2014 African Nations Championship qualification

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2014 African Nations Championship qualification
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The qualification phase for the 2014 African Nations Championship was played from November 2012 to August 2013. Qualification was divided into the CAF Regional Zones. Each zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament in South Africa.[1]

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 two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2] Algeria withdrew due to poor squad standards.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria Algeria w/o * Libya Libya — —
Tunisia Tunisia 0–1 Morocco Morocco 0–1 0–0
Tunisia 0–1 Morocco
Report El Mobarky 89'
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Zone West A

Preliminary round

The two preliminary round winners qualify for the first round.
Mali and Senegal receive a bye and advance directly to the first round.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liberia Liberia 1–3  Mauritania 0–1 1–2
Guinea Guinea 1–1 Sierra Leone 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 two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Senegal Senegal 1–2 Mauritania Mauritania 1–0 0–2
Mali Mali 3–2 Guinea 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.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 3–1 Togo 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.[2] Benin withdrew from the tournament for financial reasons.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benin Benin w/o Ghana Ghana — —
Nigeria Nigeria 4–3 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 4–1 0–2
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1–1 (6–5p) Niger 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,[5] but one month later they confirmed their participation.[6]

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.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central African Rep. Central African Republic 0–3 Republic of the Congo 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.[7]

First round

The two winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.
The two losers of the first round qualify for the second round.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon Cameroon 1–1 (6–7p) Gabon Gabon 1–0 0–1
DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–2 Republic of the Congo 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.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon Cameroon 1–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 two preliminary round winners qualify for the first round.
Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania receive a bye and advance directly to the first round.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi Burundi 1–0 Kenya Kenya 1–0 0–0
Ethiopia Ethiopia 3–0 Eritrea 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.[8] Game was awarded 3–0 to Ethiopia.[9]

First round

The 3 winners of the first round qualify for the final tournament.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi Burundi 2–2 (4–3p) Sudan Sudan 1–1 1–1
Ethiopia Ethiopia 1–1 (6–5p) Rwanda Rwanda 1–0 0–1
Tanzania Tanzania 1–4 Uganda Uganda 0–1 1–3
Burundi 1–1 Sudan
Nadir Eltayeb ?'
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

Qualified teams

References

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