2011 African Nations Championship qualification
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The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations began in March 2010. These games did not count towards the FIFA rankings. The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, while this edition featured sixteen.
Qualification Zones
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
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria Algeria | (a) 2–2 | Libya Libya | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tunisia Tunisia | (a) 3–3 | Morocco Morocco | 1–1 | 2–2 |
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| Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya |
|---|---|---|
| Ghazali File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' | Report |
| Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West A
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania | w/o | Sierra Leone Sierra Leone |
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Mauritania withdrew.[1]
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea Guinea | 1–3 | Mali Mali | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Senegal Senegal | 1–1 (4–3p) | Sierra Leone Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West B
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Togo Togo | 1–6 | Ivory Coast Ivory Coast | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Burkina Faso Burkina Faso | 0–1 | Ghana Ghana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Niger Niger | 2–0 | Nigeria Nigeria | 2–0 | 0–0 |
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Ivory coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.
Central Zone
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo Republic of the Congo | w/o | Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea |
Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo Republic of the Congo | 1–4 | Cameroon Cameroon | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Gabon Gabon | 2–3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon Gabon | 3–0 | Republic of the Congo Congo | 3–0 * | w/o |
- 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 Djibouti | 0–1 | Somalia Somalia | N/P | 0–1 |
| Djibouti File:Flag of Djibouti.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yusuf Osman File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 Burundi | 1–5 | Uganda Uganda | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Ethiopia Ethiopia | w/o | Kenya Kenya | w/o | 0–3 * |
| Eritrea Eritrea | w/o | Rwanda Rwanda | w/o | 0–3 * |
| Somalia Somalia | 0–6 | Tanzania Tanzania | N/P | 0–6 |
- Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.
- Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.
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 Uganda | (a) 2–2 | Kenya Kenya | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tanzania Tanzania | 1–2 | Rwanda Rwanda | 1–1 | 0–1 |
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 Botswana | 1–2 | South Africa South Africa | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Seychelles Seychelles | 2–1 | Namibia Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Madagascar Madagascar | 0–2 | Angola Angola | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Swaziland Eswatini | 1–5 | Zimbabwe Zimbabwe | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Malawi Malawi | 3–1 | Mozambique Mozambique | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Zambia receive bye to Second Round.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa South Africa | 2–1 | Zambia Zambia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Seychelles Seychelles | 2–6 | Zimbabwe Zimbabwe | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Angola Angola | 3–1 | Malawi Malawi | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| Santana File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.
Qualified
- File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan - Host (Central-East Zone)
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria - North Zone
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia - North Zone
- File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali - Zone West A
- File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal - Zone West A
- File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast - Zone West B
- File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana - Zone West B
- File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger - Zone West B
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon - Central Zone
- File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo - Central Zone
- File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon - Central Zone
- File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda - Central-East Zone
- File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda - Central-East Zone
- File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola - Southern Zone
- South Africa South Africa - Southern Zone
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe - Southern Zone
References
- ↑ "Sierra Leone get CHAN bye". BBC. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ↑ "Somalia eject Djibouti in CHAN qualifier". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.