2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is the qualification process for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. South Africa automatically qualified as the host country.

Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

Qualified nations
  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Did not enter
  Not part of CAF
CountryQualified by winning againstQualification datePrevious appearances in tournament†
 South Africa00Hosts0028 September 20117 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Ghana00Malawi0113 October 201218 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Mali00Botswana0113 October 20127 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Zambia00Uganda0113 October 201215 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Nigeria00Liberia0113 October 201216 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Tunisia00Sierra Leone0113 October 201215 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Ivory Coast00Senegal0113 October 201219 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Morocco00Mozambique0113 October 201214 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012)
 Ethiopia00Sudan0214 October 20129 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1982)
 Cape Verde00Cameroon0214 October 20120 (debut)
 Angola00Zimbabwe0214 October 20126 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Niger00Guinea0214 October 20121 (2012)
 Togo00Gabon0214 October 20126 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
 DR Congo00Equatorial Guinea0214 October 201215 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
 Burkina Faso00Central African Rep.0214 October 20128 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012)
 Algeria00Libya0214 October 201214 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
† Bold indicates champion for that year
† Italic indicates host

Format

A total of 47 countries entered the competition, including South Africa, which automatically qualified.

The remaining 46 teams competed in the qualifiers. In each of the three rounds, teams were drawn into two-legged home-and-away knock-out ties.[1] Aggregate goals are used to determine the winner. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).

  • Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked four teams started from the preliminary round.
  • First round: The two winners of the preliminary round joined the other 26 teams which did not qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
  • Second round: The 14 winners of the first round joined the 16 teams which qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

The 15 winners of the second round qualified for the finals.

The draw for the preliminary round and the first round was made on 28 October 2011 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.[2] The draw for the second round was made on 5 July 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after the first round was completed.[3]

Below is the list of entrants:

Bye to second round
(2012 ACN qualifiers)		 Bye to first round
(2012 ACN non-qualifiers except lowest-ranked teams)		 Competing in preliminary round
(lowest-ranked teams)

 Angola
 Botswana
 Burkina Faso
 Ivory Coast
 Equatorial Guinea
 Gabon
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Libya
 Mali
 Morocco
 Niger
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Tunisia
 Zambia

 Algeria
 Benin
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Congo
 DR Congo
 Egypt
 Ethiopia
 Gambia
 Guinea-Bissau

 Kenya
 Liberia
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Nigeria
 Rwanda
 Sierra Leone
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Uganda
 Zimbabwe

 Lesotho
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Seychelles
 Swaziland

Notes

Preliminary round
  • Originally scheduled 6–8 and 20–22 January 2012.[6] However, the São Tomé and Príncipe v Lesotho match was postponed from 8 January to 15 January at the request of the Lesotho Football Association due to the unavailability of flights to São Tomé via Libreville.[7]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Seychelles  w/o1  Swaziland — —
São Tomé and Príncipe  1–0  Lesotho 1–0 0–0
Notes
São Tomé and Príncipe 1 – 0 Lesotho
Jair  3' (pen.) Report
Referee: Serge Soumou (Congo)

São Tomé and Príncipe won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the First round against Sierra Leone.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  1–1 (a)  Benin 0–0 1–1
Rwanda  0–2  Nigeria 0–0 0–2
Congo  3–5  Uganda 3–1 0–4
Burundi  2–2 (a)  Zimbabwe 2–1 0–1
Gambia  2–6  Algeria 1–2 1–4
Kenya  2–2 (a)  Togo 2–1 0–1
São Tomé and Príncipe  4–5  Sierra Leone 2–1 2–4
Guinea-Bissau  0–2  Cameroon 0–1 0–1
Chad  3–4  Malawi 3–2 0–2
Seychelles  0–7  DR Congo 0–4 0–3
Tanzania  2–2 (6–7 p)  Mozambique 1–1 1–1
Egypt  3–42  Central African Republic 2–3 1–1
Madagascar  1–7  Cape Verde 0–4 1–3
Liberia  1–0  Namibia 1–0 0–0
Notes
  • Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Ethiopia 0 – 0 Benin
Report
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Benin 1 – 1 Ethiopia
Poté  19' Report Girma  44'

1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Nigeria 2 – 0 Rwanda
I. Uche  9'
Musa  56'		 Report

Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Congo 3 – 1 Uganda
N'Guessi  1'
Lépicier  77' (pen.)
Moussilou  85'		 Report Sserumaga  29'
Uganda 4 – 0 Congo
Mwesigwa  33'
Walusimbi  51' (pen.)
Massa  63'
Okwi  86'		 Report

