African Nations Cup 2009 / Qualification

To qualify for the African Nations Cup 2009 , the 40 African national teams were divided into 6 zones. Each zone was given a starting place for the African Nations Cup . The only exception was the southern zone, which received two starting places.

North zone

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Libya	-	Tunisia 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2 (6: 5 on behalf)

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Algeria	-	Morocco	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2 (1: 3 i.E.)
Libya	-	Egypt 2	-	-	Retreat Egypt

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Morocco	-	Libya	3: 1	0: 3	3: 4

Libya qualifies for the 2009 finals .

¹ Tunisia sent the Olympic team to qualify.

² Egypt sent a youth team to qualify.

West zone A

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Gambia	-	Mauritania	1: 1	0-0	1: 1 3

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Senegal	-	Mali	0-0	0-0	0: 0 (5: 4 on perk)
Mauritania	-	Guinea	2: 2	1: 1	3: 3 3

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Guinea	-	Senegal	1-0	0: 1	1: 1 (1: 3 i.E.)

Senegal qualifies for the 2009 finals .

³ Decided on the away goals rule

West zone B

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Ghana	-	Niger	2-0	2: 1	4: 1
Togo	-	Benin	-	-	Retreat Benin

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Ghana	-	Togo	2-0	2: 2	4: 2
Nigeria	-	Burkina Faso	2-0	2: 1	4: 1

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Ghana	-	Nigeria	3: 2	0-0	3: 2

Ghana qualifies for the 2009 finals .

East zone

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Rwanda	-	Burundi	1-0	0-0	1-0
Kenya	-	Tanzania	1-0	0: 2	1: 2
Eritrea	-	Uganda	2: 2	0: 3	2: 5

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Sudan	-	Rwanda	4-0	1: 1	5: 1
Tanzania	-	Uganda	2-0	1: 1	3: 1

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Tanzania	-	Sudan	3: 1	2: 1	5: 2

Tanzania qualifies for the 2009 finals .

Central zone

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Central African Republic	-	Gabon	0: 2	-	0: 2
Republic of the Congo	-	Chad	-	-	Chad disqualified

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Cameroon	-	Gabon	1: 2	2-0	3: 2
DR Congo	-	Republic of the Congo	3-0	1: 2	4: 2

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Cameroon	-	DR Congo	0: 2	0: 1	0: 3

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will qualify for the 2009 finals .

South zone

1 round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Malawi	-	Mozambique	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2 4
Swaziland	-	Zambia	1: 1	0: 3	1: 4

2nd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Mozambique	-	Angola	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2
Botswana	-	Zambia	1-0	0: 3	1: 3
Zimbabwe	-	Namibia	0-0	1-0	1-0
South Africa	-	Mauritius	-	-	Retreat Mauritius

3rd round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Angola	-	Zambia	0: 1	1: 2	1: 3
Zimbabwe	-	South Africa	2-0	1-0	3-0

Zambia and Zimbabwe qualify for the 2009 finals .

^4th Decided on the away goals rule.

host

The host of the first African Nations Cup was Ivory Coast . The team automatically qualified for the 2009 finals.