4–2 on penalties
Guinea 2–2 Mali. Mali won on away goals rule
Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate
Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.[3]
Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.
Seeding
The pots were confirmed as follows:[4]
Pot A | Pot B | ||
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Draw
The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.[5]
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria | 3–2 | Zambia | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Morocco | 3–2 | DR Congo | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Congo | 1–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Gabon | 1–0 | Mali | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Sudan | 0–2 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Benin | 4–6 | South Africa | 3–1 | 1–5 |
Tunisia | 0–1 | Senegal | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Tanzania | 1–3 | Nigeria | 1–0 | 0–3 |
First leg
Congo | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Second leg
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate
Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Congo |
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Gougouhi 10' | Report |
Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on aggregate
Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate
Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate
South Africa 6–4 on aggregate
Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate
Nigeria 3–1 on aggregate
References
- ^ Mali to host Libya-South Africa www.fifa.com
- ^ Gambia’s withdrawal sends Benin through
- ^ "Africa Men's 2012 Olympic Qualifier draw set for 13 April 2011 in Cairo". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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