2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 2008 African Cup of Nations. 48 African nations, including hosts Ghana, entered the competition. Ghana automatically qualified as hosts.

Qualified teams

7 of the 16 teams have been determined.

  •  Ghana as hosts.
  •  Nigeria as group 3 winner.
  •  Cameroon as group 5 winner.
  •  Angola as group 6 winner.
  •  Morocco as group 12 winner.
  •  Tunisia as either group 4 winner or one of the best runners-up.
  •  Sudan as either group 4 winner or one of the best runners-up.

Teams that did not enter

The following CAF member national teams decided not to enter or were not allowed to enter the African Nations Cup 2008 qualifying rounds (World Ranking from May 16, 2007):

Groups

The 47 nations were divided into 11 groups of four teams and 1 group of 3 teams, with the 12 group winners and the best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (originally groups 1-11, now groups 2-11 after the withdrawal of Djibouti from group 1) qualifying for the finals. Qualifiying will take place between September 2, 2006 and October 14, 2007.

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ivory Coast 9 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13
 Gabon 6 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1
 Madagascar 0 4 0 0 4 0 14 -14
 Djibouti 0 - - - - - - -

On 17 August, 2006, the Djibouti Football Federation announced that  Djibouti was withdrawing from the qualifiying tournament, without giving a reason.[1]

Gabon 4 - 0 Madagascar
Henry Antchouet 40'
Daniel Cousin 67' (pen.)
Shiva N'Zigou 76', 82'
Ivory Coast 5 - 0 Gabon
Kolo Touré 10'
Arouna Koné 22', 55', 70'
Aruna Dindane 32'
Madagascar 0 - 3 Ivory Coast
Steve Gohouri 29'
Aruna Dindane 35'
Amara Diané 82'
Ivory Coast 5 - 0 Madagascar
Salomon Kalou 18'
Arouna Koné 30', 82'
Yaya Touré 48'
Didier Drogba 90'
Madagascar 0 - 2 Gabon
Georges Akieremy 20'
Elvis Eva-Kedi 89'
Gabon 0 - 0
In Progress		 Ivory Coast

Gabon has to defeat Côte d'Ivoire by a total of 6 goals or more to win the head-to-head and ensure automatic qualification.

Djibouti withdrew prior to the start of qualification; all Djibouti matches were therefore cancelled.

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Egypt 8 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6
 Botswana 7 5 2 1 2 3 6 -3
 Burundi 6 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1
 Mauritania 4 5 1 1 3 7 9 -2
Egypt 4 - 1 Burundi
Mohamed Zidan 5'
Hosni Abd-Rabou 29'
Mohamed Aboutraika 31'
Ahmed Hassan 52' (pen.)		 Musabah Suleimani 79' (pen.)
Mauritania 4 - 0 Botswana
Saidou M'Bodj 2'
Karamoko Moussa 10', 23'
Yoann Langlet 31'
Botswana 0 - 0 Egypt
Burundi 3 - 1 Mauritania
Yamin Selemani 3', 30'
Henry Mbazumutima 45'		 Buha Ibrahim 7'
Botswana 1 - 0 Burundi
Thato Siska 57'
Egypt 3 - 0 Mauritania
Mohamed Zidan 20'
Bilal Sidibé 23' (o.g.)
Hossam Ghaly 66'
Burundi 1 - 0 Botswana
Abdul Hakimana 63'
Mauritania 1 - 1 Egypt
Yoann Langlet 67' Ahmed Hassan 15'
Botswana 2 - 1 Mauritania
Modiri Marumo 19'
Dipsy Selolwane 40'		 Yoann Langlet 75'
Burundi - Egypt
Egypt - Botswana
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Mauritania - Burundi

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nigeria 15 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7
 Uganda 11 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5
 Niger 4 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6
 Lesotho 4 6 1 1 4 3 9 -6
Uganda 3 - 0 Lesotho
Geoffrey Massa 29', 42'
David Obua 57' (pen.)
Nigeria 2 - 0 Niger
Aiyegbeni Yakubu 27'
Christian Obodo 60'
Lesotho 0 - 1 Nigeria
Aiyegbeni Yakubu 50'
Niger 0 - 0 Uganda
Nigeria 1 - 0 Uganda
Nwankwo Kanu 73'
Lesotho 3 - 1 Niger
Refiloe Potse 22', 44'
Mpitsa Marai 75'		 Daouda Kamilou 80'
Uganda 2 - 1 Nigeria
David Obua 52' (pen.)
Ibrahim Sekagya 65' (pen.)		 John Utaka 25'
Niger 2 - 0 Lesotho
Hamidou Djibo 10'
Souliman Sako 36'
Niger 1 - 3 Nigeria
Daouda Kamilou 68' Nwankwo Kanu 40'
Taye Taiwo 70'
Aiyegbeni Yakubu 89'
Lesotho 0 - 0 Uganda
Nigeria 2 - 0 Lesotho
Stephen Makinwa 42'
Ikechukwu Uche 73'
Uganda 3 - 1 Niger
David Obua 2' (pen.), 77', 86' Seydou Idrissa 45'

