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

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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

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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

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### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Algeria | (a) 2–2  |  Libya | 1–0  | 1–2
Tunisia | (a) 3–3  |  Morocco | 1–1  | 2–2

13 March 2010

Algeria | 1–0|  Libya

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Ghazali 48' | Report |

Koléa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)

18 April 2010

Libya | 2–1|  Algeria

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Al Shibani 26' (pen.)
Zuway 62' | Report | Hanitser 90'

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

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23 May 2010

17:00 UTC+1

Tunisia | 1–1|  Morocco

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Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)

5 June 2010

17:00 UTC+1

Morocco | 2–2|  Tunisia

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Erbati 32' (pen.)
Soulaimani 85' | Report | Khalifa 75'
Meriah 83' (pen.)

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Referee: Tamuni Salah Wahid (Libya)

Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.

## Zone West A

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### Preliminary round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Mauritania | w/o  |  Sierra Leone |  |

Mauritania withdrew.[1]

### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Guinea | 1–3  |  Mali | 1–1  | 0–2
Senegal | 1–1 (4–3p)  |  Sierra Leone | 1–0  | 0–1

14 March 2010

Guinea | 1–1|  Mali

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28 March 2010

Mali | 2–0|  Guinea

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14 March 2010

Senegal | 1–0|  Sierra Leone

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28 March 2010

Sierra Leone | 1–0|  Senegal

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Penalties
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Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.

## Zone West B

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Togo | 1–6  |  Ivory Coast | 1–2  | 0–4
Burkina Faso | 0–1  |  Ghana | 0–0  | 0–1
Niger | 2–0  |  Nigeria | 2–0  | 0–0

28 March 2010

Togo | 1–2|  Ivory Coast

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11 April 2010

Ivory Coast | 4–0|  Togo

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13 March 2010

Burkina Faso | 0–0|  Ghana

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28 March 2010

Ghana | 1–0|  Burkina Faso

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13 March 2010

Niger | 2–0|  Nigeria

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28 March 2010

Nigeria | 0–0|  Niger

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Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.

## Central Zone

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### Preliminary round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Congo | w/o  |  Equatorial Guinea |  |

Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Congo | 1–4  |  Cameroon | 1–1  | 0–3
Gabon | 2–3  |  DR Congo | 1–2  | 1–1

14 March 2010

Congo | 1–1|  Cameroon

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27 March 2010

Cameroon | 3–0|  Congo

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12 March 2010

Gabon | 1–2|  DR Congo

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28 March 2010

DR Congo | 1–1|  Gabon

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Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.

### Second round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Gabon | 3–0  |  Congo | 3–0 *  | w/o

23 May 2010

Gabon | 3–0 *|  Congo

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5 June 2010

Congo | Cancelled|  Gabon

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* Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

## Central-East Zone

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### Preliminary round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Djibouti | 0–1  |  Somalia | N/P  | 0–1

Somalia | Not Played|  Djibouti

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8 January 2010

Djibouti | 0–1|  Somalia

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| Report | Yusuf Osman 73'

There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.[2]

### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Burundi | 1–5  |  Uganda | 1–1  | 0–4
Ethiopia | w/o  |  Kenya | w/o  | 0–3 *
Eritrea | w/o  |  Rwanda | w/o  | 0–3 *
Somalia | 0–6  |  Tanzania | N/P  | 0–6

14 March 2010

Burundi | 1–1|  Uganda

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28 March 2010

Uganda | 4–0|  Burundi

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14 March 2010

Ethiopia | Cancelled|  Kenya

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28 March 2010

Kenya | 3–0 *|  Ethiopia

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* Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.

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14 March 2010

Eritrea | Cancelled|  Rwanda

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28 March 2010

Rwanda | 3–0 *|  Eritrea

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* Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.

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14 March 2010

Somalia | Not Played|  Tanzania

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27 March 2010

Tanzania | 6–0|  Somalia

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There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.

### Second round

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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

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Uganda | (a) 2–2  |  Kenya | 1–0  | 1–2
Tanzania | 1–2  |  Rwanda | 1–1  | 0–1

22 May 2010

Uganda | 1–0|  Kenya

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6 June 2010

Kenya | 2–1|  Uganda

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1 May 2010

Tanzania | 1–1|  Rwanda

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6 June 2010

Rwanda | 1–0|  Tanzania

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Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament, along with host Sudan.

## Southern Zone

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### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Botswana | 1–2  |  South Africa | 0–0  | 1–2
Seychelles | 2–1  |  Namibia | 1–0  | 1–1
Madagascar | 0–2  |  Angola | 0–0  | 0–2
Swaziland | 1–5  |  Zimbabwe | 1–2  | 0–3
Malawi | 3–1  |  Mozambique | 3–0  | 0–1

Zambia receive bye to Second Round.

13 March 2010

Botswana | 0–0|  South Africa

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27 March 2010

South Africa | 2–1|  Botswana

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13 March 2010

Seychelles | 1–0|  Namibia

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28 March 2010

Namibia | 1–1|  Seychelles

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14 March 2010

Madagascar | 0–0|  Angola

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27 March 2010

Angola | 2–0|  Madagascar

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14 March 2010

Swaziland | 1–2|  Zimbabwe

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28 March 2010

Zimbabwe | 3–0|  Swaziland

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13 March 2010

Malawi | 3–0|  Mozambique

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27 March 2010

Mozambique | 1–0|  Malawi

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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South Africa | 2–1  |  Zambia | 1–0  | 1–1
Seychelles | 2–6  |  Zimbabwe | 2–4  | 0–2
Angola | 3–1  |  Malawi | 1–1  | 2–0

23 May 2010

South Africa | 1–0|  Zambia

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5 June 2010

Zambia | 1–1|  South Africa

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22 May 2010

Seychelles | 2–4|  Zimbabwe

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6 June 2010

Zimbabwe | 2–0|  Seychelles

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22 May 2010

Angola | 1–1|  Malawi

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Santana  90' |  |

Referee: Jean-Michel Moukoko

5 June 2010

Malawi | 0–2|  Angola

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Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.

## Qualified

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*  Sudan \- Host (Central-East Zone)
*  Algeria \- North Zone
*  Tunisia \- North Zone
*  Mali \- Zone West A
*  Senegal \- Zone West A
*  Ivory Coast \- Zone West B
*  Ghana \- Zone West B
*  Niger \- Zone West B
*  Cameroon \- Central Zone
*  DR Congo \- Central Zone
*  Gabon \- Central Zone
*  Uganda \- Central-East Zone
*  Rwanda \- Central-East Zone
*  Angola \- Southern Zone
* South Africa \- Southern Zone
*  Zimbabwe \- Southern Zone

## References

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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.

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