2016 African Nations Championship qualification#Zone West A

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = African Nations Championship qualification

| year = 2016

| dates = 15 June – 31 October 2015

| num_teams = 42

| confederations = 1

| matches = 56

| goals = 131

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MOZ}} Luís {{nowrap|(4 goals)}}

| prevseason = 2014

| nextseason = 2018

}}

The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CHAN%20Regulations_En.pdf|title=Regulations of the African Nations Championship|publisher=CAF}}

A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/morocco-to-host-2015-african-cup-of-nations|title=Morocco to host 2015 African Cup of Nations|publisher=The National|date=29 January 2011}}

Teams

File:2016 ANC Qualification.png

A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=FO2B9t8AhXrLIJ1pY%2fQP6g%3d%3d|title=CHAN 2016 & Beach Soccer Championship draws for April 5|publisher=CAF|date=24 March 2015}}

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Zone

!Spots

!Teams entering qualification

!Did not enter

Northern Zone

|2 spots

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  • {{fb|LBY}}
  • {{fb|MAR}}
  • {{fb|TUN}}

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  • {{fb|ALG}} (disqualified)
  • {{fb|EGY}}
Zone West A

|2 spots

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  • {{fb|GAM}}
  • {{fb|GUI}}
  • {{fb|GNB}}
  • {{fb|LBR}}
  • {{fb|MLI}}
  • {{fb|MTN|1959}}
  • {{fb|SEN}}
  • {{fb|SLE}}

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  • {{fb|CPV}}
Zone West B

|3 spots

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  • {{fb|BFA}}
  • {{fb|GHA}}
  • {{fb|CIV}}
  • {{fb|NIG}}
  • {{fb|NGA}}
  • {{fb|TOG}}

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  • {{fb|BEN}}
Central Zone

|3 spots

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  • {{fb|CMR}}
  • {{fb|CTA}}
  • {{fb|CHA}}
  • {{fb|CGO}}
  • {{fb|COD}}
  • {{fb|GAB}}

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  • {{fb|EQG}}
  • {{fb|STP}}
Central-East Zone

|2 spots +
{{fb|RWA}} (hosts)

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  • {{fb|BDI}}
  • {{fb|DJI}}
  • {{fb|ETH}}
  • {{fb|KEN}}
  • {{fb|SDN}}
  • {{fb|TAN}}
  • {{fb|UGA}}

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  • {{fb|ERI}}
  • {{fb|SOM}}
  • {{fb|SSD}}
Southern Zone

|3 spots

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  • {{fb|ANG}}
  • {{fb|BOT}}
  • {{fb|COM}}
  • {{fb|LES}}
  • {{fb|MRI}}
  • {{fb|MOZ}}
  • {{fb|NAM}}
  • {{fb|SEY}}
  • {{fb|RSA}}
  • {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
  • {{fb|ZAM}}
  • {{fb|ZIM}}

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  • {{fb|MAD}}
  • {{fb|MWI}}
Total

!15 spots + hosts

!42 teams

!

;Notes

  • Algeria were excluded by the CAF from participating because of their withdrawal against Libya in the 2014 African Nations Championship qualification.{{cite web|last=Afrik-Foot|title=CHAN 2016 : L’Algérie exclue|url=http://www.afrik-foot.com/chan-2016-l-algerie-exclue|publisher=Afrik-Foot}}{{cite web|last=Goal.com|title=Algeria withdraws from CHAN 2014 qualifiers|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4622/africa/2013/06/19/4060405/algeria-withdraws-from-chan-2014-qualifiers|publisher=Goal.com}}{{cite web |title=CHAN-2016 : L'Algérie disqualifiée |url=http://www.djazairess.com/fr/elwatan/484072 |work=El Watan |publisher=Tarek Aït Sellamet |date=16 January 2015 }}

Format

In the Northern Zone, teams played each other on a double round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. Drawing of lots.

In all other zones, qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The top two teams in the Northern Zone and the 13 winners of the first round in all other zones qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The draw was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=sPFQWdwZJI9rQRElkvMmOA%3d%3d|title=Live Report: Draw of qualifiers of Orange African Nations Championship Rwanda 2016|publisher=CAF|date=5 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=q-DsAOTNZ2k%3d&portalid=0&language=en-US|title=FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP- RWANDA 2016|publisher=CAF}}

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.{{cite web|title=CAF Full Calendar |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx |publisher=CAFonline.com |accessdate=28 February 2015 |date=28 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161053/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx |archivedate=14 February 2015 }}

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{| class="wikitable"

|+Northern Zone{{cite web|url=http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2015/05/18/chan-2016-1r-tournoi-la-tunisie-entame-les-qualifications-le-15-juin-face-au-maroc/|title=La Tunisie entame les qualifications le 15 juin face au Maroc|publisher=DirectInfo|date=18 May 2015}}

Matchday

!Date

Matchdays 1–3
(Host: Morocco)

|15–21 June 2015

Matchdays 4–6
(Host: Tunisia)

|19–25 October 2015

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|+All other zones

Round

!Matchday

!Date

rowspan=2|Preliminary round

|First leg

|19–21 June 2015

Second leg

|3–5 July 2015

rowspan=2|First round

|First leg

|16–18 October 2015

Second leg

|23–25 October 2015

|}

Northern Zone

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Note: Libya played their home matches in Morocco and Tunisia due to security concerns.

