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.

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 Algeria (a) 22 Libya Libya 10 12
Tunisia Tunisia (a) 33 Morocco Morocco 11 22

13 March 2010
Algeria  1–0  Libya
Youcef Ghazali  48' Report
Koléa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Morocco Bouchaib El Ahrach

23 May 2010
17:00 UTC+1
Tunisia  1–1  Morocco
Report
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)

5 June 2010
17:00 UTC+1
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 Mauritania w/o Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Mauritania withdrew.[1]

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea Guinea 1–3 Mali Mali 11 02
Senegal Senegal 1–1 (4–3p) Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 10 01

14 March 2010
Guinea  1–1  Mali

28 March 2010
Mali  2–0  Guinea

14 March 2010
Senegal  1–0  Sierra Leone

28 March 2010
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 Togo 1–6 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 12 04
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana Ghana 00 01
Niger Niger 2–0 Nigeria Nigeria 20 00

28 March 2010
Togo  1–2  Ivory Coast

11 April 2010
Ivory Coast  4–0  Algeria

13 March 2010
Burkina Faso  0–0  Ghana

28 March 2010
Ghana  1–0  Burkina Faso

13 March 2010
Niger  2–0  Nigeria

28 March 2010
Nigeria  0–0  Niger

Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.

Central Zone

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo Republic of the Congo w/o Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo Republic of the Congo 1–4 Cameroon Cameroon 11 03
Gabon Gabon 2–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 12 11

14 March 2010
Congo  1–1  Cameroon

27 March 2010
Cameroon  3–0  Congo

12 March 2010
Gabon  1–2  DR Congo

28 March 2010
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 Gabon 3–0 Republic of the Congo Congo 3–0 * w/o

23 May 2010
Gabon  3–0 *  Congo

5 June 2010
Congo  Canceled  Gabon

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Central-East Zone

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti Djibouti 0–1 Somalia Somalia N/P 01


Somalia  Not Played  Djibouti

8 January 2010
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 Burundi 1-5 Uganda Uganda 11 04
Ethiopia Ethiopia w/o Kenya Kenya w/o 03 *
Eritrea Eritrea w/o Rwanda Rwanda w/o 03 *
Somalia Somalia 0-6 Tanzania Tanzania N/P 06

14 March 2010
Burundi  1–1  Uganda

28 March 2010
Uganda  4–0  Burundi

14 March 2010
Ethiopia  Canceled  Kenya

28 March 2010
Kenya  3–0 *  Ethiopia

14 March 2010
Eritrea  Canceled  Rwanda

28 March 2010
Rwanda  3–0 *  Eritrea

14 March 2010
Somalia  Not Played  Tanzania

27 March 2010
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 Uganda (a) 22 Kenya Kenya 10 12
Tanzania Tanzania 12 Rwanda Rwanda 11 01

22 May 2010
Uganda  1–0  Kenya

6 June 2010
Kenya  2–1  Uganda

1 May 2010
Tanzania  1–1  Rwanda

6 June 2010
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 Botswana 1–2 South Africa South Africa 00 12
Seychelles Seychelles 2–1 Namibia Namibia 10 11
Madagascar Madagascar 0–2 Angola Angola 00 02
Swaziland Swaziland 1–5 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 12 03
Malawi Malawi 3–1 Mozambique Mozambique 30 01

Zambia receive bye to Second Round.

13 March 2010
Botswana  0–0  South Africa

27 March 2010
South Africa  2–1  Botswana

13 March 2010
Seychelles  1–0  Namibia

28 March 2010
Namibia  1–1  Seychelles

14 March 2010
Madagascar  0–0  Angola

27 March 2010
Angola  2–0  Madagascar

14 March 2010
Swaziland  1–2  Zimbabwe

28 March 2010
Zimbabwe  3–0  Swaziland

13 March 2010
Malawi  3–0  Mozambique

27 March 2010
Mozambique  1–0  Malawi

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa South Africa 21 Zambia Zambia 10 11
Seychelles Seychelles 26 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 24 02
Angola Angola 31 Malawi Malawi 11 20

23 May 2010
South Africa  1–0  Zambia

5 June 2010
Zambia  1–1  South Africa

22 May 2010
Seychelles  2–4  Zimbabwe

6 June 2010
Zimbabwe  2–0  Seychelles

22 May 2010
Angola  1–1  Malawi

5 June 2010
Malawi  0–2  Angola

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

Qualified

  •  Sudan - Host (Central-East Zone)
  •  Algeria - North Zone
  •  Tunisia - North Zone
  •  Mali - Zone West A
  •  Senegal - Zone West A
  •  Ivory Coast - Zone West B
  •  Ghana - Zone West B
  •  Niger - Zone West B

  •  Cameroon - Central Zone
  •  DR Congo - Central Zone
  •  Gabon - Central Zone
  •  Uganda - Central-East Zone
  •  Rwanda - Central-East Zone
  •  Angola - Southern Zone
  • South Africa South Africa - Southern Zone
  •  Zimbabwe - Southern Zone

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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