2020 African Nations Championship qualification

The 2020 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.

2020 African Nations Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	20 April – 20 October 2019
Teams	48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	146 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Kaddu Prince Dube (4 goals each)
← 2018 2022 →

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon which qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Teams

Originally, a total of 47 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 30 January 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[2][3] A re-draw of the Central Eastern Zone (CECAFA) was announced on 3 July 2019, after Ethiopia (original hosts) and Djibouti (originally banned) were included.^[4] A re-draw of the Central Zone (UNIFFAC) was also made, after Cameroon (new hosts) were excluded from qualifying.^[5][6] Therefore, a total of 48 (out of 53) teams CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds after the re-draws.

Zone	Spots (total 16)	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
Northern Zone (UNAF)	2 spots	Algeria  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia	Egypt
Western Zone A (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Cape Verde  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal	Gambia  Sierra Leone (suspended by FIFA)[7]
Western Zone B (WAFU-UFOA B)	3 spots	Benin  Burkina Faso  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Niger  Nigeria  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	2 spots +  Cameroon (hosts)	Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  São Tomé and Príncipe (W)	Gabon (banned)[8]
Central Eastern Zone (CECAFA)	3 spots	Burundi  Djibouti (originally banned)[8]  Ethiopia (original hosts)  Kenya  Rwanda  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda	Eritrea
Southern Zone (COSAFA)	3 spots	Angola  Botswana  Comoros  Eswatini  Lesotho  Madagascar  Malawi  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Seychelles  South Africa  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• Teams in italics received a bye to the second round in the qualifying draw.
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).^[9]

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

Zone / Round			Matchday	Date
Northern Zone	Western Zone A Western Zone B Central Zone Central Eastern Zone	Southern Zone
—	—	First round	First leg	19–21 April 2019
			Second leg	10–12 May 2019
—	First round	Second round	First leg	26–28 July 2019
			Second leg	2–4 August 2019
First round	Second round	Third round	First leg	20–22 September 2019
			Second leg	18–20 October 2019

Northern Zone

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	0–3	Morocco	0–0	0–3
Tunisia	3–1[note 1]	Libya	1–0	2–1

Algeria	0–0	Morocco
	Report

21 September 2019 (2019-9-21)

19:45 UTC+1

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Morocco	3–0	Algeria
Banoun 27' (pen.) Ahaddad 32' Nahiri 41'	Report

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade Municipal, Berkane

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Morocco won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Tunisia	1–0	Libya
Badri 55'	Report

21 September 2019 (2019-9-21)

19:15 UTC+1

Stade Olympique, Rades

Referee: Abderrezak Arab (Algeria)

Libya	1–2	Tunisia
Moksi 70' (pen.)	Report	Badri 13', 89'

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

17:00 UTC+1

Stade Boubker Ammar, Salé (Morocco)^{[note 2]}

Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Tunisia won 3–1 on aggregate, but withdrew in January 2020. As a result, Libya qualified.^[10]

Western Zone A

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau	0–7	Mali	0–4	0–3
Cape Verde	1–2	Mauritania	0–0	1–2
Liberia	1–3	Senegal	1–0	0–3

Guinea-Bissau	0–4	Mali
	Report	Koné 3', 38' Samaké 56' Doussé 71'

27 July 2019 (2019-7-27)

16:30 UTC+0

Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau

Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)

Mali	3–0	Guinea-Bissau
Koné 11' Camara 29' Traoré 89'	Report

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)

Mali won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Cape Verde	0–0	Mauritania
	Report

27 July 2019 (2019-7-27)

16:30 UTC−1

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau)

Mauritania	2–1	Cape Verde
Touda 3', 68'	Report	Papalélé 90'

3 August 2019 (2019-8-3)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Liberia	1–0	Senegal
Jackson 90'	Report

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

16:00 UTC+0

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

Senegal	3–0	Liberia
Diouf 50' Niang 78' Bâ 81'	Report

3 August 2019 (2019-8-3)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Fabrício Duarte (Cape Verde)

Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	0–2	Mali	0–0	0–2
Senegal	1–1 (1–3 p)	Guinea	1–0	0–1

Mauritania	0–0	Mali
	Report

21 September 2019 (2019-9-21)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia)

Mali	2–0	Mauritania
Coulibaly 42' Sissoko 84'	Report

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Mali won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Senegal	1–0	Guinea
Mbodj 86'	Report

21 September 2019 (2019-9-21)

16:30 UTC+0

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

Guinea	1–0	Senegal
Bangoura 47'	Report
Penalties
	3–1

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–1 on penalties.

Western Zone B

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	0–1	Togo	0–0	0–1

Benin	0–0	Togo
	Report

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

17:00 UTC+1

Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo

Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)

Togo	1–0	Benin
Tchakei 72'	Report

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Togo	4–3	Nigeria	4–1	0–2
Niger	2–1	Ivory Coast	2–0	0–1
Ghana	0–1	Burkina Faso	0–1	0–0

Togo	4–1	Nigeria
Nane 16', 67' Tchakei 75' (pen.) Agoro 90+2'	Report	Ibrahim 8'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Adissa Ligali (Benin)

Nigeria	2–0	Togo
Alimi 9', 71'	Report

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

16:00 UTC+1

Agege Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Al-Mustapha (Niger)

Togo won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Niger	2–0	Ivory Coast
Halidou 43' Abdoulaziz 65' (pen.)	Report

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

16:00 UTC+1

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Referee: Adaari Abdul Latif (Ghana)

Ivory Coast	1–0	Niger
Bedi 47'	Report

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

15:00 UTC+0

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Niger won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ghana	0–1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Pognongo 90+4'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

15:00 UTC+0

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

Burkina Faso	0–0	Ghana
	Report

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

Burkina Faso won 1–0 on aggregate.

Central Zone

Original draw (before Cameroon were excluded):

• First round: Central African Republic vs Chad.
• Second round: Winner 1 vs DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe vs Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea vs Congo.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central African Republic	w/o	São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—
Chad	4–5	Equatorial Guinea	3–3	1–2

Central African Republic	Cancelled	São Tomé and Príncipe
	Report

30 July 2019 (2019-7-30)

15:00 UTC+1

Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze (Equatorial Guinea)

São Tomé and Príncipe	Cancelled	Central African Republic
	Report

2 August 2019 (2019-8-2)

--:-- UTC+0

TBC

Referee: Jean-Piere Nguiene Bissila (Congo)

Central African Republic won on walkover after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew.^[11]

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Chad	3–3	Equatorial Guinea
Issa 17' Adda 20' Djimet 90'	Report	Nlavo 3' Oba 22' Efa 82'

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

Referee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic)

Equatorial Guinea	2–1	Chad
Celesdonio 2' Nlavo 63'	Report	Adda 54'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

18:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Isidore Essono Nze (Gabon)

Equatorial Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central African Republic	1–6	DR Congo	0–2	1–4
Equatorial Guinea	2–3	Congo	2–2	0–1

Central African Republic	0–2	DR Congo
	Report	Beya 26' Muleka 85'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

16:00 UTC+1

Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze Angono (Equatorial Guinea)

DR Congo	4–1	Central African Republic
Beya 13', 42' Kikasa 28' Muleka 60'	Report	Dimokoyen 70'

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

DR Congo won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Equatorial Guinea	2–2	Congo
Oba 11', 25'	Report	Etou 29' Mokombo 83'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

17:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Congo	1–0	Equatorial Guinea
Bakoua 84'	Report

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

16:00 UTC+1

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Central Eastern Zone

Original draw (before Ethiopia and Djibouti were included):

• First round: Tanzania vs Sudan, Kenya vs Burundi, South Sudan vs Uganda, Somalia vs Rwanda.
• Second round: Winner 2 vs Winner 1, Winner 4 vs Winner 3.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burundi	4–1	South Sudan	2–0	2–1
Somalia	2–7	Uganda	1–3	1–4
Djibouti	3–5	Ethiopia	0–1	3–4
Tanzania	0–0 (4–1 p)	Kenya	0–0	0–0

