2014 African Nations Championship qualification

The qualification phase for the 2014 African Nations Championship was played from November 2012 to August 2013. Qualification is divided into the CAF Regional Zones. Each zone has 2 or 3 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in 2014 in South Africa.[1]

2014 African Nations Championship qualification

Qualification Zones
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

First Round

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

Team 1 Agg. 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'
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger
Referee: Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Zone West A

Preliminary Round

The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round.
Mali and Senegal receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[4]

Team 1 Agg. 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

The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[5]

Team 1 Agg. 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

Preliminary Round

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.[6]

Team 1 Agg. 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

The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[7] Benin withdrew from the tournament for financial reasons.[8]

Team 1 Agg. 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,[9] but one month later they confirmed their participation.[10]

Central Zone

Preliminary Round

The Preliminary Round winner qualify for the First Round.
DR Congo, Cameroon and Gabon receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[11]

Team 1 Agg. 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.[12]

First Round

The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.
The 2 losers of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.[13]

Team 1 Agg. 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

The winner of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament.[14]

Team 1 Agg. 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

Preliminary Round

The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round.
Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.[15]

Team 1 Agg. 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.[16] Game was awarded 3–0 to Ethiopia.[17]

First Round

The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.[18]

Team 1 Agg. 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
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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

Preliminary Round

The 2 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.[19]
Note: Mozambique was not included in the initial draw published by CAF on June 9, 2012,[20] 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).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mauritius 2–0 Comoros 2–0 0–0
Mozambique 6–1 Seychelles 4–0 2–1[21]
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

The 4 winners of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.[22]

Team 1 Agg. 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

The 2 winners of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament, along with hosts South Africa.[23]

Team 1 Agg. 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
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
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