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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria ![]() |
(a) 2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Tunisia ![]() |
(a) 3–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 |
Morocco ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Ribat ![]() Slimani ![]() |
Report | Khalifa ![]() Meriah ![]() |
Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West A
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Mauritania withdrew.[1]
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
Senegal ![]() |
1–1 (4–3p) | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Senegal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Sierra Leone ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Penalties | ||
3–4 |
Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West B
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Togo ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–4 |
Burkina Faso ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Niger ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Togo ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Ivory Coast ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Burkina Faso ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Ivory coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.
Central Zone
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Congo ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Congo ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Gabon ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gabon ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 * | w/o |
- Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.
Gabon qualify for the final tournament.
Central-East Zone
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Djibouti ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
N/P | 0–1 |
There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.[2]
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burundi ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–4 |
Ethiopia ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
w/o | 0–3 * |
Eritrea ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
w/o | 0–3 * |
Somalia ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
N/P | 0–6 |
- Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.
- Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Uganda ![]() |
(a) 2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Tanzania ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament, along with host Sudan.
Southern Zone
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Botswana ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Seychelles ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Madagascar ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
Swaziland ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–3 |
Malawi ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Zambia receive bye to Second Round.
Botswana ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
South Africa ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Seychelles ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Namibia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Madagascar ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Angola ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Malawi ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Mozambique ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Africa ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Seychelles ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–4 | 0–2 |
Angola ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–0 |
South Africa ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Zambia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Seychelles ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Zimbabwe ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.
Qualified
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
- ↑ "Sierra Leone get CHAN bye". BBC. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ↑ "Somalia eject Djibouti in CHAN qualifier". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.