Africa Cup 2012 / qualification

Countries participating in the Africa Cup 2012:

Countries qualified for the finals.

Countries eliminated in qualification.

Countries not participating.

Not a member of the CAF.

45 countries had registered their national teams for qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup . Djibouti , Eritrea , Lesotho , São Tomé and Príncipe , the Seychelles and Somalia did not send their teams. Despite the report, Mauritania did not take part in the qualification.

The drawing of the groups for the qualification took place on February 20, 2010 in Lubumbashi , Congolese . The qualification took place between July 2010 and October 2011.

Qualification for 2013

Contrary to initial plans, the CAF announced on July 19, 2010 that the teams that qualify for 2012 are not automatically qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup . Rather, the association announced a qualification mode in September 2010 that will take place separately from qualification for the 2014 World Cup .

particularities

Togo was excluded from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cups due to a decision taken at the beginning of 2010 to withdraw from the Africa Cup in 2010 due to the terrorist attack on the team bus. Togo's urgent application to the International Court of Justice for Sports (CAS) to be admitted to the draw was rejected because the qualifying games did not start until autumn 2010. On May 14, 2010, however, the exclusion of Togo was withdrawn by the CAF. The Togolese national team was automatically assigned to qualifying group K.

The Nigerian national soccer team was withdrawn from all international tournaments by President Goodluck Jonathan for two years, starting on June 30, 2010. Shortly before the end of the FIFA ultimatum on July 5, 2010, the Nigerian President lifted his suspension for the national teams and the dissolution of the association.

Mauritania announced its withdrawal from qualifying on August 21, 2010.

mode

The 14 free places to take part in the 2012 Africa Cup were ultimately played by 44 teams in 11 groups. It was played within the groups according to the round-robin tournament system. If a team withdraws, only the games against the first and third of the group would be taken into account in the groups of four to determine the best runners-up. If a team had withdrawn from Group K, only the group winner would have qualified directly, the second only if he was one of the three best runners-up in the group. This case did not occur.

Due to the withdrawal of Mauritania and the fact that only three teams competed in Group F, the two best runners-up (without Group K) were only determined on the basis of their results against the first and third of their group. Games against the group fourth were therefore irrelevant for determining the best group runner-up.

qualification

Qualified for the Africa Cup 2012 are:

• all group winners
• the second in group K
• the best two runners-up in the group without considering group K and without considering the results against the respective fourth in each group

Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup.

•  Equatorial Guinea as host
•  Gabon as a host
•  Botswana - Winner Group K
•  Ivory Coast - Winner Group H
•  Senegal - Winner Group E
•  Burkina Faso - Winner Group F
•  Mali - Winner Group A
•  Guinea - Winner Group B
•  Zambia - Winner Group C
•  Niger - Winner Group G (based on direct comparison)
•  Ghana - Winner Group I.
•  Angola - Winner Group J
•  Tunisia - Second Group K
•  Libya - as one of the two best runners-up in the group
•  Morocco - Winner Group D
•  Sudan - as one of the two best runners-up in the group

qualification

Group A

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Mali	6th	3	1	2	9: 06	+3	10
2.	Cape Verde	6th	3	1	2	7: 07	± 0	10
3.	Zimbabwe	6th	2	2	2	7: 05	+2	08th
4th	Liberia	6th	1	2	3	5:10	−5	05

September 4, 2010
Cape Verde	-	Mali	1: 0 (1: 0)
September 5, 2010
Liberia	-	Zimbabwe	1: 1 (0: 1)
October 9, 2010
Mali	-	Liberia	2: 1 (1: 1)
October 10, 2010
Zimbabwe	-	Cape Verde	0-0
March 26, 2011
Cape Verde	-	Liberia	4: 2 (3: 1)
Mali	-	Zimbabwe	1: 0 (1: 0)

June 5, 2011
Liberia	-	Cape Verde	1: 0 (1: 0)
Zimbabwe	-	Mali	2: 1 (1: 0)
September 3, 2011
Mali	-	Cape Verde	3: 0 (2: 0)
4th September 2011
Zimbabwe	-	Liberia	3: 0 (2: 0)
October 8, 2011
Liberia	-	Mali	2: 2 (1: 1)
Cape Verde	-	Zimbabwe	2: 1 (2: 0)

Group B

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Guinea	6th	4th	2	0	13: 05	+ 08	14th
2.	Nigeria	6th	3	2	1	12: 05	+ 07	11
3.	Ethiopia	6th	2	1	3	08:13	- 05th	07th
4th	Madagascar	6th	0	1	5	04:14	−10	01

September 5, 2010
Nigeria	-	Madagascar	2: 0 (2: 0)
Ethiopia	-	Guinea	1: 4 (1: 2)
October 10, 2010
Madagascar	-	Ethiopia	0: 1 (0: 0)
Guinea	-	Nigeria	1: 0 (1: 0)
March 27, 2011
Nigeria	-	Ethiopia	4: 0 (1: 0)
Madagascar	-	Guinea	1: 1 (1: 0)

June 5, 2011
Ethiopia	-	Nigeria	2: 2 (1: 1)
Guinea	-	Madagascar	4: 1 (2: 1)
4th September 2011
Madagascar	-	Nigeria	0: 2 (0: 0)
Guinea	-	Ethiopia	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 8, 2011
Ethiopia	-	Madagascar	4: 2 (1: 1)
Nigeria	-	Guinea	2: 2 (0: 0)

Group C

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Zambia	6th	4th	1	1	11: 02	+ 09	13
2.	Libya	6th	3	3	0	06: 01	+ 05	12
3.	Mozambique	6th	2	1	3	04: 06	- 02nd	07th
4th	Comoros	6th	0	1	5	02:14	−12	01

September 4, 2010
Zambia	-	Comoros	4: 0 (3: 0)
September 5, 2010
Mozambique	-	Libya	0-0
October 9, 2010
Comoros	-	Mozambique	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 10, 2010
Libya	-	Zambia	1: 0 (1: 0)
March 27, 2011
Mozambique	-	Zambia	0: 2 (0: 1)
March 28, 2011
Libya	-	Comoros	3: 0 (1: 0) 1

June 4, 2011
Zambia	-	Mozambique	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 5, 2011
Comoros	-	Libya	1: 1 (0: 0)
September 3, 2011
Libya	-	Mozambique	1: 0 (1: 0) 2
4th September 2011
Comoros	-	Zambia	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 8, 2011
Zambia	-	Libya	0-0
Mozambique	-	Comoros	3: 0 (3: 0)

¹ The game was played in the Malian capital Bamako due to the Libya crisis .
² The game was played in the Egyptian capital Cairo due to the Libya crisis .

Group D

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Morocco	6th	3	2	1	8: 2	+6	11
2.	Central African Republic	6th	2	2	2	5: 5	+0	8th
3.	Algeria	6th	2	2	2	5: 8	−3	8th
4th	Tanzania	6th	1	2	3	6: 9	−3	5

September 3, 2010
Algeria	-	Tanzania	1: 1 (1: 1)
September 4, 2010
Morocco	-	Central Afr. republic	0-0
October 9, 2010
Tanzania	-	Morocco	0: 1 (0: 1)
October 10, 2010
Central Afr. republic	-	Algeria	2: 0 (0: 0)
March 26, 2011
Tanzania	-	Central Afr. republic	2: 1 (0: 1)
March 27, 2011
Algeria	-	Morocco	1: 0 (1: 0)

June 4, 2011
Morocco	-	Algeria	4: 0 (2: 0)
June 5, 2011
Central Afr. republic	-	Tanzania	2: 1 (1: 0)
September 3, 2011
Tanzania	-	Algeria	1: 1 (1: 0)
4th September 2011
Central Afr. republic	-	Morocco	0-0
October 9, 2011
Morocco	-	Tanzania	3: 1 (1: 1)
Algeria	-	Central Afr. republic	2: 0 (2: 0)

Group E

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Senegal	6th	5	1	0	16: 02	+14	16
2.	Cameroon	6th	3	2	1	12: 05	+ 07	11
3.	Democratic Republic of Congo	6th	2	1	3	10:11	- 01	7th
4th	Mauritius	6th	0	0	6th	02:22	−20	0

September 4, 2010
Mauritius	-	Cameroon	1: 3 (0: 0)
September 5, 2010
DR Congo	-	Senegal	2: 4 (0: 3)
October 9, 2010
Cameroon	-	DR Congo	1: 1 (0: 1)
Senegal	-	Mauritius	7: 0 (4: 0)
March 26, 2011
Senegal	-	Cameroon	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 27, 2011
DR Congo	-	Mauritius	3: 0 (1: 0)

June 4, 2011
Cameroon	-	Senegal	0-0
June 5, 2011
Mauritius	-	DR Congo	1: 2 (1: 2)
September 3, 2011
Cameroon	-	Mauritius	5: 0 (0: 0)
Senegal	-	DR Congo	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 7, 2011
DR Congo	-	Cameroon	2: 3 (2: 1)
October 9, 2011
Mauritius	-	Senegal	0: 2 (0: 2)

Group F.

