2016 African Nations Championship qualification

The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

2016 African Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 June – 31 October 2015
Teams42 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored131 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s) Luís (4 goals)

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

Teams
2016 CHAN Qualification
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Team did not enter

A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.[3]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
Northern Zone 2 spots
Zone West A 2 spots
Zone West B 3 spots
Central Zone 3 spots
Central-East Zone 2 spots +
 Rwanda (hosts)
Southern Zone 3 spots
Total 15 spots + hosts 42 teams
Notes

Format

In the Northern Zone, teams played each other on a double round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. Drawing of lots.

In all other zones, 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).[1]

The top two teams in the Northern Zone and the 13 winners of the first round in all other zones qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The draw was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][7][8]

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[9][8]

Northern Zone[10]
Matchday Date
Matchdays 1–3
(Host: Morocco)		 15–21 June 2015
Matchdays 4–6
(Host: Tunisia)		 19–25 October 2015
All other zones
Round Matchday Date
Preliminary round First leg 19–21 June 2015
Second leg 3–5 July 2015
First round First leg 16–18 October 2015
Second leg 23–25 October 2015

Northern Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 4 3 1 0 11 3 +8 10 2016 African Nations Championship
2  Tunisia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
3  Libya 4 1 0 3 1 8 −7 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Note: Libya played their home matches in Morocco and Tunisia due to security concerns.

Morocco 1–1 Tunisia
Hafidi  68' Report Aouadhi  39'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)
Libya 1–0 Tunisia
Al Khritli  75' Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)
Morocco 3–0 Libya
Iajour  16'
Hafidi  40'
Saâdane  73'		 Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)
Tunisia 1–0 Libya
Bguir  75' Report
Referee: Redouane Necib (Algeria)
Libya 0–4 Morocco
Report Benjelloun  26'
Lembarki  39'
Housni  84'
Ounajem  90+4'
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
Tunisia 2–3 Morocco
Machani  28'
Bguir  80'		 Report Khadrouf  20'
Achchakir  70' (pen.)
Ounajem  84'

Zone West A

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau  2–4  Mali 1–1 1–3
Mauritania  4–1  Sierra Leone 2–1 2–0
Guinea  4–2  Liberia 3–1 1–1
Senegal  4–1  Gambia 3–1 1–0

Note: Guinea and Sierra Leone played their home matches in Mali and Mauritania respectively due to the Ebola outbreak (Sierra Leone home match brought forward by a week).[11][12]

Guinea-Bissau 1–1 Mali
Obetchi  5' Sissoko  19'
Mali 3–1 Guinea-Bissau
B. Diarra  33'
Koné  76'
Sissoko  85'		 Fati  29'
Referee: Ahmed Sekou Toure (Guinea)

Mali won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mauritania 2–1 Sierra Leone
Abeid  5'
Denna  45+1' (pen.)		 Tarawallie  85'
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Sierra Leone 0–2 Mauritania
Dellahi  34'
Beyguili  36'
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

Mauritania won 4–1 on aggregate.

Guinea 3–1 Liberia
S. Camara  8', 38'
Sankhon  62'		 Dweh  56'
Referee: Eric Fagla (Togo)
Liberia 1–1 Guinea
Vitalis  38' A. Camara  57'
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

Guinea won 4–2 on aggregate.

Senegal 3–1 Gambia
Niang  9', 90+3'
Ba  45'		 Krubally  11'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Gambia 0–1 Senegal
Ndoye  7'
Referee: (Tunisia)

Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  3–2  Mauritania 2–1 1–1
Guinea  3–3 (a)  Senegal 2–0 1–3

Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.[13]

Mali 2–1 Mauritania
Abeid  67' (o.g.)
A. Diarra  90+2'		 Denna  8' (pen.)
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Mauritania 1–1 Mali
Niass  45' Bakayoko  5'
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes (Cape Verde)

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

Guinea 2–0 Senegal
A. M. Sylla  6'
A. I. Sylla  24'
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Senegal 3–1 Guinea
Badji  13'
Keita  83', 89'		 Bangoura  3'
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

3–3 on aggregate. Guinea won on away goals.

Zone West B

First round

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana  2–2 (a)  Ivory Coast 2–1 0–1
Nigeria  2–0  Burkina Faso 2–0 0–0
Niger  3–1  Togo 2–0 1–1

Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.[14]

Ghana 2–1 Ivory Coast
Fameyeh  45+3', 89' Sangaré  33'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Ghana
Boua  35'
Referee: Abderahamane Kelly (Mauritania)

2–2 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.

Nigeria 2–0 Burkina Faso
Bature  25'
Salami  76' (pen.)
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Burkina Faso 0–0 Nigeria
Referee: Omar Mohamed Ragab (Libya)

Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

Niger 2–0 Togo
Garba  11'
Kowa  14'
Togo 1–1 Niger
Akaté  20' Kowa  18'
Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

Niger won 3–1 on aggregate.

Central Zone

First round

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DR Congo  w/o  Central African Republic — —
Cameroon  1–0  Congo 0–0 1–0
Chad  1–2  Gabon 0–2 1–0

Note: Central African Republic withdrew.[15] Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.[16]

DR Congo Cancelled Central African Republic
Central African Republic Cancelled DR Congo

DR Congo won on walkover.

Cameroon 0–0 Congo
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Congo 0–1 Cameroon
Wandja  76'
Referee: Yves Roponat Mbourou (Gabon)

Cameroon won 1–0 on aggregate.