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tunisia 13 5 4 1 0 10 0 +10
 Sudan 12 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8
 Seychelles 3 5 1 0 4 2 13 -11
 Mauritius 1 5 0 1 4 2 9 -7
Mauritius 0 - 0 Tunisia
Sudan 3 - 0 Seychelles
Bader Eldin Abdalla Galag 22'
Haytham Tambal 77' (pen.), 90'
Seychelles 2 - 1 Mauritius
Wilnes Brutus 22', 81' Kervin Godon 50'
Tunisia 1 - 0 Sudan
Richard Gastin Lado 79' (o.g.)
Seychelles 0 - 3 Tunisia
Issam Jemâa 16', 76', 80'
Mauritius 1 - 2 Sudan
Ricardo Naboth 68' Faisal Agab 42', 86'
Sudan 3 - 0 Mauritius
Richard Gastin 24', 65'
Faisal Agab 44'
Tunisia 4 - 0 Seychelles
Issam Jemâa 25'
Kamel Zaiem 41', 66'
Amine Chermiti 81'
Seychelles 0 - 2 Sudan
Faisal Agab 46'
Haytham Tambal 61'
Tunisia 2 - 0 Mauritius
Issam Jemâa 44'
Abdelkarim Nafti 60'
Mauritius - Seychelles
Sudan - Tunisia
Omdurman

Group 5

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cameroon 15 5 5 0 0 13 3 +10
 Equatorial Guinea 7 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2
 Rwanda 6 6 2 0 4 10 11 -1
 Liberia 4 6 1 1 4 6 13 -7
Rwanda 0 - 3 Cameroon
Guy Feutchine 55'
Geremi Njitap 62'
Landry Nguemo 84'
Equatorial Guinea 2 - 1 Liberia
Juan Epitie Dyowe 24'
Rodolfo Bodipo 88'		 Zah Krangar 35'
Cameroon 3 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
Mohamadou Idrissou 72', 89'
Pierre Achille Webo 80'
Liberia 3 - 2 Rwanda
Francis Doe 24'
Oliver Makor 68'
Dioh Williams 76'		 Olivier Karekezi 70'
Abedi Mulenda 82'
Cameroon 3 - 1 Liberia
Pierre Achille Webo 12', 24'
Mohammadou Idrissou 86'		 Francis Doe 38'
Equatorial Guinea 3 - 1 Rwanda
Juan Anderson 10'
Samuel Rondo 25' (pen.)
Alfonso Epitie 83'		 Olivier Karekezi 17'
Rwanda 2 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
Haruna Niyonzima 57', 77'
Liberia 1 - 2 Cameroon
Stephen Mennoh 80' Stéphane M'Bia 12'
Samuel Eto'o 78'
Cameroon 2 - 1 Rwanda
Mohamadou Idrissou 16'
Geremi Njitap 49'		 Jimmy Gatete 79'
Liberia 0 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea - Cameroon
Rwanda 4 - 0 Liberia

Group 6

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Angola 13 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11
 Eritrea 8 5 2 2 1 5 8 -3
 Kenya 7 6 2 1 3 6 7 -1
 Eswatini 2 5 0 2 3 0 7 -7
Kenya 1 - 2 Eritrea
Robert Mambo Mumba 65' Arnold Origi 60' (o.g.)
Yednekatchew Shimangus 68'
Eswatini 0 - 2 Angola
Jamba 21'
Locó 80'
Eritrea 0 - 0 Eswatini
Angola 3 - 1 Kenya
Flávio 27', 68'
Mateus 60'		 Boniface Ambani 81'
Angola 6 - 1 Eritrea
Flávio 26', 69'
Mantorras 35'
Ze Kalanga 41'
Mendonça 51'
Figueiredo 80'		 Tenese Gay 58'
Kenya 2 - 0 Eswatini
McDonald Mariga 51'
Ibrahim Shikanda 75'
Attendance: 30,000 [6]
Eritrea 1 - 1 Angola
Elias Ali Abubeker 17' Maurito 88'
Eswatini 0 - 0 Kenya
Eritrea 1 - 0 Kenya
Berhane Aregay 80'
Angola 3 - 0 Eswatini
Figueiredo 18'
Love 25'
Flávio 56'
Kenya 2 - 1 Angola
Patrick Oboya
Dennis Oliech 		Manucho
Eswatini - Eritrea

