African Nations Cup 2016 / Qualification

The qualification for the African Nations Cup 2016 took place between June and October 2015. 42 nations fought for the 15 starting places to be awarded at the 2016 African Nations Cup .

Just like in the final round, only players who were under contract in the respective domestic league were allowed to play in the qualification.

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The African national football teams were divided into six zones. The “North” and “West A” zones were each given two starting places at the 2016 African Nations Cup , the other four zones each receiving three starting places, with Rwanda as the host already claiming one place in the central-east zone.

As the team of the host country, the Rwandan national football team automatically qualified for the finals. FIFA classified the games as "friendlies", which had an impact on the calculation of the FIFA world rankings , but still counted these games as A international matches, even though only players from the domestic leagues were eligible to play.

North zone

• The first two qualified for the finals. The first three games all took place in Casablanca , Morocco .

rank	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Goal difference	Points
1.	Morocco	4th	3	1	0	11: 3	+8	10
2.	Tunisia	4th	1	1	2	3: 4	−1	4th
3.	Libya	4th	1	0	3	1: 8	−7	3

June 15, 2015
Morocco	-	Tunisia	1: 1 (0: 1)
June 18, 2015
Tunisia	-	Libya	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 21, 2015
Morocco	-	Libya	3: 0 (2: 0)

19th October 2015
Tunisia	-	Libya	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 22, 2015
Libya	-	Morocco	0: 4 (0: 2)
October 25, 2015
Tunisia	-	Morocco	2: 3 (1: 1)

West zone A

• The two winners of the qualifying round qualified for the final round.

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Guinea-Bissau	-	Mali	1: 1	1: 3	2: 4
Mauritania	-	Sierra Leone	2: 1	2-0	4: 1
Guinea	-	Liberia	3: 1	1: 1	4: 2
Senegal	-	Gambia	3: 1	1-0	4: 1

Qualifying round

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

West zone B

• The three winners of the qualifying round qualified for the final round.

Qualifying round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Ghana	-	Ivory Coast	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2 ( a )
Nigeria	-	Burkina Faso	2-0	0-0	2-0
Niger	-	Togo	2-0	1: 1	3: 1

Central East Zone

• The two winners of the qualifying round qualified for the final round.

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Tanzania	-	Uganda	0: 3	1: 1	1: 4
Djibouti	-	Burundi	1: 2	0: 2	1: 4
Ethiopia	-	Kenya	2-0	0-0	2-0

Qualifying round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Uganda	-	Sudan	2-0	2-0	4-0
Burundi	-	Ethiopia	2-0	0: 3	2: 3

Central zone

• The three winners of the qualifying round qualify for the final round.

Qualifying round

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

South zone

• The three winners of the qualifying round qualified for the final round.

Preliminary round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Zimbabwe	-	Comoros	2-0	0-0	2-0
Lesotho	-	Botswana	0-0	1: 1	1: 1 1
Namibia	-	Zambia	2: 1	1: 2, 5: 6 i. E.	3: 3 (5: 6)
Mozambique	-	Seychelles	5: 1	4-0	9: 1
South Africa	-	Mauritius	3-0	2-0	5-0
Swaziland	-	Angola	2: 2	0: 2	2: 4

¹ Away goals rule

Qualifying round

Team 1		Team 2	First leg	Return leg	Overall result
Zimbabwe	-	Lesotho	3: 1	1: 1	4: 2
Zambia	-	Mozambique	3-0	1: 1	4: 1
South Africa	-	Angola	0: 2	2: 1	2: 3

Web links

• African Nations Championship (CHAN) Qualifiers