Chad 0–2 Gabon
Mba  15'
Mandraut  84'
Referee: Lazard Tsiba (Congo)
Gabon 0–1 Chad
Ndiguem  69'
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Gabon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central-East Zone
  •  Rwanda qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
  •  Sudan received a bye to the first round.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania  1–4  Uganda 0–3 1–1
Djibouti  1–4  Burundi 1–2 0–2
Ethiopia  2–0  Kenya 2–0 0–0
Tanzania 0–3 Uganda
Ssekisambu  40', 66'
Miya  90' (pen.)
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Uganda 1–1 Tanzania
Keziron  83' Bocco  59' (pen.)
Referee: Djamal Aden Abdi (Djibouti)

Uganda won 4–1 on aggregate.

Djibouti 1–2 Burundi
Aboubaker  54' Bizimana  51'
Nahimana  65'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Burundi 2–0 Djibouti
Nshimirimana  12', 79'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: (Eritrea)

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 2–0 Kenya
Girma  23'
Panom  77' (pen.)
Referee: Mohammed Omar Ragab (Libya)
Kenya 0–0 Ethiopia
Referee: Adélaïde Ali Mohamed (Comoros)

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

First round

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda  4–0  Sudan 2–0 2–0
Burundi  2–3  Ethiopia 2–0 0–3
Uganda 2–0 Sudan
Kalanda  19'
Miya  36'
Referee: Luelseghed Ghebremichael (Eritrea)
Sudan 0–2 Uganda
Okhuti  43'
Miya  45'
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

Uganda won 4–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 2–0 Ethiopia
Mavugo  1', 90+2'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)
Ethiopia 3–0 Burundi
Tesfaye  37'
Panom  73', 79' (pen.)
Referee: Mahmoud El-Banna (Egypt)

Ethiopia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Southern Zone

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe  2–0  Comoros 2–0 0–0
Lesotho  1–1 (a)  Botswana 0–0 1–1
Namibia  3–3 (5–6 p)  Zambia 2–1 1–2
Mozambique  9–1  Seychelles 5–1 4–0
South Africa  5–0  Mauritius 3–0 2–0
Swaziland  2–4  Angola 2–2 0–2
Zimbabwe 2–0 Comoros
Rusike  10'
Mudehwe  90'
Referee: Mbongiseni Fakudze (Swaziland)
Comoros 0–0 Zimbabwe
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

Zimbabwe won 2–0 on aggregate.

Lesotho 0–0 Botswana
Botswana 1–1 Lesotho
Kgaswane  88' Brown  81'
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

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

Namibia 2–1 Zambia
Stephanus  52'
Nenkavu  63'		 Kalengo  15'
Referee: Joaquin Esono Ela Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)
Zambia 2–1 Namibia
Mbewe  29'
Kalengo  72'		 Nenkavu  43'
Penalties
Mtonga
Zimba
Chirwa
Phiri
Mfune
Chepeshi
Kalengo 		6–5 Isaacks
Tjetjinda
Kamatuka
Keimuine
Gebhardt
Iimbondi
Hoaseb
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

3–3 on aggregate. Zambia won on penalties.

Mozambique 5–1 Seychelles
Luís  32', 42', 49'
Reinildo  35'
Diogo  73'		 Waye-Hive  70'
Referee: Khulasande Qongqo (South Africa)
Seychelles 0–4 Mozambique
Luís  14'
Isac  20'
Gildo  37'
Reinildo  44'
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Mozambique won 9–1 on aggregate.

South Africa 3–0 Mauritius
Gabuza  26'
Ntshangase  28', 44'
Mauritius 0–2 South Africa
Masango  69'
Letlabika  84'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.

Swaziland 2–2 Angola
Tsabedze  65'
Ndzinisa  83'		 Dário  30'
Ary Papel  54'
Referee: Emile Fred (Seychelles)
Angola 2–0 Swaziland
Gelson  31', 86'
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe  4–2  Lesotho 3–1 1–1
Zambia  4–1  Mozambique 3–0 1–1
South Africa  2–3  Angola 0–2 2–1
Zimbabwe 3–1 Lesotho
Mutuma  48' (pen.), 56'
Phiri  81'		 Seturumane  63'
Referee: Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)
Lesotho 1–1 Zimbabwe
Mokhahlane  79' (pen.) Mutuma  35'
Referee: Kalasande Qongo (South Africa)

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zambia 3–0 Mozambique
Kalengo  77'
Luchanga  80'
Sautu  89'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Mozambique 1–1 Zambia
Hagi  83' (pen.) Mbewe  26'
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.

South Africa 0–2 Angola
Mateus  54'
Ary Papel  90+2'
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Angola 1–2 South Africa
Gelson  43' Fabrício  29' (o.g.)
Lakay  90'
Referee: Mbongisseni Fakudze (Swaziland)

Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[17]

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 MoroccoNorthern Zone22 October 20151 (2014)
 Tunisia22 October 20151 (2011)
 MaliZone West A24 October 20152 (2011, 2014)
 Guinea24 October 20150 (debut)
 Ivory CoastZone West B30 October 20152 (2009, 2011)
 Nigeria25 October 20151 (2014)
 Niger25 October 20151 (2011)
 DR CongoCentral Zone13 October 2015[15]3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
 Cameroon31 October 20151 (2011)
 Gabon24 October 20152 (2011, 2014)
 Rwanda (hosts)Central-East Zone29 January 2011[2]1 (2011)
 Uganda25 October 20152 (2011, 2014)
 Ethiopia25 October 20151 (2014)
 ZimbabweSouthern Zone25 October 20153 (2009, 2011, 2014)
 Zambia25 October 20151 (2009)
 Angola24 October 20151 (2011)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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