Group 7

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Senegal 8 5 2 2 1 7 2 +5
 Tanzania 8 5 2 2 1 4 6 -2
 Mozambique 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 0
 Burkina Faso 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 -3
Tanzania 2 - 1 Burkina Faso
Paul Coulibaly 23' (o.g.)
Mizal Khalfan 65'		 Abdoulaye Cisse 39'
Senegal 2 - 0 Mozambique
Nando 33' (o.g.)
Guiranne Ndaw 61'
Burkina Faso 1 - 0 Senegal
Narcisse Yameogo 63' (pen.)
Mozambique 0 - 0 Tanzania
Senegal 4 - 0 Tanzania
Mamadou Niang 35', 49', 64'
Diomansy Kamara 46'
Burkina Faso 1 - 1 Mozambique
Jonathan Pitropa 36' Carlos Simomuro 2'
Tanzania 1 - 1 Senegal
Nizal Khalifan 18' Demba Ba 75'
Mozambique 3 - 1 Burkina Faso
Dário Monteiro 7'
Tico-Tico 42', 48'		 Wilfried Sanou 38'
Burkina Faso 0 - 1 Tanzania
Henry Joseph 77'
Mozambique 0 - 0 Senegal
Senegal - Burkina Faso
Tanzania - Mozambique

Group 8

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Guinea 8 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3
 Algeria 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1
 Gambia 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 -1
 Cape Verde 5 5 1 2 2 3 6 -3


Gambia 2 - 0 Cape Verde
Jatto Ceesay 8' (pen.)
Assan Jatta 88'
Guinea 0 - 0 Algeria
Algeria 1 - 0 Gambia
Karim Ziani 75' (pen.)
Cape Verde 1 - 0 Guinea
Lito 52'
Gambia 0 - 2 Guinea
Kaba Diawara 50'
Pascal Feindouno 70'
Algeria 2 - 0 Cape Verde
Noureddine Deham 60'
Mehdi Meniri 89'
Cape Verde 2 - 2 Algeria
Marco Soares 65'
Hernâni Borges 90'		 Madjid Bougherra 33'
Rafik Saifi 84'
Guinea 2 - 2 Gambia
Mamadou Alimou Diallo 10'
Fodé Mansaré 53'		 Idrissa Soko 51'
Modou Jagne 71'
Algeria 0 - 2 Guinea
Fodé Mansaré 43'
Pascal Feindouno 84'
Cape Verde 0 - 0 Gambia
Gambia - Algeria
Guinea - Cape Verde

If Cape Verde win 3-0 over Guinea and Gambia win 2-1 over Algeria in the last matches (or 4-1 and 3-2, etc.), all four teams will have the same number of points, goal difference and goals scored.

Group 9

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mali 9 5 2 3 0 8 1 +7
 Togo 9 5 3 0 2 7 7 0
 Benin 8 5 2 2 1 8 4 +4
 Sierra Leone 1 5 0 1 4 1 12 -11


Sierra Leone 0 - 0 Mali
Togo 2 - 1 Benin
Thomas Dossevi 15'
Komlan Amewou 75'		 Abou Maiga 85'
Benin 2 - 0 Sierra Leone
Rachad Chitou 22'
Mouritala Ogunbiyi 77'
Mali 1 - 0 Togo
Dramane Traoré 90+1'
Togo 3 - 1 Sierra Leone
Emmanuel Adebayor 37', 85'
Adekambi Olufade 62'		 Mohamed Kallon 77'
Mali 1 - 1 Benin
Frederic Kanoute 47' (pen.) Mouritala Ogunbiyi 44'
Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Togo
Yao Junior Senaya 78'
Benin 0 - 0 Mali
Benin 4 - 1 Togo
Razak Omotoyossi 44', 52'
Stéphane Sessegnon 47'
Mouritala Ogunbiyi 58'		 Adekambi Olufade 75'
Mali 6 - 0 Sierra Leone
Djibril Sidibe 22' (pen.)
Seydou Keita 68', 87'
Boucader Diallo 72', 89'
Basala Toure 90'
Sierra Leone - Benin
Togo - Mali
?, Lome