Burundi	2–0	South Sudan
Dusabe 63' Nshimirimana 82'	Report

27 July 2019 (2019-7-27)

15:00 UTC+2

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Emmanuel Alphonce Mwandembwa (Tanzania)

South Sudan	1–2	Burundi
Kuch 1'	Report	Muselemu 67' Dusabe 84'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+3

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala (Uganda)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Saddam Houssein Mansour (Djibouti)

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Somalia	1–3	Uganda
Ahmed 87'	Report	Kaddu 45+3' (pen.) Kizza 63' Lwanga 83'

27 July 2019 (2019-7-27)

18:00 UTC+3

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti (Djibouti)^{[note 4]}

Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Uganda	4–1	Somalia
Kaddu 4' (pen.), 44' (pen.), 48' Kyambadde 37'	Report	Tubal 88'

3 August 2019 (2019-8-3)

16:00 UTC+3

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Elsiddig Mohamed Eltreefe (Sudan)

Uganda won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Djibouti	0–1	Ethiopia
	Report	Tamene 63' (pen.)

26 July 2019 (2019-7-26)

18:00 UTC+3

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti

Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)

Ethiopia	4–3	Djibouti
Gebremichael 26' Bayeh 43' Giday 47' Tafesse 88'	Report	Ahmed 40' Robleh 52' Mahabeh 58'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+3

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Ethiopia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Tanzania	0–0	Kenya
	Report

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Kenya	0–0	Tanzania
	Report
Penalties
Kibwage Miheso Onyango	1–4	Nyoni Godfrey Kamagi Hamisi

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+3

Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani

Referee: Brian Nsubuga Miiro (Uganda)

0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–1 on penalties.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burundi	0–6	Uganda	0–3	0–3
Ethiopia	1–2	Rwanda	0–1	1–1
Tanzania	2–2 (a)	Sudan	0–1	2–1

Burundi	0–3	Uganda
	Report	Ssekajugo 14' Mutyaba 83' Kizza 88'

21 September 2019 (2019-9-21)

15:00 UTC+2

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Uganda	3–0	Burundi
Bayo 5' Ssekajugo 70' Okello 83'	Report

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

16:00 UTC+3

Startimes Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Uganda won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia	0–1	Rwanda
	Report	Sugira 61'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

16:00 UTC+3

Tigray Stadium, Mekelle

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Rwanda	1–1	Ethiopia
Sugira 82'	Report	Tafesse 72'

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

15:30 UTC+2

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Rwanda won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Tanzania	0–1	Sudan
	Report	Mozamil 61'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

19:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Sudan	1–2	Tanzania
Kamal 30'	Report	Nyoni 50' Nchimbi 79'

18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won on away goals.

Southern Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botswana	5–1	Seychelles	2–0	3–1
Eswatini	1–1 (a)	Malawi	0–0	1–1

Botswana	2–0	Seychelles
Ditlhokwe 58' Boy 62'	Report

20 April 2019 (2019-4-20)

16:00 UTC+2

Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse

Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

Seychelles	1–3	Botswana
Monnaie 62'	Report	Setsile 55', 87' Mogorosi 71'

11 May 2019 (2019-5-11)

16:30 UTC+4

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Botswana won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Eswatini	0–0	Malawi
	Report

20 April 2019 (2019-4-20)

15:00 UTC+2

Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

Malawi	1–1	Eswatini
Mhone 59'	Report	Gamedze 53'

11 May 2019 (2019-5-11)

14:30 UTC+2

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

1–1 on aggregate. Eswatini won on away goals.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botswana	2–3	Zambia	0–0	2–3
Eswatini	2–2 (5–4 p)	Angola	1–1	1–1
Comoros	0–2	Namibia	0–2	0–0
Madagascar	3–3 (a)	Mozambique	1–0	2–3
Lesotho	6–2	South Africa	3–2	3–0
Mauritius	1–7	Zimbabwe	0–4	1–3

