Africa Cup 1986 / qualification
A total of 34 teams registered to participate in the 1986 Africa Cup in Egypt.
The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Ethiopia and Sudan did not participate in the qualification, Sierra Leone and Tanzania withdrew during the qualification. The hosts and the defending champions were exempt from qualifying matches.
Qualifying matches
Preliminary round
Ivory Coast * | bye | ||||
1985 | Mali | - | Benin | 1-0 | |
1985 | Benin | - | Mali * | 2: 2 | |
Ghana * | bye | ||||
Guinea * | bye | ||||
Sudan * | bye | ||||
1985 | Somalia | - | Kenya | 1-0 | |
1985 | Kenya * | - | Somalia | 1-0 | Kenya 4-3 winners on penalties |
1985 | Liberia | - | Mauritania | 3: 1 | |
1985 | Mauritania * | - | Liberia | 3-0 | |
Algeria * | bye | ||||
Libya * | bye | ||||
Tunisia * | bye | ||||
1985 | Mauritius | - | Mozambique | 0-0 | |
1985 | Mozambique * | - | Mauritius | 3-0 | |
Malawi * | bye | ||||
Morocco * | bye | ||||
1985 | Gambia | - | Sierra Leone | 3: 2 | |
1985 | Sierra Leone * | - | Gambia | 2-0 | |
1985 | Zaire | - | Gabon | 2-0 | |
1985 | Gabon | - | Zaire * | 1: 1 | |
People's Republic of the Congo * | bye | ||||
Nigeria * | bye | ||||
1985 | Tanzania | - | Uganda | 0: 1 | |
1985 | Uganda | - | Tanzania * | 1: 3 | |
Zambia * | bye | ||||
Ethiopia * | bye | ||||
Madagascar * | bye | ||||
1985 | Zimbabwe | - | Swaziland | 3-0 | |
1985 | Swaziland | - | Zimbabwe * | 1: 5 | |
Togo * | bye | ||||
Senegal * | bye |
First main round
1985 | Ivory Coast | - | Mali | 6-0 | |
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1985 | Mali | - | Ivory Coast * | 1: 1 | |
1985 | Ghana * | - | Guinea | 1: 1 | |
1985 | Guinea | - | Ghana * | 1: 4 | |
Kenya * | - | Sudan | Sudan withdrawn | ||
1985 | Algeria * | - | Mauritania | 4-0 | |
1985 | Mauritania | - | Algeria * | 1: 1 | |
1985 | Libya | - | Tunisia | 2-0 | |
1985 | Tunisia | - | Libya * | 1-0 | |
1985 | Malawi | - | Mozambique | 1: 1 | |
1985 | Mozambique * | - | Malawi | 1: 1 | Mozambique 6-5 winners on penalties |
Morocco * | - | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone withdrawn | ||
1985 | People's Republic of the Congo | - | Zaire | 2: 5 | |
1985 | Zaire * | - | People's Republic of the Congo | 0-0 | |
Nigeria * | - | Tanzania | Tanzania withdrawn | ||
Zambia * | - | Ethiopia | Withdrawn from Ethiopia | ||
1985 | Madagascar | - | Zimbabwe | 0: 1 | |
1985 | Zimbabwe * | - | Madagascar | 5: 2 | |
1985 | Togo | - | Senegal | 0: 1 | |
1985 | Senegal * | - | Togo | 1: 1 |
Second main round
1985 | Ivory Coast | - | Ghana | 2-0 | |
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1985 | Ghana | - | Ivory Coast * | 0-0 | Ivory Coast qualified |
1985 | Kenya | - | Algeria | 0-0 | |
1985 | Algeria * | - | Kenya | 3-0 | Algeria qualified |
1985 | Libya | - | Mozambique | 2: 1 | |
1985 | Mozambique * | - | Libya | 2: 1 | Mozambique qualified after 4-3 on penalties |
1985 | Morocco | - | Zaire | 1-0 | |
1985 | Zaire | - | Morocco * | 0-0 | Morocco qualified |
1985 | Nigeria | - | Zambia | 0-0 | |
1985 | Zambia * | - | Nigeria | 1-0 | Zambia qualified |
1985 | Zimbabwe | - | Senegal | 1-0 | |
1985 | Senegal * | - | Zimbabwe | 3-0 | Senegal qualified |
automatically qualified: