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.

2011 African Nations Championship qualification

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

Tunisia 1–1 Morocco
Report
Referee: Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)
Morocco 2–2 Tunisia
Ribat  32' (pen.)
Slimani  85'
Report Khelifa  75'
Meriah  83' (pen.)
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 w/o Sierra Leone

Mauritania withdrew.[1]

First Round

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Togo 1–6 Ivory Coast 12 04
Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana 00 01
Niger 2–0 Nigeria 20 00
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

Preliminary Round

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

Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

First Round

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

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

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Central-East Zone

Preliminary Round

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi 1-5 Uganda 11 04
Ethiopia w/o Kenya w/o 03 *
Eritrea w/o Rwanda w/o 03 *
Somalia 0-6 Tanzania N/P 06
Burundi 1–1 Uganda
Uganda 4–0 Burundi

Ethiopia Canceled Kenya
Kenya 3–0 * Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.

Eritrea Canceled 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

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 (a) 22 Kenya 10 12
Tanzania 12 Rwanda 11 01
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

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botswana 1–2 South Africa 00 12
Seychelles 2–1 Namibia 10 11
Madagascar 0–2 Angola 00 02
Swaziland 1–5 Zimbabwe 12 03
Malawi 3–1 Mozambique 30 01

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

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

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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