2011 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations begins in March 2010. These games do not count towards the FIFA ranking.

2011 African Nations Championship qualification

The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, this edition will feature sixteen.

Qualification Zones

Qualification is divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone has 2 or 3 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in 2011.

Zone Number of participating teams Number of qualifying teams Number of teams not entered
North Zone 4 2 1 (Egypt)
Zone West A 5 2 4 (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia)
Zone West B 6 3 1 (Benin)
Central Zone 5 3 3 (Central African, Chad, São Tomé & Príncipe)
Central-East Zone 10 (including host Sudan) 3 (including host Sudan) 0
Southern Zone 11 3 3 (Comoros, Lesotho, Mauritius)
Total 41 16 12

North Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria (a) 2–2 Libya 1–0 1–2
Tunisia (a) 3–3 Morocco 1–1 2–2
Algeria 1–0 Libya
Youcef Ghazali  48' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Libya 2–1 Algeria
Younes Al Shibani  26' (pen.)
Ahmed Zuway  62'		 Report Sofiane Hanitser  90'
June 11 Stadium, Tripoli
Tunisia 1–1 Morocco
Report
Referee: Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)
Morocco 2–2 Tunisia
Ribat  32' (pen.)
Slimani  85'		 Report Khelifa  75'
Meriah  83' (pen.)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Tamuni Salah Wahid (Libya)

Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.

Zone West A

Preliminary Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Mauritania w/o Sierra Leone

Mauritania withdrew.[1]

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea 1–3 Mali 1–1 0–2
Senegal 1–1 (4–3p) Sierra Leone 1–0 0–1
Guinea 1–1 Mali
Mali 2–0 Guinea
Senegal 1–0 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone 1–0 Senegal
Penalties
3–4

Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.

Zone West B
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo 1–6 Ivory Coast 1–2 0–4
Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana 0–0 0–1
Niger 2–0 Nigeria 2–0 0–0
Togo 1–2 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast 4–0 Togo
Burkina Faso 0–0 Ghana
Ghana 1–0 Burkina Faso
Niger 2–0 Nigeria
Nigeria 0–0 Niger

Ivory coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.

Central Zone

Preliminary Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo w/o Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo 1–4 Cameroon 1–1 0–3
Gabon 2–3 DR Congo 1–2 1–1
Congo 1–1 Cameroon
Cameroon 3–0 Congo
Gabon 1–2 DR Congo
DR Congo 1–1 Gabon

Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon 3–0 Congo 3–0 * w/o
Gabon 3–0 * Congo
Congo Canceled Gabon
  • Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Central-East Zone

Preliminary Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti 0–1 Somalia N/P 0–1
Somalia Not Played Djibouti
Djibouti 0–1 Somalia
Report Yusuf Osman  73'

There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.[2]

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi 1-5 Uganda 1–1 0–4
Ethiopia w/o Kenya w/o 0–3 *
Eritrea w/o Rwanda w/o 0–3 *
Somalia 0-6 Tanzania N/P 0–6
Burundi 1–1 Uganda
Uganda 4–0 Burundi
Ethiopia Canceled Kenya
Kenya 3–0 * Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.
Eritrea Canceled Rwanda
Rwanda 3–0 * Eritrea
  • Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.
Somalia Not Played Tanzania
Tanzania 6–0 Somalia

There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.

Second Round

The Tanzania vs Rwanda match was pushed forward to May 1 due to Rwanda’s hosting of the CECAFA Kagame Cup from 15–29 May.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda (a) 2–2 Kenya 1–0 1–2
Tanzania 1–2 Rwanda 1–1 0–1
Uganda 1–0 Kenya
Kenya 2–1 Uganda
Tanzania 1–1 Rwanda
Rwanda 1–0 Tanzania

Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament, along with host Sudan.

Southern Zone

First Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botswana 1–2 South Africa 0–0 1–2
Seychelles 2–1 Namibia 1–0 1–1
Madagascar 0–2 Angola 0–0 0–2
Swaziland 1–5 Zimbabwe 1–2 0–3
Malawi 3–1 Mozambique 3–0 0–1

Zambia receive bye to Second Round.

Botswana 0–0 South Africa
South Africa 2–1 Botswana
Seychelles 1–0 Namibia
Namibia 1–1 Seychelles
Madagascar 0–0 Angola
Angola 2–0 Madagascar
Swaziland 1–2 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 3–0 Swaziland
Malawi 3–0 Mozambique
Mozambique 1–0 Malawi

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa 2–1 Zambia 1–0 1–1
Seychelles 2–6 Zimbabwe 2–4 0–2
Angola 3–1 Malawi 1–1 2–0
South Africa 1–0 Zambia
Zambia 1–1 South Africa
Seychelles 2–4 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 2–0 Seychelles
Angola 1–1 Malawi
Malawi 0–2 Angola

Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.

Qualified

References
  1. "Sierra Leone get CHAN bye". BBC. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. "Somalia eject Djibouti in CHAN qualifier". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
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