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2014 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualification phase for the 2014 African Nations Championship was played from November 2012 to August 2013. Qualification was divided into the CAF Regional Zones. Each zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament in South Africa.[1]

2014 African Nations Championship qualification
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Qualification zones edit

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 edit

First round edit

The two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2] Algeria withdrew due to poor squad standards.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   w/o *   Libya — —
Tunisia   0–1   Morocco 0–1 0–0
Tunisia  0–1  Morocco
Report El Mobarky   89'
Morocco  0–0  Tunisia
Report
Referee: Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Zone West A edit

Preliminary round edit

The two preliminary round winners qualify for the first round.
Mali and Senegal receive a bye and advance directly to the first round.[2]

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
Liberia  0–1  Mauritania
Referee: Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Mauritania  2–1  Liberia
Referee: Djaoupe (Togo)
Guinea  0–0  Sierra Leone
Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Sierra Leone  1–1  Guinea
Referee: Gueye (Senegal)

First round edit

The two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2]

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
Senegal  1–0  Mauritania
Gomis   65'
Referee: Kordi (Tunisia)
Mauritania  2–0  Senegal
Bessam   45'
Denna   57'
Referee: Hama (Niger)
Mali  3–1  Guinea
Referee: Zio (Burkina-Faso)
Guinea  1–0  Mali
I. Camara   62'
Referee: Abid Charef (Algeria)

Zone West B edit

Preliminary round edit

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.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso   3–1   Togo 2–1 1–0
Burkina Faso  2–1  Togo
Referee: Yekeh (Liberia)
Togo  0–1  Burkina Faso
Referee: Madila (DR Congo)

First round edit

The 3 winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2] Benin withdrew from the tournament for financial reasons.[4]

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  4–1  Ivory Coast
Gambo   15'
Mba   26', 51'
Edeh   83'		 Ti. Coulibaly   45'
Referee: Keita (Mali)
Ivory Coast  2–0  Nigeria
Referee: El Jaafari (Morocco)
Burkina Faso  1–0  Niger
Kaboré   84'
Referee: Amao (Nigeria)
Niger  1–0  Burkina Faso
Sacko   90+8'
Penalties
5–6
Referee: Tohouegnon (Benin)

Nigeria withdrew due to financial constraints on 11 April 2013,[5] but one month later they confirmed their participation.[6]

Central Zone edit

Preliminary round edit

The preliminary round winner qualify for the first round.
DR Congo, Cameroon and Gabon receive a bye and advance directly to the first round.[2]

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  Canceled  Congo
Congo  3–0 *  Central African Republic
  • Central African Republic withdrew. Game was awarded 3–0 to Congo.[7]

First round edit

The two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.
The two losers of the first round qualify for the second round.[2]

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
Cameroon  1–0  Gabon
Haman   29' (pen.)
Referee: Biani (Chad)
Gabon  1–0  Cameroon
Mbingui   52'
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Gomes (South Africa)
DR Congo  2–1  Congo
Mkundji   7'
Bokanga   72'		 Moubhio   28'
Referee: Batte (Uganda)
Congo  1–0  DR Congo
Kasereka   87' (o.g.)
Referee: Aurelien Juankou Wandji (Cameroon)

Second round edit

The winner of the second round qualify for the final tournament.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon   1–2   DR Congo 0–1 1–1
Cameroon  0–1  DR Congo
Mubele   65'
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
DR Congo  1–1  Cameroon
Ebunga-Simbi   31' Ebah   60'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Central-East Zone edit

Preliminary round edit

The two preliminary round winners qualify for the first round.
Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania receive a bye and advance directly to the first round.[2]

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
Burundi  1–0  Kenya
Referee: Munyanziza (Rwanda)
Kenya  0–0  Burundi
Referee: Adelaid (Comoros)
Ethiopia  3–0 *  Eritrea
Eritrea  Canceled  Ethiopia
  • Eritrea withdrew on December 5, 2012.[8] Game was awarded 3–0 to Ethiopia.[9]