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Lembarki {{goal|39}}
Housni {{goal|84}}
Ounajem {{goal|90+4}}

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|referee = Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

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|goals1 = Machani {{goal|28}}
Bguir {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Khadrouf {{goal|20}}
Achchakir {{goal|70|pen.}}
Ounajem {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|attendance =

|referee = Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

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Zone West A

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

;Seeded teams

  • {{fb|GUI}}
  • {{fb|MLI}}
  • {{fb|MTN|1959}}
  • {{fb|SEN}}

{{col-2}}

;Unseeded teams

  • {{fb|GAM}}
  • {{fb|GNB}}
  • {{fb|LBR}}
  • {{fb|SLE}}

{{col-end}}

=Preliminary round=

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GNB}}||2–4|{{fb|MLI}}||1–1|1–3}}

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||4–2|{{fb|LBR}}||3–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SEN}}||4–1|{{fb|GAM}}||3–1|1–0}}

|}

Note: Guinea and Sierra Leone played their home matches in Mali and Mauritania respectively due to the Ebola outbreak (Sierra Leone home match brought forward by a week).{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=2OqkIDjcFIGKfgTTrCmgRg%3D%3D|title=CHAN 2016: Guinea – Liberia to be played on June 22|publisher=CAF|date=21 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afrik-foot.com/chan-2016-la-mauritanie-domine-la-sierra-leone|title=CHAN 2016 : La Mauritanie domine la Sierra Leone|publisher=Afrik-Foot|date=22 June 2015}}

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|time = 16:20 UTC±0

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|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 = Obetchi {{goal|5}}

|goals2 = Sissoko {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

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|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|GNB}}

|goals1 = B. Diarra {{goal|33}}
Koné {{goal|76}}
Sissoko {{goal|85}}

|goals2 = Fati {{goal|29}}

|stadium = Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Ahmed Sekou Toure (Guinea)

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Mali won 4–2 on aggregate.

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|time = 22:00 UTC±0

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|team2 = {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1 = Abeid {{goal|5}}
Denna {{goal|45+1|pen.}}

|goals2 = Tarawallie {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

|attendance =

|referee = Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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|time = 22:00 UTC±0

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|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}

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|goals2 = Dellahi {{goal|34}}
Beyguili {{goal|36}}

|stadium = Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

|attendance =

|referee = Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

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Mauritania won 4–1 on aggregate.

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

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|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1 = S. Camara {{goal|8||38}}
Sankhon {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Dweh {{goal|56}}

|stadium = Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Eric Fagla (Togo)

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|time = 16:00 UTC±0

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|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1 = Vitalis {{goal|38}}

|goals2 = A. Camara {{goal|57}}

|stadium = Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

|attendance =

|referee = Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

|report =

}}

Guinea won 4–2 on aggregate.

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

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|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1 = Niang {{goal|9||90+3}}
Ba {{goal|45}}

|goals2 = Krubally {{goal|11}}

|stadium = Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

|attendance =

|referee = Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

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|time = 16:30 UTC±0

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|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Ndoye {{goal|7}}

|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau

|attendance =

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Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.

=First round=

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

{{TwoLegStart}}

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||3–3 (a)|{{fb|SEN}}||2–0|1–3}}

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Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.sn/articles-de-presse/sports/football/chan-2016-guinee-senegal-aura-lieu-au-stade-du-26-mars.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024060120/http://www.rts.sn/articles-de-presse/sports/football/chan-2016-guinee-senegal-aura-lieu-au-stade-du-26-mars.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2015|title=CHAN 2016 : Guinée-Sénégal aura lieu au stade du 26-Mars|publisher=RTS|date=16 October 2015}}

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|time = 16:30 UTC±0

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|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}

|goals1 = Abeid {{goal|67|o.g.}}
A. Diarra {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 = Denna {{goal|8|pen.}}

|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

|report =

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

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|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 = Niass {{goal|45}}

|goals2 = Bakayoko {{goal|5}}

|stadium = Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

|attendance =

|referee = Manuel Timas Mendes (Cape Verde)

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Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

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|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}

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A. I. Sylla {{goal|24}}

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|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance =

|referee = Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

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|time = 17:00 UTC±0

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1 = Badji {{goal|13}}
Keita {{goal|83||89}}

|goals2 = Bangoura {{goal|3}}

|stadium = Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

|attendance =

|referee = Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

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3–3 on aggregate. Guinea won on away goals.