Uganda won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Burundi 2 – 1 Zimbabwe
Mavugo  46'
Nahayo  90+5'		 Report Musona  60'
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Gambia 1 – 2 Algeria
M. Ceesay  27' Report Yahia  56'
Feghouli  58'
Algeria 4 – 1 Gambia
Kadir  1'
Slimani  6', 52'
Soudani  65'		 Report Gassama  15'
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Algeria won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Kenya 2 – 1 Togo
Situma  24'
Wanga  66'		 Report Boukari  42'
Togo 1 – 0 Kenya
Gakpé  59' Report

2–2 on aggregate. Togo won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

São Tomé and Príncipe 2 – 1 Sierra Leone
Jair  69' (pen.)
Lasset  86'		 Report A. Kamara  55'
Referee: Anthony Raphael (Malawi)
Sierra Leone 4 – 2 São Tomé and Príncipe
K. Kamara  17', 33'
T. Bangura  21', 40'		 Report Jair  2'
José  47'

Sierra Leone won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Chad 3 – 2 Malawi
Labbo  38'
Djime  45+3', 53'		 Report Nyondo  42', 67'
Malawi 2 – 0 Chad
J. Banda  31'
Kamwendo  73'		 Report

Malawi won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Seychelles 0 – 4 DR Congo
Report Kaluyituka  11', 47'
Mputu  28'
Basilua  90'
DR Congo 3 – 0 Seychelles
Mbokani  38'
Issama  45'
Kanda  84'		 Report
Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

Congo DR won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Tanzania 1 – 1 Mozambique
Kazimoto  42' Report Clésio  23'
Referee: Mohamed Farouk Mahmoud (Egypt)

2–2 on aggregate. Mozambique won the penalty shootout and advanced to the Second round.

Egypt 2 – 3 Central African Republic
Zidan  10'
Salah  47'		 Report Momi  25', 62'
Manga  69'

Central African Republic won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Madagascar 0 – 4 Cape Verde
Report Ryan  11'
Dady  38'
F. Varela  77'
T. Varela  82'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Cape Verde 3 – 1 Madagascar
Ryan  9', 81'
Djaniny  55'		 Report Voavy  83'
Referee: Boureima Attama (Niger)

Cape Verde won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Namibia 0 – 0 Liberia
Report
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Second round

Seeding

The 30 teams which qualified for the second round were ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2008, 2010, and 2012 editions.[12] For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

Classification Points awarded
Winner 7
Runner-up 5
Losing semi-finalists 3
Losing quarter-finalists 2
Eliminated in 1st round 1

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

If two countries are equal in the number of points in the above classification the number of points that they have accumulated throughout all their matches played in the last 3 final tournaments of the CAN determined their ranking (on the basis of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a match lost).

The teams were divided into two pots based on the ranking. Each tie contained one team from each pot. The order of legs for each tie was determined by draw.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1.  Zambia (26 pts)
  2.  Ghana (22 pts)
  3.  Ivory Coast (22 pts)
  4.  Mali (12 pts)
  5.  Tunisia (10 pts)
  6.  Cameroon (9 pts)
  7.  Angola (9 pts)
  8.  Gabon (8 pts)
  9.  Nigeria (8 pts)
  10.  Sudan (7 pts)
  11.  Equatorial Guinea (6 pts)
  12.  Algeria (6 pts)
  13.  Guinea (5 pts)
  14.  Burkina Faso (5 pts)
  15.  Morocco (4 pts)
  1.  Senegal (4 pts)
  2.  Libya (3 pts)
  3.  Niger (3 pts)
  4.  Botswana (3 pts)
  5.  Malawi (2 pts)
  6.  Mozambique (2 pts)
  7.  Togo (2 pts)
  8.  Cape Verde (0 pts)
  9.  Central African Republic (0 pts)
  10.  DR Congo (0 pts)
  11.  Ethiopia (0 pts)
  12.  Liberia (0 pts)
  13.  Sierra Leone (0 pts)
  14.  Uganda (0 pts)
  15.  Zimbabwe (0 pts)

