2011 African Nations Championship qualification
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = African Nations Championship qualification
| year = 2011
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| prevseason = 2009
| nextseason = 2014
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The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations began in March 2010. These games did not count towards the FIFA rankings.
The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, while this edition featured sixteen.
Qualification Zones
Qualification was divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament.
| class="wikitable"
!Zone !Number of participating teams !Number of qualifying teams !Number of teams not entered |
| North Zone
|4 |2 |1 (Egypt) |
| Zone West A
|5 |2 |4 (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia) |
| Zone West B
|6 |3 |1 (Benin) |
| Central Zone
|5 |3 |3 (Central African, Chad, São Tomé & Príncipe) |
| Central-East Zone
|10 (including host Sudan) |3 (including host Sudan) |0 |
| Southern Zone
|11 |3 |3 (Comoros, Lesotho, Mauritius) |
| Total
|41 |16 |12 |
North Zone
=First round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Algeria|Algeria|(a) 2–2|Libya|Libya|1–0|1–2|var2=1977}}
{{TwoLegResult|Tunisia|Tunisia|(a) 3–3|Morocco|Morocco|1–1|2–2}}
|}
{{footballbox|
date= 13 March 2010|
team1= {{fb-rt|ALG}} |
score= 1–0 |
report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20100716115437/http://www.dzfoot.com/fiche-5040.php Report]|
team2= {{fb|LBY|1977}}|
goals1= Ghazali {{goal|48}}|
goals2= |
stadium= Koléa |
attendance= 10,000 |
referee= Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco) |
}}
{{footballbox|
date= 18 April 2010|
team1= {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}} |
score= 2–1 |
report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20100718082454/http://www.dzfoot.com/article-1728.php Report]|
team2= {{fb|ALG}}|
goals1= Al Shibani {{goal|26|pen.}}
Zuway {{goal|62}}|
goals2= Hanitser {{goal|90}}|
stadium= June 11 Stadium, Tripoli |
attendance= |
referee=|
}}
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{{Football box
|date = 23 May 2010
|time = 17:00 UTC+1
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Tunisia}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Morocco}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
|attendance =
|referee = Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/05/23/africa/african-nations-championship/tunisia-a/morocco-a/886524/?ICID=PL_MS_35 Report]
}}
{{Football box
|date = 5 June 2010
|time = 17:00 UTC+1
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Morocco}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{fb|Tunisia}}
|goals1 = Erbati {{goal|32|pen.}}
Soulaimani {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = Khalifa {{goal|75}}
Meriah {{goal|83|pen.}}
|stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
|attendance =
|referee = Tamuni Salah Wahid (Libya)
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/06/05/africa/african-nations-championship/morocco-a/tunisia-a/886539/?ICID=PL_MS_36 Report]
}}
Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West A
=Preliminary round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb|MTN|1959}}||w/o|Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone||}}
|}
Mauritania withdrew.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8340509.stm|title=Sierra Leone get CHAN bye|date=3 November 2009|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
=First round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Guinea|Guinea|1–3|Mali|Mali|1–1|0–2|}}
{{TwoLegResult|Senegal|Senegal|1–1 (4–3p)|Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone|1–0|0–1}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Guinea}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Mali}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|Guinea}}
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Senegal}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Sierra Leone}}
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|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Senegal}}
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| penaltyscore = 3–4
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Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West B
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Togo|Togo|1–6|Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast|1–2|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso|0–1|Ghana|Ghana|0–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Niger|Niger|2–0|Nigeria|Nigeria|2–0|0–0}}
|}
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|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Togo}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|Côte d'Ivoire}}
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{{Football box
|date = 11 April 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|Togo}}
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{{Football box
|date = 13 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Burkina Faso}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|Ghana}}
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|date = 28 March 2010
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|date = 13 March 2010
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|score = 2–0
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Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.
Central Zone
=Preliminary round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Congo|Congo|w/o|Equatorial Guinea|Equatorial Guinea||}}
|}
Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
=First round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Congo|Congo|1–4|Cameroon|Cameroon|1–1|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|Gabon|Gabon|2–3|DR Congo|DR Congo|1–2|1–1}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Congo}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Cameroon}}
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{{Football box
|date = 27 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Cameroon}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|Congo}}
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{{Football box
|date = 12 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gabon}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|DR Congo}}
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|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DR Congo}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Gabon}}
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Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.
=Second round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Gabon|Gabon|3–0|Congo|Congo|3–0 *|w/o}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 23 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gabon}}
|score = 3–0 *
|team2 = {{fb|Congo}}
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{{ footballbox
| date = 5 June 2010
| event =
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| team1 = {{fb-rt|Congo}}
| score = Cancelled
| aet =
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| team2 = {{fb|Gabon}}
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- Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.
Gabon qualify for the final tournament.