Zone West B

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

;Seeded teams

  • {{fb|GHA}}
  • {{fb|NIG}}
  • {{fb|NGA}}

{{col-2}}

;Unseeded teams

  • {{fb|BFA}}
  • {{fb|CIV}}
  • {{fb|TOG}}

{{col-end}}

=First round=

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NGA}}||2–0|{{fb|BFA}}||2–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NIG}}||3–1|{{fb|TOG}}||2–0|1–1}}

|}

Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/afrique/sports/2015/10/151023_football_chan|title=CHAN 2016 : dernières éliminatoires|publisher=BBC|date=24 October 2015}}

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|time = 15:00 UTC±0

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}

|goals1 = Fameyeh {{goal|45+3||89}}

|goals2 = Sangaré {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

|attendance =

|referee = Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

|report =

}}

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|time = 15:30 UTC±0

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1 = Boua {{goal|35}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

|attendance =

|referee = Abderahamane Kelly (Mauritania)

|report =

}}

2–2 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.

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|time = 16:00 UTC+1

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|BFA}}

|goals1 = Bature {{goal|25}}
Salami {{goal|76|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt

|attendance =

|referee = Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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|time = 16:00 UTC±0

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

|attendance =

|referee = Omar Mohamed Ragab (Libya)

|report =

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Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

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|time = 16:00 UTC+1

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|TOG}}

|goals1 = Garba {{goal|11}}
Kowa {{goal|14}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2015|10|25|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 UTC±0

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|NIG}}

|goals1 = Akaté {{goal|20}}

|goals2 = Kowa {{goal|18}}

|stadium = Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance =

|referee = Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

|report =

}}

Niger won 3–1 on aggregate.

Central Zone

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  • {{fb|COD}}
  • {{fb|GAB}}

{{col-2}}

;Unseeded teams

  • {{fb|CTA}}
  • {{fb|CHA}}
  • {{fb|COG}}

{{col-end}}

=First round=

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

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Note: Central African Republic withdrew.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/110689|title=CHAN 2016 : les Léopards se qualifient sans jouer|publisher=digitalcongo.net|date=14 October 2015|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235305/http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/110689|archive-date=19 January 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.{{cite web|url=http://afriquefoot.rfi.fr/20151023-chan-2016-congo-cameroun-reporte-31-octobre|title=Chan 2016 : Congo-Cameroun reporté au 31 octobre|publisher=afriquefoot.rfi.fr|date=23 October 2015}}

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DR Congo won on walkover.

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Cameroon won 1–0 on aggregate.

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|referee = Lazard Tsiba (Congo)

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Gabon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central-East Zone

  • {{fb|RWA}} qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
  • {{fb|SDN}} received a bye to the first round.

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;Seeded teams

  • {{fb|BDI}}
  • {{fb|ETH}}
  • {{fb|UGA}}

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;Unseeded teams

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  • {{fb|KEN}}
  • {{fb|TAN}}

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=Preliminary round=

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|attendance =

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|goals2 = Bocco {{goal|59|pen.}}

|stadium = Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

|attendance =

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Uganda won 4–1 on aggregate.

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|goals2 = Bizimana {{goal|51}}
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|stadium = Stade du Ville, Djibouti

|attendance =

|referee = Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

|report =

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|goals1 = Nshimirimana {{goal|12||79}}

|goals2 =

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|attendance =

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|report =

}}

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.

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|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1 = Girma {{goal|23}}
Panom {{goal|77|pen.}}

|goals2 =

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|attendance =

|referee = Mohammed Omar Ragab (Libya)

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|attendance =

|referee = Adélaïde Ali Mohamed (Comoros)

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Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

=First round=

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

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Miya {{goal|45}}

|stadium = Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

|attendance =

|referee = Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

|report =

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Uganda won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Southern Zone

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{{col-2}}

;Seeded teams

  • {{fb|ANG}}
  • {{fb|BOT}}
  • {{fb|MOZ}}
  • {{fb|RSA}}
  • {{fb|ZAM}}
  • {{fb|ZIM}}

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;Unseeded teams

  • {{fb|COM}}
  • {{fb|LES}}
  • {{fb|MRI}}
  • {{fb|NAM}}
  • {{fb|SEY}}
  • {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

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=Preliminary round=

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|report =

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|time = 15:00 UTC+3

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|goals2 =

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|attendance =

|referee = Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

|report =

}}

Zimbabwe won 2–0 on aggregate.

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|time = 14:50 UTC+2

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|attendance =

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|goals2 = Brown {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

|attendance =

|referee = Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

|report =

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1–1 on aggregate. Lesotho won on away goals.

