2014 African Nations Championship qualification

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]

2014 African Nations Championship qualification

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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 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	w/o *	Libya	—	—
Tunisia	0–1	Morocco	0–1	0–0

Tunisia	0–1	Morocco
	Report	El Mobarky 89'

6 July 2013

20:00 UTC+1

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Morocco	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

13 July 2013

22:30 UTC±0

Grand Stade de Tanger, Tanger

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	1–3	Mauritania	0–1	1–2
Guinea	1–1	Sierra Leone	0–0	1–1

Liberia	0–1	Mauritania

2 December 2012

Referee: Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Mauritania	2–1	Liberia

15 December 2012

Referee: Djaoupe (Togo)

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Guinea	0–0	Sierra Leone

2 December 2012

Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)

Sierra Leone	1–1	Guinea

14 December 2012

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	1–2	Mauritania	1–0	0–2
Mali	3–2	Guinea	3–1	0–1

Senegal	1–0	Mauritania
Gomis 65'

6 July 2013

20:00

Referee: Kordi (Tunisia)

Mauritania	2–0	Senegal
Bessam 45' Denna 57'

20 July 2013

TBA

Referee: Hama (Niger)

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Mali	3–1	Guinea

6 July 2013

19:00

Referee: Zio (Burkina-Faso)

Guinea	1–0	Mali
I. Camara 62'

28 July 2013

15:00

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	3–1	Togo	2–1	1–0

Burkina Faso	2–1	Togo

1 December 2012

Referee: Yekeh (Liberia)

Togo	0–1	Burkina Faso

16 December 2012

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	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'

6 July 2013

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Referee: Keita (Mali)

Ivory Coast	2–0	Nigeria

27 July 2013

Referee: El Jaafari (Morocco)

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Burkina Faso	1–0	Niger
Kaboré 84'

6 July 2013

18:00

Referee: Amao (Nigeria)

Niger	1–0	Burkina Faso
Sacko 90+8'
Penalties
	5–6

27 July 2013

15:00

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.	0–3	Congo	w/o	0–3 *

Central African Republic	Canceled	Congo

30 November 2012

Congo	3–0 *	Central African Republic

14 December 2012

• 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	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.)

28 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Biani (Chad)

Gabon	1–0	Cameroon
Mbingui 52'
Penalties
	6–5

10 August 2013

15:00

Referee: Gomes (South Africa)

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DR Congo	2–1	Congo
Mkundji 7' Bokanga 72'		Moubhio 28'

7 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Batte (Uganda)

Congo	1–0	DR Congo
Kasereka 87' (o.g.)

28 July 2013

15:00

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	1–2	DR Congo	0–1	1–1

Cameroon	0–1	DR Congo
		Mubele 65'

26 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

DR Congo	1–1	Cameroon
Ebunga-Simbi 31'		Ebah 60'

30 August 2013

TBA

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	1–0	Kenya	1–0	0–0
Ethiopia	3–0	Eritrea	3–0 *	w/o

Burundi	1–0	Kenya

16 December 2012

Referee: Munyanziza (Rwanda)

Kenya	0–0	Burundi

6 January 2013

Referee: Adelaid (Comoros)

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Ethiopia	3–0 *	Eritrea

14 December 2012

Eritrea	Canceled	Ethiopia

5 January 2013

• 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	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
		Nadir Eltayeb ?'

7 July 2013

15:30

Referee: Munyemana (Rwanda)

Sudan	1–1	Burundi
Nadir Eltayeb ?'
Penalties
	3–4

28 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Ghebremichael (Eritrea)

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Ethiopia	1–0	Rwanda

14 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Omweno (Kenya)

Rwanda	1–0	Ethiopia
Penalties
	5–6

27 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Wiish Yabarow (Somalia)

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Tanzania	0–1	Uganda

13 July 2013

14:00

Referee: Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Uganda	3–1	Tanzania

27 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Kanoso (Madagascar)

Southern Zone

Preliminary round

The two 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.^[2]
Note: Mozambique was not included in the initial draw published by CAF on June 9, 2012,^[10] 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).^{[citation needed]}

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritius	2–0	Comoros	2–0	0–0
Mozambique	6–1	Seychelles	4–0	2–1[11]

Mauritius	2–0	Comoros

1 December 2012

Referee: Kanoso (Madagascar)

Comoros	0–0	Mauritius

15 December 2012

Referee: Chirinda (Mozambique)

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Mozambique	4–0	Seychelles

2 December 2012

Referee: Gomes (South Africa)

Seychelles	1–2	Mozambique

15 December 2012

Referee: Chutooree (Mauritius)

First round

The 4 winners of the first round qualify for the second round.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

28 July 2013

TBA

Referee: Fred (Seychelles)

Zimbabwe	1–1	Mauritius

4 August 2013

14:00

Referee: Chirinda (Mozambique)

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Mozambique	3–0	Namibia

28 July 2013

15:00

Referee: Hachiwa (Zambia)

Namibia	3–0	Mozambique
Penalties
	4–5

3 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Bondo (Botswana)

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Swaziland	0–1	Angola
		Job 21'

23 June 2013

15:00

Somhlolo National Stadium

Referee: Madila (DR Congo)

Angola	1–0	Swaziland
Manuel 17'

29 June 2013

17:00

Luanda

Referee: Adelaid (Comoros)

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Botswana	1–1	Zambia

27 July 2013

TBA

Referee: Shikongo (Namibia)

Zambia	2–0	Botswana

3 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Nhleko (Swaziland)

Second round

The two winners of the second round qualify for the final tournament, along with hosts South Africa.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

18 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Aurelien Juankou Wandji (Cameroon)

Zambia	0–1	Zimbabwe

24 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Anthony Raphael (Malawi)

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Mozambique	0–0	Angola

25 August 2013

TBA

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Angola	1–1	Mozambique
Guedes 10'		Diogo 30'

31 August 2013

TBA

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

References

1. "Eliminatoires CHAN-2014 : les résultats du tirage au sort". Algérie Presse Service. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
2. Fixtures. Preliminaries CAF Online
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4. "Ghana qualify for 2014 CHAN finals as Benin withdraw - MTNFootball". Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
5. Okeleji, Oluwashina (11 April 2013). "Nigeria withdraw from African Nations Championship qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
6. Okeleji, Oluwashina (8 May 2013). "Nigeria make 2014 CHAN qualifiers U-turn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
7. "Matches - African Nations Championship - Africa - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
8. "Eritrea withdraw from Ethiopia qualifiers". www.ghezana.net. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
9. "Matches - African Nations Championship - Africa - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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11. "Seychelles succumb to Mozambique". Seychelles Nation. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2012.