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Burkina Faso	4th	3	1	0	12: 03	+9	10
2.	Gambia	4th	1	1	2	05: 06	−1	04th
3.	Namibia	4th	1	0	3	03:11	−8	03
4th	Mauritania	withdrawn

September 4, 2010
Gambia	-	Namibia	3: 1 (3: 0)
October 9, 2010
Burkina Faso	-	Gambia	3: 1 (1: 0)
March 26, 2011
Burkina Faso	-	Namibia	4: 0 (1: 0)

June 4, 2011
Namibia	-	Burkina Faso	1: 4 (0: 1)
September 3, 2011
Namibia	-	Gambia	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 8, 2011
Gambia	-	Burkina Faso	1: 1 (0: 0)

Group G

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Niger	6th	3	0	3	6: 8	−2	9
2.	South Africa	6th	2	3	1	4: 2	+2	9
3.	Sierra Leone	6th	2	3	1	5: 5	± 0	9
4th	Egypt	6th	1	2	3	5: 5	± 0	5

September 4, 2010
South Africa	-	Niger	2: 0 (1: 0)
September 5, 2010
Egypt	-	Sierra Leone	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 10, 2010
Niger	-	Egypt	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sierra Leone	-	South Africa	0-0
March 26, 2011
South Africa	-	Egypt	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 27, 2011
Niger	-	Sierra Leone	3: 1 (0: 1)

June 4, 2011
Sierra Leone	-	Niger	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 5, 2011
Egypt	-	South Africa	0-0
September 3, 2011
Sierra Leone	-	Egypt	2: 1 (1: 1)
4th September 2011
Niger	-	South Africa	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 8, 2011
Egypt	-	Niger	3: 0 (0: 0)
South Africa	-	Sierra Leone	0-0

Group H.

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	6th	6th	0	0	19: 04	+15	18th
2.	Rwanda	6th	2	0	4th	05:15	−10	06th
3.	Burundi	6th	1	2	3	07: 09	- 02nd	05
4th	Benin	6th	1	2	3	08:11	- 03	05

September 4, 2010
Ivory Coast	-	Rwanda	3: 0 (3: 0)
September 5, 2010
Benin	-	Burundi	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 9, 2010
Rwanda	-	Benin	0: 3 (0: 0)
Burundi	-	Ivory Coast	0: 1 (0: 1)
March 26, 2011
Rwanda	-	Burundi	3: 1 (1: 1)
March 27, 2011
Ivory Coast	-	Benin	2: 1 (1: 1) 3

June 5, 2011
Benin	-	Ivory Coast	2: 6 (0: 3)
Burundi	-	Rwanda	3: 1 (1: 0)
September 3, 2011
Rwanda	-	Ivory Coast	0: 5 (0: 3)
4th September 2011
Burundi	-	Benin	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 9, 2011
Benin	-	Rwanda	0: 1 (0: 1)
Ivory Coast	-	Burundi	2: 1 (0: 0)

³ The game was due to the unrest in the Ivory Coast in the Ghanaian capital Accra discharged

Group I.

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Ghana	6th	5	1	0	13: 01	+12	16
2.	Sudan	6th	4th	1	1	08: 03	+ 05	13
3.	Republic of the Congo	6th	2	0	4th	05:10	- 05th	06th
4th	Swaziland	6th	0	0	6th	02:14	−12	00

September 4, 2010
Sudan	-	Republic of the Congo	2: 0 (1: 0)
September 5, 2010
Swaziland	-	Ghana	0: 3 (0: 1)
October 10, 2010
Ghana	-	Sudan	0-0
Republic of the Congo	-	Swaziland	3: 1 (2: 1)
March 27, 2011
Sudan	-	Swaziland	3: 0 (1: 0)
Republic of the Congo	-	Ghana	0: 3 (0: 2)

June 3, 2011
Ghana	-	Republic of the Congo	3: 1 (0: 0)
June 5, 2011
Swaziland	-	Sudan	1: 2 (0: 0)
September 2, 2011
Ghana	-	Swaziland	2: 0 (1: 0)
4th September 2011
Republic of the Congo	-	Sudan	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 8, 2011
Swaziland	-	Republic of the Congo	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sudan	-	Ghana	0: 2 (0: 2)

Group J

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Angola	6th	4th	0	2	7: 5	+2	12
2.	Uganda	6th	3	2	1	6: 2	+4	11
3.	Kenya	6th	2	2	2	4: 4	± 0	08th
4th	Guinea-Bissau	6th	1	0	5	2: 8	−6	03

