The qualification phase for the 2014 African Nations Championship was played from November 2012 to August 2013. Qualification is divided into the CAF Regional Zones . Each zone has 2 or 3 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in 2014 in South Africa .[ 1]
Qualification Zones
Zone
Number of participating teams
Number of qualifying teams
Number of teams not entered
North Zone
4
2
1 (Egypt)
Zone West A
6
2
3 (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau)
Zone West B
7
3
0
Central Zone
5
3
3 (Chad, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé & Príncipe)
Central-East Zone
8
3
3 (Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan)
Southern Zone
11 (including hosts South Africa)
3 (including hosts South Africa)
3 (Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi)
Total
41
16
13
North Zone
First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[ 2] Algeria withdrew due to poor squad standards.[ 3]
Zone West A
Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round.
Mali and Senegal receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[ 4]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Liberia
1–3
Mauritania
0–1
1–2
Guinea
1–1
Sierra Leone
0–0
1–1
First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[ 5]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Senegal
1–2
Mauritania
1–0
0–2
Mali
3–2
Guinea
3–1
0–1
Zone West B
Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round winner qualify for the First Round.
Ghana, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Benin receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[ 6]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Burkina Faso
3–1
Togo
2–1
1–0
First Round
The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[ 7] Benin withdrew from the tournament for financial reasons.[ 8]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Benin
w/o
Ghana
—
—
Nigeria
4–3
Côte d'Ivoire
4–1
0–2
Burkina Faso
1–1 (6–5p )
Niger
1–0
0–1
Nigeria withdrew due to financial constraints on 11 April 2013,[ 9] but one month later they confirmed their participation.[ 10]
Central Zone
Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round winner qualify for the First Round.
DR Congo, Cameroon and Gabon receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[ 11]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Central African Rep.
0–3
Congo
w/o
0–3 *
Central African Republic withdrew. Game was awarded 3–0 to Congo.[ 12]
First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.
The 2 losers of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.[ 13]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Cameroon
1–1 (6–7p )
Gabon
1–0
0–1
DR Congo
2–2
Congo
2–1
0–1
Second Round
The winner of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament.[ 14]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Cameroon
1–2
DR Congo
0–1
1–1
Central-East Zone
Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round.
Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[ 15]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Burundi
1–0
Kenya
1–0
0–0
Ethiopia
3–0
Eritrea
3–0 *
w/o
Eritrea withdrew on December 5, 2012.[ 16] Game was awarded 3–0 to Ethiopia.[ 17]
First Round
The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[ 18]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Burundi
2–2 (4–3p )
Sudan
1–1
1–1
Ethiopia
1–1 (6–5p )
Rwanda
1–0
0–1
Tanzania
1–4
Uganda
0–1
1–3
Southern Zone
Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round.
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[ 19]
Note: Mozambique was not included in the initial draw published by CAF on June 9, 2012,[ 20] and Seychelles was supposed to also receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round, but then Mozambique was included to play a Preliminary Round against Seychelles, the qualifier taking the spot in the First Round which was firstly drawn for Seychelles (vs. Namibia).[citation needed ]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Mauritius
2–0
Comoros
2–0
0–0
Mozambique
6–1
Seychelles
4–0
2–1[ 21]
First Round
The 4 winners of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.[ 22]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Mauritius
1–4
Zimbabwe
0–3
1–1
Mozambique
3–3 (5–4p )
Namibia
3–0
0–3
Swaziland
0–2
Angola
0–1
0–1
Botswana
1–3
Zambia
1–1
0–2
Second Round
The 2 winners of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament, along with hosts South Africa.[ 23]
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Zimbabwe
1–0
Zambia
0–0
1–0
Mozambique
1–1 (a )
Angola
0–0
1–1
Qualified teams
References
Tournaments Qualification Finals Squads