Botswana	0–0	Zambia
	Report

26 July 2019 (2019-7-26)

19:00 UTC+2

Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)

Zambia	3–2	Botswana
Chabula 13' Kampamba 45+2' Musakanya 67'	Report	Kebatho 10' Boy 21'

3 August 2019 (2019-8-3)

15:00 UTC+2

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Eswatini	1–1	Angola
Sithole 88'	Report	Manguxi 50'

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

15:00 UTC+2

Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Angola	1–1	Eswatini
Caranga 34'	Report	Tsabedze 56'
Penalties
Caranga De Paizo Chico Manguxi Eddie Coxe Zé Panzo	4–5	Sithole M. Dlamini Shabangu #4 Mkhonta Ndaba Vilakati

3 August 2019 (2019-8-3)

20:30 UTC+1

Estádio dos Coqueiros

Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)

2–2 on aggregate. Eswatini won 5–4 on penalties.

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Comoros	0–2	Namibia
	Report	Kambindu 63' Fredericks 89'

26 July 2019 (2019-7-26)

15:00 UTC+3

Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Referee: Nelson Emile Fred (Seychelles)

Namibia	0–0	Comoros
	Report

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

16:00 UTC+2

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

Namibia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Madagascar	1–0	Mozambique
Randrianantenaina 90'	Report

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

14:30 UTC+3

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

Mozambique	3–2	Madagascar
António 4' Maninho 35' Miquissone 43'	Report	Randrianantenaina 50' Manampisoa 56'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

15:00 UTC+2

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

3–3 on aggregate. Madagascar won on away goals.

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Lesotho	3–2	South Africa
Seturumane 3' Kalake 70' (pen.) Fothoane 88'	Report	Malepe 45' (pen.) Phewa 85'

28 July 2019 (2019-7-28)

15:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

South Africa	0–3	Lesotho
	Report	Thaba-Ntšo 49', 69' Kalake 90+2'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

15:00 UTC+2

Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Abdoul Ohabee Kanoso (Madagascar)

Lesotho won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Mauritius	0–4	Zimbabwe
	Report	Masuku 19' Mavunga 44', 87' Tigere 68'

29 July 2019 (2019-7-29)

12:00 UTC+4

Stade Auguste Vollaire, Flacq

Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)

Zimbabwe	3–1	Mauritius
Dube 15', 67', 83'	Report	A. Aristide 3'

4 August 2019 (2019-8-4)

15:00 UTC+2

Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Zimbabwe won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eswatini	2–3	Zambia	0–1	2–2
Madagascar	1–2	Namibia	1–0	0–2
Zimbabwe	3–1	Lesotho	3–1	0–0

Eswatini	0–1	Zambia
	Report	Shamende 80'

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

15:30 UTC+2

Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini

Referee: Dharamveer Hurbungs (Mauritius)

Zambia	2–2	Eswatini
Chabula 5', 57'	Report	P. Dlamini 60' Matse 78'

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

15:00 UTC+2

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia)

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Madagascar	1–0	Namibia
Andrianirina 90+4'	Report

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

14:30 UTC+3

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

Namibia	2–0	Madagascar
Kambindu 22', 59'	Report

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)

15:00 UTC+2

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

Namibia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Zimbabwe	3–1	Lesotho
Dube 23' Jaure 60' Taderera 84'	Report	Kalake 90+3' (pen.)

22 September 2019 (2019-9-22)

15:00 UTC+2

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Lesotho	0–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)

15:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Egbert Yvon Havelock (Seychelles)

Zimbabwe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.^[12]