Group 10

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Namibia 10 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1
 DR Congo 9 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2
 Libya 8 6 2 2 2 7 5 +1
 Ethiopia 6 6 2 0 4 5 9 -4
Ethiopia 1 - 0 Libya
Dawit Mebratu 15'
DR Congo 3 - 2 Namibia
Blaise Lelo Mbele 31'
Dieudonne Kalulika 67'
Christian Kinkela 80'		 Sydney Plaatjies 37', 60'
Namibia 1 - 0 Ethiopia
Quinton Jacobs 18' (pen.)
Libya 1 - 1 DR Congo
Khaled Hussein 63' Dikilu Bageta 40'
Libya 2 - 1 Namibia
Salem Al Rewani 12'
Tarik El Taib 61'		 Victor Helu 88'
DR Congo 2 - 0 Ethiopia
Serge Mputu Mbungu 29'
Lomana LuaLua 52' (pen.)
Ethiopia 1 - 0 DR Congo
Saladeen Said 30'
Namibia 1 - 0 Libya
Collin Benjamin 5'
Namibia 1 - 1 DR Congo
Michael Pienaar 40' Pitshou Matumona 27'
Libya 3 - 1 Ethiopia
Ahmed Zuway 11'
Salem Al Rewani 23'
Ahmed Zuway 48'		 Fikru Tefera 59'
DR Congo 1 - 1 Libya
Shabani Nonda 45' (pen.)
Ethiopia 2 - 3 Namibia
Birhanu Bogale 44'
Sal Sadin Said 67'		 Rudolf Vester 64', 90+3'
Muna Katupose 90+7'

Group 11

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Africa 11 5 3 2 0 9 1 +8
 Zambia 8 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4
 Congo 6 5 1 3 1 4 5 -1
 Chad 1 5 0 1 4 2 13 -11


South Africa 0 - 0 Congo
Chad 0 - 2 Zambia
James Chamanga 47'
Dube Phiri 58'
Congo 3 - 1 Chad
Bruce Abdoulaye 17'
Francis Malonga 29'
Gladys Ondama 46'		 Mus Dongar 89'
Zambia 0 - 1 South Africa
Aaron Mokoena 28'
Chad 0 - 3 South Africa
Surprise Moriri 32'
Delron Buckley 45+'
Sibusiso Zuma 76'
Congo 0 - 0 Zambia
South Africa 4 - 0 Chad
Nasief Morris 13'
Sibusiso Zuma 23', 33'
Siyabonga Nomvethe 74'
Zambia 3 - 0 Congo
Jacob Mulenga 22'
Gildas Ngo 74' (o.g.)
Songwe Chalwe 87'
Zambia 1 - 1 Chad
Collins Mbesuma 57' Kedigul Hillaire 13'
Congo 1 - 1 South Africa
Jean-Vivien Bantimba 59' Sibusiso Zuma 51'
Chad - Congo
South Africa - Zambia

Group 12

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Morocco 10 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5
 Malawi 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2
 Zimbabwe 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
Morocco 2 - 0 Malawi
Marouane Chamakh 50'
Mbark Boussoufa 72'
Malawi 1 - 0 Zimbabwe
Moses Chavula 33'
Zimbabwe 1 - 1 Morocco
Esrom Nyandoro 82' Youssouf Hadji 7'
Morocco 2 - 0 Zimbabwe
Marouane Chamakh 3'
Youssef Hadji 26'
Malawi 0 - 1 Morocco
Bouchaib El Moubarki 12'
Zimbabwe - Malawi

Best runners-up (groups 2-11)

The best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) qualify for the finals. As of 19 June, 2007:

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Sudan 12 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8
 Uganda 11 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5
 DR Congo 9 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2
 Togo 9 5 3 0 2 7 7 0
 Zambia 8 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4
 Algeria 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1
 Tanzania 8 5 2 2 1 4 6 -2
 Eritrea 8 5 2 2 1 5 8 -3
 Equatorial Guinea 7 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2
 Botswana 7 5 2 1 2 3 6 -3

References

  1. ^ (August 17 2006), "Djibouti pull out of Nations Cup", BBC News, Accessed August 29 2006
  2. ^ Held in neighbouring Rwanda because Burundi's Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore is unavailable. [1]
  3. ^ a b c Burundi vs Egypt, originally to be played on 17 June, 2007 in Rwanda, postponed due to logistical problems encountered in Kigali. The last round of matches, due to be played in the weekend of 8 September 2007, also postponed as a result. [2]
  4. ^ Postponed from 17 June, 2007 after the match officials failed to arrive on time. [3]
  5. ^ a b Both matches postponed from 8 September, 2007 due to general elections in Sierra Leone. [4]
  6. ^ Postponed from 25 March, 2007 due to civil unrest. [5]

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