Africa Cup 1988 / qualification
A total of 36 teams registered to take part in the Africa Cup in 1988 , which was originally supposed to take place in Zambia. But before the start of the qualification, Morocco became the substitute host. The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Seven teams failed to qualify, Ethiopia withdrew during the qualification. Host Morocco and defending champions Egypt were exempt from qualifying matches.
Qualifying matches
Preliminary round
Tunisia * | - | Mali | Mali withdrawn | ||
Algeria * | bye | ||||
Libya * | bye | ||||
Zambia * | bye | ||||
Cameroon * | bye | ||||
1986 | Uganda | - | Somalia | 5-0 | |
1986 | Somalia | - | Uganda * | 0-0 | |
Sudan * | bye | ||||
1986 | Ethiopia | - | Tanzania | 4: 2 | |
1986 | Tanzania * | - | Ethiopia | Withdrawn from Ethiopia | |
Malawi * | bye | ||||
Rwanda * | - | Lesotho | Lesotho withdrawn | ||
Ivory Coast * | bye | ||||
1986 | Central African Republic | - | People's Republic of the Congo | 1: 2 | |
1986 | People's Republic of the Congo * | - | Central African Republic | 5: 1 | |
Nigeria * | bye | ||||
Togo * | - | Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea withdrawn | ||
Ghana * | bye | ||||
1986 | Sierra Leone | - | Liberia | 2: 1 | |
1986 | Liberia | - | Sierra Leone * | 1: 1 | |
Senegal * | bye | ||||
1986 | Guinea | - | Gambia | 2: 1 | |
1986 | Gambia | - | Guinea * | 0: 1 | |
Zaire * | bye | ||||
1986 | Angola | - | Gabon | 1-0 | |
1986 | Gabon | - | Angola * | 1-0 | Angola 5-3 winners on penalties |
Mozambique * | bye | ||||
Zimbabwe * | bye | ||||
Kenya * | bye | ||||
Madagascar * | - | Mauritius | Mauritius withdrawn |
First main round
1987 | Algeria | - | Tunisia | 1-0 | |
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1987 | Tunisia | - | Algeria * | 1: 1 | |
1987 | Libya * | - | Zambia | Zambia withdrawn | |
1987 | Cameroon | - | Uganda | 5: 1 | |
1987 | Uganda | - | Cameroon * | 3: 1 | |
1987 | Sudan | - | Tanzania | 1-0 | |
1987 | Tanzania | - | Sudan * | 1: 1 | |
1987 | Malawi * | - | Rwanda | Rwanda withdrawn | |
1987 | Ivory Coast | - | People's Republic of the Congo | 2-0 | |
1987 | People's Republic of the Congo | - | Ivory Coast * | 1: 2 | |
1987 | Nigeria | - | Togo | 2-0 | |
1987 | Togo | - | Nigeria * | 1: 1 | |
1987 | Ghana | - | Sierra Leone | 1: 2 | |
1987 | Sierra Leone * | - | Ghana | 0-0 | |
1987 | Senegal | - | Guinea | 4-0 | |
1987 | Guinea | - | Senegal * | 0-0 | |
1987 | Zaire | - | Angola | 3-0 | |
1987 | Angola | - | Zaire * | 1-0 | |
1987 | Mozambique | - | Zimbabwe | 1: 1 | |
1987 | Zimbabwe * | - | Mozambique | 3: 2 | |
1987 | Kenya | - | Madagascar | 2-0 | |
1987 | Madagascar | - | Kenya * | 2: 1 |
Second main round
1987 | Algeria * | - | Libya | Algeria qualified, Libya withdrawn | |
1987 | Cameroon | - | Sudan | 2-0 | |
1987 | Sudan | - | Cameroon * | 1-0 | Cameroon qualified |
1987 | Malawi | - | Ivory Coast | 1: 2 | |
1987 | Ivory Coast * | - | Malawi | 2-0 | Ivory Coast qualified |
1987 | Nigeria | - | Sierra Leone | 3-0 | |
1987 | Sierra Leone | - | Nigeria * | 2-0 | Nigeria qualified |
1987 | Senegal | - | Zaire | 0-0 | |
1987 | Zaire * | - | Senegal | 0-0 | Zaire qualified after 4-2 on penalties |
1987 | Zimbabwe | - | Kenya | 1: 1 | |
1987 | Kenya * | - | Zimbabwe | 0-0 | Kenya qualified |
Automatically qualified: