Africa Cup 1984 / qualification

A total of 36 teams entered for participation in the African Nations Cup in 1984 , the 14th playout of the African continental championship in football , in the Ivory Coast .

The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Three teams failed to qualify. The hosts and the defending champions were exempt from qualifying matches.

Qualifying matches

Preliminary round

	Mozambique *	-	Swaziland		Swaziland withdrawn
	Cameroon *				bye
	Zambia *				bye
	Sudan *				bye
	People's Republic of the Congo *				bye
	Egypt *				bye
	Tunisia *				bye
	Somalia	-	Rwanda *	0: 1	Somalia did not start for the second leg
	Ethiopia *				bye
	Mauritius *	-	Lesotho		Lesotho withdrawn
	Togo	-	Sierra Leone	3-0
	Sierra Leone	-	Togo *	0: 1
	Guinea *				bye
	Madagascar *				bye
	Tanzania	-	Uganda	1: 1
	Uganda *	-	Tanzania	3: 2
	Malawi	-	Zimbabwe	2-0
	Zimbabwe	-	Malawi *	0: 2
	Zaire *				bye
	Nigeria *				bye
	Gabon	-	Angola	2: 2
	Angola *	-	Gabon	4-0
	Mali	-	Gambia	3: 1
	Gambia	-	Mali *	1-0
	Morocco *				bye
	Libya *				bye
	Niger	-	Senegal	0-0
	Senegal *	-	Niger	1-0
	Benin *	-	Liberia		Liberia withdrawn
	Algeria *				bye

First main round

1983	Mozambique	-	Cameroon	3-0
1983	Cameroon *	-	Mozambique	4-0
1983	Sudan *	-	Zambia	2: 1
1983	Zambia	-	Sudan *	0-0
1983	People's Republic of the Congo	-	Egypt	2-0
1983	Egypt *	-	People's Republic of the Congo	2-0	Egypt winner on penalties
1983	Tunisia *	-	Rwanda	5-0
1983	Rwanda	-	Tunisia *	0: 1
1983	Ethiopia	-	Mauritius	1-0
1983	Mauritius	-	Ethiopia *	1-0	Ethiopia winner on penalties
1983	Guinea *	-	Togo	0: 1
1983	Togo *	-	Guinea	2-0
1983	Madagascar	-	Uganda	1-0
1983	Uganda	-	Madagascar *	2: 1
	Malawi *	-	Zaire		Zaire withdrawn
1983	Nigeria	-	Angola	2-0
1983	Angola	-	Nigeria *	1-0
1983	Morocco	-	Mali	4-0
1983	Mali	-	Morocco *	2-0
1983	Libya	-	Senegal	2: 1
1983	Senegal *	-	Libya	1-0
1983	Algeria	-	Benin	6: 2
1983	Benin	-	Algeria *	1: 1

Second main round

1983	Cameroon	-	Sudan	5-0
1983	Sudan	-	Cameroon *	2-0	Cameroon qualified
1983	Egypt	-	Tunisia	1-0
1983	Tunisia	-	Egypt *	0-0	Egypt qualified
1983	Ethiopia	-	Togo	2: 1
1983	Togo *	-	Ethiopia	3-0	Togo qualified
1983	Madagascar	-	Malawi	0: 1
1983	Malawi *	-	Madagascar	1: 1	Malawi qualified
1983	Nigeria	-	Morocco	0-0
1983	Morocco	-	Nigeria *	0-0	Nigeria qualified after 4-3 on penalties
1983	Senegal	-	Algeria	1: 1
1983	Algeria *	-	Senegal	2-0	Algeria qualified

automatically qualified:

•  Ghana (defending champion)
•  Ivory Coast (hosts)