September 4, 2010
Uganda	-	Angola	3: 0 (1: 0)
Guinea-Bissau	-	Kenya	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 9, 2010
Angola	-	Guinea-Bissau	1: 0 (1: 0)
Kenya	-	Uganda	0-0
March 26, 2011
Guinea-Bissau	-	Uganda	0: 1 (0: 1)
Kenya	-	Angola	2: 1 (0: 1)

June 4, 2011
Uganda	-	Guinea-Bissau	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 5, 2011
Angola	-	Kenya	1: 0 (0: 0)
September 3, 2011
Kenya	-	Guinea-Bissau	2: 1 (0: 0)
4th September 2011
Angola	-	Uganda	2: 0 (0: 0)
October 8, 2011
Uganda	-	Kenya	0-0
Guinea-Bissau	-	Angola	0: 2 (0: 1)

Group K

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Botswana	8th	5	2	1	07: 03	+ 04	17th
2.	Tunisia	8th	4th	2	2	14: 06	+ 08	14th
3.	Malawi	8th	2	6th	0	13: 08	+ 05	12
4th	Togo	8th	1	3	4th	06:10	- 04th	06th
5.	Chad	8th	0	3	5	07:20	−13	03

July 1, 2010
Chad	-	Togo	2: 2 (2: 1)
Tunisia	-	Botswana	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 9, 2010
Togo	-	Malawi	1: 1 (0: 1)
Botswana	-	Chad	1: 0 (0: 0)
August 11, 2010
Chad	-	Tunisia	1: 3 (0: 2)
Malawi	-	Botswana	1: 1 (0: 0)
September 4, 2010
Botswana	-	Togo	2: 1 (1: 1)
Tunisia	-	Malawi	2: 2 (2: 1)
October 9, 2010
Malawi	-	Chad	6: 2 (2: 1)
October 10, 2010
Togo	-	Tunisia	1: 2 (1: 1)

17th November 2010
Botswana	-	Tunisia	1: 0 (1: 0)
Togo	-	Chad	0-0
March 26, 2011
Chad	-	Botswana	0: 1 (0: 0)
Malawi	-	Togo	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 5, 2011
Tunisia	-	Chad	5: 0 (3: 0)
Botswana	-	Malawi	0-0
September 3, 2011
Malawi	-	Tunisia	0-0
4th September 2011
Togo	-	Botswana	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 8, 2011
Chad	-	Malawi	2: 2 (0: 1)
Tunisia	-	Togo	2: 0 (1: 0)

Determination of the best runners-up in the group

Only the games against the first and third placed were rated. The order within the table follows

1. score
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals scored

group	team	Games	G	U	V	Gates	TD	Points
C.	Libya	4th	2	2	0	2-0	+2	8th
I.	Sudan	4th	2	1	1	3: 2	+1	7th
A.	Cape Verde	4th	2	1	1	3: 4	−1	7th
B.	Nigeria	4th	1	2	1	8: 5	+3	5
G	South Africa	4th	1	2	1	3: 2	+1	5
J	Uganda	4th	1	2	1	3: 2	+1	5
E.	Cameroon	4th	1	2	1	4: 4	± 0	5
D.	Central African Republic	4th	1	2	1	2: 2	± 0	5
F.	Gambia	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	−1	4th
H	Rwanda	4th	1	0	3	4:12	−8	3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mauritania withdraws from AFCON qualifiers ( memento of September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Namibia Sport Magazine, August 23, 2010
2. ↑ Orange CAN 2012 Draw takes place, CAF Online, February 20, 2010
3. ↑ Qualification schedule, CAF online, February 22, 2010 (PDF; 107 kB)
4. ↑ CAF To Decide On Qualification Set-Up For 2013 Nations Cup. Goal.com, July 19, 2010
5. ↑ Caf excludes Togo for two Africa Cups, Spiegel Online, January 30, 2010
6. ↑ Togo's sanctions lifted and general amnesty, CAF Online, May 14, 2010
7. ↑ Nigeria president suspends national team, The Globe and Mail, June 30, 2010
8. ^ World Cup 2010: Nigerian president lifts ban on Team , BBC Online, July 5, 2010
9. ↑ Orange Can 2012: Amendments of fixtures to accommodate Togo's reinstatement
10. ↑ cafonline.com: Qualified teams for Orange CAN 2012
11. ↑ ^{a b} Group C and H matches, venues and dates reviewed. On: cafonline.com.
12. ^ Egypt to host Libya-Mozambique match. On: cafonline.com.
13. ↑ Namibia crash to 4-1 defeat ( Memento from December 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Namibia Sport, June 4, 2011

Web links

• Confédération Africaine de Football - Homepage of the African Football Association CAF (English / French)
• Results and news about the Africa Cup on afrika-cup.de