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|time = 14:30 UTC+1

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|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1 = Stephanus {{goal|52}}
Nenkavu {{goal|63}}

|goals2 = Kalengo {{goal|15}}

|stadium = Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance =

|referee = Joaquin Esono Ela Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)

|report =

}}

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|NAM}}

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Kalengo {{goal|72}}

|goals2 = Nenkavu {{goal|43}}

|stadium = Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance =

|referee = Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

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Zimba {{penmiss}}
Chirwa {{pengoal}}
Phiri {{pengoal}}
Mfune {{pengoal}}
Chepeshi {{pengoal}}
Kalengo {{pengoal}}

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{{pengoal}} Tjetjinda
{{pengoal}} Kamatuka
{{pengoal}} Keimuine
{{pengoal}} Gebhardt
{{pengoal}} Iimbondi
{{penmiss}} Hoaseb

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3–3 on aggregate. Zambia won on penalties.

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Diogo {{goal|73}}

|goals2 = Waye-Hive {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira

|attendance =

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Isac {{goal|20}}
Gildo {{goal|37}}
Reinildo {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Stade Linité, Victoria

|attendance =

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|report =

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Mozambique won 9–1 on aggregate.

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|MRI}}

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|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

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|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

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Letlabika {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

|attendance =

|referee = Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

|report =

}}

South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1 = Tsabedze {{goal|65}}
Ndzinisa {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Dário {{goal|30}}
Ary Papel {{goal|54}}

|stadium = Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

|attendance =

|referee = Emile Fred (Seychelles)

|report =

}}

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|goals2 =

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|attendance =

|referee = Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

|report =

}}

Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

=First round=

Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

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Phiri {{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Seturumane {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

|attendance =

|referee = Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)

|report =

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|goals2 = Mutuma {{goal|35}}

|stadium = Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

|attendance =

|referee = Kalasande Qongo (South Africa)

|report =

}}

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

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Luchanga {{goal|80}}
Sautu {{goal|89}}

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|attendance =

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|report =

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|goals2 = Mbewe {{goal|26}}

|stadium = Estádio da Machava, Matola

|attendance =

|referee = Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

|report =

}}

Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.

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|time = 15:00 UTC+2

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|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|ANG}}

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|goals2 = Mateus {{goal|54}}
Ary Papel {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Rand Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance =

|referee = Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

|report =

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|time = 15:00 UTC+1

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|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = Gelson {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Fabrício {{goal|29|o.g.}}
Lakay {{goal|90}}

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|attendance =

|referee = Mbongisseni Fakudze (Swaziland)

|report =

}}

Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=wxfJ27Xe54sm7%2f8hstnjVQ%3d%3d|title=CHAN draw advanced on 15th November|publisher=CAF|date=1 November 2015}}

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Team

! Zone

! Qualified on

! Previous appearances in tournament1

{{fb|MAR}}rowspan=2 | Northern Zone{{sort|03|22 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2014)
{{fb|TUN}}{{sort|04|22 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2011)
{{fb|MLI}}rowspan=2 | Zone West A{{sort|07|24 October 2015}}{{sort|02|2}} (2011, 2014)
{{fb|GUI}}{{sort|08|24 October 2015}}{{sort|00|0}} (debut)
{{fb|CIV}}rowspan=3 | Zone West B{{sort|15|30 October 2015}}{{sort|02|2}} (2009, 2011)
{{fb|NGA}}{{sort|13|25 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2014)
{{fb|NIG}}{{sort|12|25 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2011)
{{fb|COD}}rowspan=3 | Central Zone{{sort|02|13 October 2015}}{{sort|03|3}} (2009, 2011, 2014)
{{fb|CMR}}{{sort|16|31 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2011)
{{fb|GAB}}{{sort|06|24 October 2015}}{{sort|02|2}} (2011, 2014)
{{fb|RWA}} (hosts)rowspan=3 | Central-East Zone{{sort|01|29 January 2011}}{{sort|01|1}} (2011)
{{fb|UGA}}{{sort|14|25 October 2015}}{{sort|02|2}} (2011, 2014)
{{fb|ETH}}{{sort|09|25 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2014)
{{fb|ZIM}}rowspan=3 | Southern Zone{{sort|10|25 October 2015}}{{sort|03|3}} (2009, 2011, 2014)
{{fb|ZAM}}{{sort|11|25 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2009)
{{fb|ANG}}{{sort|05|24 October 2015}}{{sort|01|1}} (2011)

:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;4 goals

;3 goals

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;2 goals

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;1 goal

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;Own goal

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  • {{flagicon|ANG}} Fabrício (playing against South Africa)
  • {{flagicon|MTN|1959}} Aly Abeid (playing against Mali)

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References

{{Reflist}}