Central-East Zone
=Preliminary round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Djibouti|Djibouti|0–1|Somalia|Somalia|N/P|0–1}}
|}
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Somalia}}
|score = Not Played
|team2 = {{fb|Djibouti}}
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{{ footballbox
| date = 8 January 2010
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Djibouti}}
| score = 0–1
| aet =
| report = [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/4232-somalia-eject-djibouti-in-chan-qualifier.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Somalia}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Yusuf Osman {{goal|73}}
| stadium =
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There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/4232-somalia-eject-djibouti-in-chan-qualifier.html|title= Somalia eject Djibouti in CHAN qualifier|publisher=CAFonline.com|accessdate=25 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100115044024/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/4232-somalia-eject-djibouti-in-chan-qualifier.html| archivedate= 15 January 2010 | url-status= live}}
=First round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Burundi|Burundi|1–5|Uganda|Uganda|1–1|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|Ethiopia|Ethiopia|w/o|Kenya|Kenya|w/o|0–3 *}}
{{TwoLegResult|Eritrea|Eritrea|w/o|Rwanda|Rwanda|w/o|0–3 *}}
{{TwoLegResult|Somalia|Somalia|0–6|Tanzania|Tanzania|N/P|0–6}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Burundi}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Uganda}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Uganda}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|Burundi}}
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Ethiopia}}
|score = Cancelled
|team2 = {{fb|Kenya}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Kenya}}
|score = 3–0 *
|team2 = {{fb|Ethiopia}}
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- Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Eritrea}}
|score = Cancelled
|team2 = {{fb|Rwanda}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 3–0 *
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- Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Somalia}}
|score = Not Played
|team2 = {{fb|Tanzania}}
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{{Football box
|date = 27 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Tanzania}}
|score = 6–0
|team2 = {{fb|Somalia}}
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There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.
=Second round=
The Tanzania vs Rwanda match was pushed forward to May 1 due to Rwanda’s hosting of the CECAFA Kagame Cup from 15–29 May.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Uganda|Uganda|(a) 2–2|Kenya|Kenya|1–0|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Tanzania|Tanzania|1–2|Rwanda|Rwanda|1–1|0–1}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 22 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Uganda}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Kenya}}
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{{Football box
|date = 6 June 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Kenya}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|Uganda}}
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{{Football box
|date = 1 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Tanzania}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Rwanda}}
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{{Football box
|date = 6 June 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Rwanda}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Tanzania}}
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Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament, along with host Sudan.
Southern Zone
=First round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Botswana|Botswana|1–2|South Africa|South Africa|0–0|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Seychelles|Seychelles|2–1|Namibia|Namibia|1–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Madagascar|Madagascar|0–2|Angola|Angola|0–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Swaziland|Swaziland|1–5|Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe|1–2|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|Malawi|Malawi|var1=1964|3–1|Mozambique|Mozambique|3–0|0–1}}
|}
Zambia receive bye to Second Round.
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|date = 13 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Botswana}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|South Africa}}
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{{Football box
|date = 27 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 2–1
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{{Football box
|date = 13 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Seychelles}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Namibia}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 1–1
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Madagascar}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|Angola}}
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{{Football box
|date = 27 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 2–0
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{{Football box
|date = 14 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Swaziland}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|Zimbabwe}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 March 2010
|time =
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|score = 3–0
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{{Football box
|date = 13 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Malawi}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|Mozambique}}
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{{Football box
|date = 27 March 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Mozambique}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Malawi}}
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=Second round=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|South Africa|South Africa|2–1|Zambia|Zambia|1–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Seychelles|Seychelles|2–6|Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe|2–4|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Angola|Angola|3–1|Malawi|Malawi|var2=1964|1–1|2–0}}
|}
{{Football box
|date = 23 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Africa}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Zambia}}
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{{Football box
|date = 5 June 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Zambia}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|South Africa}}
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{{Football box
|date = 22 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Seychelles}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{fb|Zimbabwe}}
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{{Football box
|date = 6 June 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Zimbabwe}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|Seychelles}}
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{{Football box
|date = 22 May 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Angola}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|Malawi}}
|goals1 = Santana {{goal|90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee = Jean-Michel Moukoko
|report =
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{{Football box
|date = 5 June 2010
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Malawi}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|Angola}}
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Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.
Qualified
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{fb|Sudan}} - Host (Central-East Zone)
- {{fb|Algeria}} - North Zone
- {{fb|Tunisia}} - North Zone
- {{fb|Mali}} - Zone West A
- {{fb|Senegal}} - Zone West A
- {{fb|Côte d'Ivoire}} - Zone West B
- {{fb|Ghana}} - Zone West B
- {{fb|Niger}} - Zone West B
- {{fb|Cameroon}} - Central Zone
- {{fb|DR Congo}} - Central Zone
- {{fb|Gabon}} - Central Zone
- {{fb|Uganda}} - Central-East Zone
- {{fb|Rwanda}} - Central-East Zone
- {{fb|Angola}} - Southern Zone
- {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa - Southern Zone
- {{fb|Zimbabwe}} - Southern Zone
{{div col end}}
References
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{{African Nations Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2011 African Nations Championship}}