Matches
  • Scheduled 7–9 September and 12–14 October 2012.[14]
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  7–1  Botswana 3–0 4–1
Zimbabwe  3–3 (a)  Angola 3–1 0–2
Ghana  3–0  Malawi 2–0 1–0
Liberia  3–8  Nigeria 2–2 1–6
Zambia  1–1 (9–8 p)  Uganda 1–0 0–1
Cape Verde  3–2  Cameroon 2–0 1–2
Mozambique  2–4  Morocco 2–0 0–4
Sierra Leone  2–2 (a)  Tunisia 2–2 0–0
Guinea  1–2  Niger 1–0 0–2
Sudan  5–5 (a)  Ethiopia 5–3 0–2
Libya  0–3  Algeria 0–13 0–2
Ivory Coast  6–2  Senegal 4–2 2–04
DR Congo  5–2  Equatorial Guinea 4–0 1–2
Gabon  2–3  Togo 1–1 1–2
Central African Republic  2–3  Burkina Faso 1–0 1–3
Notes
  • Note 3: Libya v Algeria played in neutral venue of Morocco due to the political situation in Libya.[15]
  • Note 4: Senegal v Ivory Coast was abandoned with 15 minutes to go, after the crowd started to riot.[16] The result was confirmed as 2–0 in favor of Ivory Coast by the CAF.[17]
Mali 3 – 0 Botswana
Diabaté  27' (pen.)
N'Diaye  59'
Maïga  77'		 Report
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Botswana 1 – 4 Mali
Ohilwe  90' Report Diabaté  29'
Maïga  60'
Samassa  77'
M. K. Traore  85'

Mali won 7–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Zimbabwe 3 – 1 Angola
Mateus  4' (o.g.)
Billiat  21'
Gutu  35'		 Report Djalma  56'
Angola 2 – 0 Zimbabwe
Manucho  5', 7' Report
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

3–3 on aggregate. Angola won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana 2 – 0 Malawi
Atsu  8'
Annan  53'		 Report
Malawi 0 – 1 Ghana
Report Acquah  4'
Referee: Khalid Abdelrahman (Sudan)

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Liberia 2 – 2 Nigeria
O. Roberts  5'
Oliseh  66'		 Report Igiebor  22'
I. Uche  26' (pen.)
Nigeria 6 – 1 Liberia
Ambrose  1'
Musa  38'
Moses  48', 88'
Mikel  50' (pen.)
I. Uche  72'		 Report Wleh  80'

Nigeria won 8–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Zambia 1 – 0 Uganda
C. Katongo  18' Report

1–1 on aggregate. Zambia won the penalty shootout and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Cape Verde 2 – 0 Cameroon
Ricardo  15'
Djaniny  61'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Cameroon 2 – 1 Cape Verde
Emana  22'
Olinga  90+4'		 Report Nhuck  12'
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Cape Verde won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mozambique 2 – 0 Morocco
Miro  75'
Domingues  90+3'		 Report
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Morocco 4 – 0 Mozambique
Barrada  39'
Kharja  64' (pen.)
El-Arabi  85'
Amrabat  90+4'		 Report

Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Sierra Leone 2 – 2 Tunisia
Suma  8'
A. Kamara  85'		 Report Gharbi  65'
Msakni  87'
Referee: Khalid Abdelrahman (Sudan)

2–2 on aggregate. Tunisia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Guinea 1 – 0 Niger
Yattara  51' Report
Niger 2 – 0 Guinea
Chikoto  74'
Garba  85'		 Report

Niger won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Sudan 5 – 3 Ethiopia
Mudather Karika  7'
Bashir  15'
Mosaab  35'
Muhannad El Tahir  83' (pen.), 90'		 Report Getaneh  14'
Adane  50'
Siyoum  69'
Ethiopia 2 – 0 Sudan
Adane  61'
Saladin  64'		 Report

5–5 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Libya 0 – 1 Algeria
Report Soudani  88'
Algeria 2 – 0 Libya
Soudani  6'
Slimani  7'		 Report

Algeria won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ivory Coast 4 – 2 Senegal
Kalou  43'
Gervinho  65'
Drogba  80' (pen.)
Gradel  85'		 Report N'Doye  33'
Cissé  60'
Senegal 0 – 2
Abandoned4		 Ivory Coast
Report Drogba  52', 71' (pen.)
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Ivory Coast won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

DR Congo 4 – 0 Equatorial Guinea
Mbokani  56', 80'
Kanda  61'
Ronan  73' (o.g.)		 Report
Equatorial Guinea 2 – 1 DR Congo
Judson  23'
Ricardinho  35'		 Report Mulumbu  43'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)

Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Gabon 1 – 1 Togo
Cousin  69' Report Adebayor  74'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Togo 2 – 1 Gabon
Wome  36'
Adebayor  57'		 Report Aubameyang  80'

Togo won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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