2011 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations began in March 2010. These games did not count towards the FIFA rankings.

2011 African Nations Championship qualification
2009
2014

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

Qualification Zones

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Qualification was divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament.

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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Ghazali   48' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Libya  2–1  Algeria
Al Shibani   26' (pen.)
Zuway   62'
Report Hanitser   90'

Morocco  2–2  Tunisia
Erbati   32' (pen.)
Soulaimani   85'
Report Khalifa   75'
Meriah   83' (pen.)

Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.

Zone West A

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
  Mauritania w/o   Sierra Leone

Mauritania withdrew.[1]

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo   w/o   Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon   3–0   Congo 3–0 * w/o
Gabon  3–0 *  Congo
Congo  Cancelled  Gabon
  • Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Central-East Zone

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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  Cancelled  Kenya
Kenya  3–0 *  Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.

Eritrea  Cancelled  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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Santana   90'
Referee: Jean-Michel Moukoko
Malawi  0–2  Angola

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

Qualified

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References

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  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.