First round edit

The 3 winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2]

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
Burundi  1–1  Sudan
Nadir Eltayeb   ?'
Referee: Munyemana (Rwanda)
Sudan  1–1  Burundi
Nadir Eltayeb   ?'
Penalties
3–4
Referee: Ghebremichael (Eritrea)
Ethiopia  1–0  Rwanda
Referee: Omweno (Kenya)
Rwanda  1–0  Ethiopia
Penalties
5–6
Referee: Wiish Yabarow (Somalia)
Tanzania  0–1  Uganda
Referee: Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Uganda  3–1  Tanzania
Referee: Kanoso (Madagascar)

Southern Zone edit

Preliminary round edit

The two 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.[2]
Note: Mozambique was not included in the initial draw published by CAF on June 9, 2012,[10] 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[11]
Mauritius  2–0  Comoros
Referee: Kanoso (Madagascar)
Comoros  0–0  Mauritius
Referee: Chirinda (Mozambique)
Mozambique  4–0  Seychelles
Referee: Gomes (South Africa)
Seychelles  1–2  Mozambique
Referee: Chutooree (Mauritius)

First round edit

The 4 winners of the first round qualify for the second round.[2]

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
Mauritius  0–3  Zimbabwe
Referee: Fred (Seychelles)
Zimbabwe  1–1  Mauritius
Referee: Chirinda (Mozambique)
Mozambique  3–0  Namibia
Referee: Hachiwa (Zambia)
Namibia  3–0  Mozambique
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Bondo (Botswana)
Swaziland  0–1  Angola
Job   21'
Somhlolo National Stadium
Referee: Madila (DR Congo)
Angola  1–0  Swaziland
Manuel   17'
Luanda
Referee: Adelaid (Comoros)
Botswana  1–1  Zambia
Referee: Shikongo (Namibia)
Zambia  2–0  Botswana
Referee: Nhleko (Swaziland)

Second round edit

The two winners of the second round qualify for the final tournament, along with hosts South Africa.[2]

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
Zimbabwe  0–0  Zambia
Referee: Aurelien Juankou Wandji (Cameroon)
Zambia  0–1  Zimbabwe
Referee: Anthony Raphael (Malawi)
Mozambique  0–0  Angola
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Angola  1–1  Mozambique
Guedes   10' Diogo   30'
Referee: Osiane Koto (Lesotho)

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualification
North Zone
  Libya Automatic
  Morocco Defeated   Tunisia
Zone West A
  Mauritania Defeated   Senegal
  Mali Defeated   Guinea
Zone West B
  Ghana Automatic
  Nigeria Defeated   Ivory Coast
  Burkina Faso Defeated   Niger
Central Zone
  Congo Defeated   DR Congo
  Gabon Defeated   Cameroon
  DR Congo Defeated   Cameroon
Central-East Zone
  Burundi Defeated   Sudan
  Ethiopia Defeated   Rwanda
  Uganda Defeated   Tanzania
Southern Zone
  South Africa Hosts
  Zimbabwe Defeated   Zambia
  Mozambique Defeated   Angola

References edit

  1. ^ "Eliminatoires CHAN-2014 : les résultats du tirage au sort". Algérie Presse Service. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fixtures. Preliminaries CAF Online
  3. ^ Goal.com. "Algeria withdraws from CHAN 2014 qualifiers". Goal.com.
  4. ^ "Ghana qualify for 2014 CHAN finals as Benin withdraw - MTNFootball". Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (11 April 2013). "Nigeria withdraw from African Nations Championship qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (8 May 2013). "Nigeria make 2014 CHAN qualifiers U-turn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Matches - African Nations Championship - Africa - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Eritrea withdraw from Ethiopia qualifiers". www.ghezana.net. Retrieved 12 January 2022. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Matches - African Nations Championship - Africa - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  10. ^ Fixtures CAF Online
  11. ^ "Seychelles succumb to Mozambique". Seychelles Nation. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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