2016 African Nations Championship qualification

2016 African Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates 15 June – 31 October 2015
Teams 42 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 56
Goals scored 131 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mozambique Luís (4 goals)

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]

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.

15 June 2015 (2015-06-15)
20:00 UTC±0
Morocco  1–1  Tunisia
Hafidi  68' Report Aouadhi  39'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

18 June 2015 (2015-06-18)
22:00 UTC±0
Libya  1–0  Tunisia
Al Khritli  75' Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
22:00 UTC±0
Morocco  3–0  Libya
Iajour  16'
Hafidi  40'
Saâdane  73'
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)

19 October 2015 (2015-10-19)
18:00 UTC+1
Tunisia  1–0  Libya
Bguir  75' Report
Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
Referee: Redouane Necib (Algeria)

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
18:00 UTC+1
Libya  0–4  Morocco
Report Benjelloun  26'
Lembarki  39'
Housni  84'
Ounajem  90+4'
Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
18:00 UTC+1
Tunisia  2–3  Morocco
Machani  28'
Bguir  80'
Report Khadrouf  20'
Achchakir  70' (pen.)
Ounajem  84'

Zone West A

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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]

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
16:20 UTC±0
Guinea-Bissau  1–1  Mali
Obetchi  5' Sissoko  19'

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)
17:00 UTC±0
Mali  3–1  Guinea-Bissau
B. Diarra  33'
Koné  76'
Sissoko  85'
Fati  29'
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Ahmed Sekou Toure (Guinea)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
22:00 UTC±0
Mauritania  2–1  Sierra Leone
Abeid  5'
Denna  45+1' (pen.)
Tarawallie  85'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

27 June 2015 (2015-06-27)
22:00 UTC±0
Sierra Leone  0–2  Mauritania
Dellahi  34'
Beyguili  36'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

22 June 2015 (2015-06-22)
17:00 UTC±0
Guinea  3–1  Liberia
S. Camara  8', 38'
Sankhon  62'
Dweh  56'
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Eric Fagla (Togo)

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)
16:00 UTC±0
Liberia  1–1  Guinea
Vitalis  38' A. Camara  57'

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
17:00 UTC±0
Senegal  3–1  Gambia
Niang  9', 90+3'
Ba  45'
Krubally  11'
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
16:30 UTC±0
Gambia  0–1  Senegal
Ndoye  7'

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]

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
16:30 UTC±0
Mali  2–1  Mauritania
Abeid  67' (o.g.)
A. Diarra  90+2'
Denna  8' (pen.)
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
17:00 UTC±0
Mauritania  1–1  Mali
Niass  45' Bakayoko  5'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes (Cape Verde)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
17:00 UTC±0
Guinea  2–0  Senegal
A. M. Sylla  6'
A. I. Sylla  24'
Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Côte d'Ivoire)

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
17:00 UTC±0
Senegal  3–1  Guinea
Badji  13'
Keita  83', 89'
Bangoura  3'
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

Zone West B

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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]

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  2–1  Ivory Coast
Fameyeh  45+3', 89' Sangaré  33'

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
15:30 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  1–0  Ghana
Bouah  35'
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Abderahamane Kelly (Mauritania)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  2–0  Burkina Faso
Bature  25'
Salami  76' (pen.)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
16:00 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  0–0  Nigeria
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Omar Mohamed Ragab (Libya)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
16:00 UTC+1
Niger  2–0  Togo
Halidou  11'
Kowa  14'

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
15:30 UTC±0
Togo  1–1  Niger
Akaté  20' Kowa  18'
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

Central Zone

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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]

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Central African Republic  Cancelled  DR Congo

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  0–0  Congo
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)
15:30 UTC+1
Congo  0–1  Cameroon
Wandja  76'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Yves Roponat Mbourou (Gabon)

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
15:30 UTC+1
Chad  0–2  Gabon
Mba  15'
Mandraut  84'

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  0–1  Chad
Ndiguem  69'

Central-East Zone

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
20:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–3  Uganda
Ssekisambu  40', 66'
Miya  90' (pen.)
Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
16:00 UTC+3
Uganda  1–1  Tanzania
Keziron  83' Bocco  59' (pen.)
Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Djamal Aden Abdi (Djibouti)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
21:30 UTC+3
Djibouti  1–2  Burundi
Aboubaker  54' Bizimana  51'
Nahimana  65'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
15:00 UTC+2
Burundi  2–0  Djibouti
Nshimirimana  12', 79'

