2011 African Nations Championship qualification

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Algeria 1–0 Libya
Ghazali 48' Report
Koléa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Libya 2–1 Algeria
Al Shibani 26' (pen.)
Zuway 62'		 Report Hanitser 90'
June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.

Zone West A

Preliminary round

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

Mauritania withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon Gabon 3–0 Republic of the Congo Congo 3–0 * w/o
Gabon 3–0 * Congo
Congo Cancelled Gabon

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Central-East Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djibouti Djibouti 0–1 Somalia 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.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Burundi 1–1 Uganda
Uganda 4–0 Burundi
Ethiopia Cancelled Kenya
Kenya 3–0 * Ethiopia
Eritrea Cancelled Rwanda
Rwanda 3–0 * Eritrea
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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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.