Team	Qualifying zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in African Nations Championship1
Cameroon (hosts)	Central Zone	13 April 2019[1]	3 (2011, 2016, 2018)
Morocco	Northern Zone	19 October 2019	3 (2014, 2016, 2018)
Libya		31 January 2020[10]	3 (2009, 2014, 2018)
Mali	Western Zone A	20 October 2019	3 (2011, 2014, 2016)
Guinea		20 October 2019	2 (2016, 2018)
Togo	Western Zone B	19 October 2019	0 (debut)
Niger		20 October 2019	2 (2011, 2016)
Burkina Faso		20 October 2019	2 (2014, 2018)
DR Congo	Central Zone	20 October 2019	4 (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016)
Congo		20 October 2019	2 (2014, 2018)
Uganda	Central Eastern Zone	19 October 2019	4 (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Rwanda		19 October 2019	3 (2011, 2016, 2018)
Tanzania		18 October 2019	1 (2009)
Zambia	Southern Zone	19 October 2019	3 (2009, 2016, 2018)
Namibia		19 October 2019	1 (2018)
Zimbabwe		20 October 2019	4 (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016)

Goalscorers

There were 146 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.

4 goals

• Patrick Kaddu
• Prince Dube

3 goals

• Joël Beya
• Pedro Oba
• Hlompho Kalake
• Moussa Koné
• Elmo Kambindu
• Anice Badri
• Emmanuel Chabula

2 goals

• Segolame Boy
• Thero Setsile
• Olivier Dusabe
• Mahamat Adda
• Jackson Muleka
• Luis Nlavo
• Mesfin Tafesse
• Jane Thaba-Ntšo
• Arnaud Randrianantenaina
• Sidi Touda
• Sikiru Alimi
• Ernest Sugira
• Richard Nane
• Marouf Tchakei
• Mustafa Kizza
• Viane Ssekajugo
• Leeroy Mavunga

1 goal

• Caranga
• Manguxi
• Thatayaone Ditlhokwe
• Omaatla Kebatho
• Joel Mogorosi
• Stéphane Pognongo
• Iddy Muselemu
• Jospin Nshimirimana
• Papalélé
• Saint-Fort Dimokoyen
• Abdelaziz Issa
• Bechir Djimet
• Carof Bakoua
• Mignon Etou
• Yann Mokombo
• Merveille Kikasa
• Youssouf Abdi Ahmed
• Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
• Fouad Robleh
• Celesdonio
• José Ángel Efa
• Phinda Dlamini
• Sandile Gamedze
• Sifiso Matse
• Menzi Sithole
• Fanelo Tsabedze
• Yared Bayeh
• Amanuel Gebremichael
• Adis Giday
• Aschalew Tamene
• Mamadouba Bangoura
• Guy-Stéphane Bedi
• Lehlohonolo Fothoane
• Tsepo Seturumane
• Christopher Jackson
• Ahmed Moksi
• Théorodin Andrianirina
• Lalaina Manampisoa
• Micium Mhone
• Mohamed Camara
• Mamadou Coulibaly
• Kodjo Doussé
• Issaka Samaké
• Aly Desse Sissoko
• Oumar Traoré
• Andrew Aristide
• Hamid Ahaddad
• Badr Banoun
• Mohamed Nahiri
• Dayo António
• Maninho
• Luís Miquissone
• Dynamo Fredericks
• Ibrahim Abdoulaziz
• Idrissa Halidou
• Sunusi Ibrahim
• Abdoulaye Bâ
• Jean Diouf
• Assane Mbodj
• Ousseynou Niang
• Perry Monnaie
• Farhan Mohamed Ahmed
• Daud Abdullahi Tubal
• Repo Malepe
• Luvuyo Phewa
• Joseph Kuch
• Amir Kamal
• Yasir Mozamil
• Erasto Nyoni
• Ditram Nchimbi
• Ashraf Agoro
• Fahad Bayo
• Allan Kyambadde
• Taddeo Lwanga
• Mike Mutyaba
• Allan Okello
• Kelvin Kampamba
• Bruce Musakanya
• Amity Shamende
• Partson Jaure
• Nqobizitha Masuku
• Wellington Taderera
• Never Tigere

Notes

1. Tunisia withdrew after winning the tie, and Libya replaced them in the final tournament.^[10]
2. Libya played their home leg in Morocco due to the Libyan Civil War.
3. South Sudan played their home leg in Uganda due to renovation of Juba Stadium.
4. Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.