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  2–0  Kenya
Girma  23'
Panom  77' (pen.)
Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar
Referee: Mohammed Omar Ragab (Libya)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
16:00 UTC+3
Kenya  0–0  Ethiopia
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Referee: Adélaïde Ali Mohamed (Comoros)

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

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
16:00 UTC+3
Uganda  2–0  Sudan
Kalanda  19'
Miya  36'
Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Luelseghed Ghebremichael (Eritrea)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
20:00 UTC+3
Sudan  0–2  Uganda
Okhuti  43'
Miya  45'
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
15:30 UTC+2
Burundi  2–0  Ethiopia
Mavugo  1', 90+2'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  3–0  Burundi
Tesfaye  37'
Panom  73', 79' (pen.)
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Mahmoud El-Banna (Egypt)

Southern Zone

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
15:00 UTC+2
Zimbabwe  2–0  Comoros
Rusike  10'
Mudehwe  90'
Rufaro Stadium, Harare
Referee: Mbongiseni Fakudze (Swaziland)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
15:00 UTC+3
Comoros  0–0  Zimbabwe
Stade de Beaumer, Moroni
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
14:50 UTC+2
Lesotho  0–0  Botswana

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
15:00 UTC+2
Botswana  1–1  Lesotho
Kgaswane  88' Brown  81'
Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
14:30 UTC+1
Namibia  2–1  Zambia
Stephanus  52'
Nenkavu  63'
Kalengo  15'
Independence Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Joaquin Esono Ela Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
15:00 UTC+2
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
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  5–1  Seychelles
Luís  32', 42', 49'
Reinildo  35'
Diogo  73'
Waye-Hive  70'
Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira
Referee: Khulasande Qongqo (South Africa)

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
16:30 UTC+4
Seychelles  0–4  Mozambique
Luís  14'
Isac  20'
Gildo  37'
Reinildo  44'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  3–0  Mauritius
Gabuza  26'
Ntshangase  28', 44'

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)
15:00 UTC+4
Mauritius  0–2  South Africa
Masango  69'
Letlabika  84'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
15:00 UTC+2
Swaziland  2–2  Angola
Tsabedze  65'
Ndzinisa  83'
Dário  30'
Ary Papel  54'

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
15:30 UTC+1
Angola  2–0  Swaziland
Gelson  31', 86'
Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

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

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)
15:00 UTC+2
Zimbabwe  3–1  Lesotho
Mutuma  48' (pen.), 56'
Phiri  81'
Seturumane  63'
Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo
Referee: Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
15:00 UTC+2
Lesotho  1–1  Zimbabwe
Moyo  79' (pen.) Mutuma  35'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Referee: Kalasande Qongo (South Africa)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  3–0  Mozambique
Kalengo  77'
Luchanga  80'
Sautu  89'
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  1–1  Zambia
Hagi  83' (pen.) Mbewe  26'
Estádio da Machava, Matola
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  0–2  Angola
Mateus  54'
Ary Papel  90+2'
Rand Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
15:00 UTC+1
Angola  1–2  South Africa
Gelson  43' Fabrício  29' (o.g.)
Lakay  90'
Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Mbongisseni Fakudze (Swaziland)

Qualified teams

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

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Morocco Northern Zone 22 October 2015 1 (2014)
 Tunisia 22 October 2015 1 (2011)
 Mali Zone West A 24 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
 Guinea 24 October 2015 0 (debut)
 Ivory Coast Zone West B 30 October 2015 2 (2009, 2011)
 Nigeria 25 October 2015 1 (2014)
 Niger 25 October 2015 1 (2011)
 DR Congo Central Zone 13 October 2015[15] 3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
 Cameroon 31 October 2015 1 (2011)
 Gabon 24 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
 Rwanda (hosts) Central-East Zone 29 January 2011[2] 1 (2011)
 Uganda 25 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
 Ethiopia 25 October 2015 1 (2014)
 Zimbabwe Southern Zone 25 October 2015 3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
 Zambia 25 October 2015 1 (2009)
 Angola 24 October 2015 1 (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

References

External links

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