African Nations Cup 2014 / Qualification

The qualification for the African Nations Cup 2014 took place between November 2012 and August 2013. For this purpose, the African national soccer teams were divided into 6 zones. The zones “North” and “West A” each received two starting places at the African Nations Cup 2014 , the other four zones each got three starting places, as 16 teams take part in this competition. As the team of the host country, the South African national soccer team automatically qualified for the finals. FIFA classifies the games as "friendly games", which has an impact on the calculation of the FIFA world rankings , but still counts these games as A international matches, even though only players from the domestic leagues were eligible to play.

North zone

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Algeria	-	Libya	without a fight, score 0: 3	without a fight, score 0: 3
Tunisia	-	Morocco	0: 1	0-0	0: 1

•  Libya qualified for the finals.
•  Morocco qualified for the finals.

West zone A

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Liberia	-	Mauritania	0: 1	1: 2	1: 3
Guinea	-	Sierra Leone	0-0	1: 1	1: 1 1

¹ Away goals rule

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Senegal	-	Mauritania	1-0	0: 2	1: 2
Mali	-	Guinea	3: 1	0: 1	3: 2

•  Mali qualified for the finals.
•  Mauritania qualified for the finals.

West zone B

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Burkina Faso	-	Togo	2: 1	1-0	3: 1

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Benin	-	Ghana			Retreat Benin
Nigeria	-	Ivory Coast	4: 1	0: 2	4: 3
Burkina Faso	-	Niger	1-0	0: 1, 6: 5 i. E.	1: 1 (6: 5)

•  Ghana qualified for the finals.
•  Nigeria qualified for the finals.
•  Burkina Faso qualified for the finals.

Central East Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Burundi	-	Kenya	1-0	0-0	1-0
Ethiopia	-	Eritrea	3-0		Retreat Eritrea

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Burundi	-	Sudan	1: 1	1: 1 n.V., 4: 3 i. E.	2: 2 (4: 3)
Ethiopia	-	Rwanda	1-0	0: 1 n.V., 6: 5 i. E.	1: 1 (6: 5)
Tanzania	-	Uganda	0: 1	1: 3	1: 4

•  Burundi qualified for the finals.
•  Ethiopia qualified for the finals.
•  Uganda qualified for the finals.

Central zone

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Central African Republic	-	Republic of the Congo	0: 3	3-0	0: 6

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Cameroon	-	Gabon	1-0	0: 1 a.d. 6: 7 i. E.	1: 1
Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Republic of the Congo	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2 1

¹ Away goals rule

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Cameroon	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	0: 1	1: 1

•  Democratic Republic of the Congo qualified for the finals
•  Republic of the Congo qualified for the finals
•  Gabon qualified for the finals

South zone

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Mauritius	-	Comoros	2-0	0-0	2-0
Mozambique	-	Seychelles	4-0	2: 1	6: 1

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Mozambique	-	Namibia	3-0	0: 3 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.	3: 3 (5: 4)
Swaziland	-	Angola	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2
Mauritius	-	Zimbabwe	0: 3	1: 1	1: 4
Botswana	-	Zambia	1: 1	0: 2	1: 3

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Zimbabwe	-	Zambia	0-0	1-0	1-0
Mozambique	-	Angola	0-0	1: 1	1: 1 1

¹ Away goals rule

•  Mozambique qualified for the finals
•  Zimbabwe qualified for the finals
•  South Africa automatically qualifies as hosts for the finals

Web links

• African Nations Championship (CHAN) Qualifiers