2016 African Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 15 June – 31 October 2015 |
Teams | 42 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 54 |
Goals scored | 129 (2.39 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Luís (4 goals) |
← 2014 2018 →
All statistics correct as of 25 October 2015. |
The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification is a men's football competition which will decide the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.[1]
Player eligibility
As required by the regulations, teams must be exclusively composed of national team players playing in their country's own domestic league.[2]
Teams
A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.[3]
Zone | Spots | Teams entering qualification | Did not enter |
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Northern Zone | 2 spots | ||
Zone West A | 2 spots | ||
Zone West B | 3 spots | ||
Central Zone | 3 spots | ||
Central-East Zone | 2 spots + Rwanda (hosts) |
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Southern Zone | 3 spots | ||
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.[4][5][6]
Format
In the Northern Zone, teams play each other on a double round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[2]
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Away goals scored in all games;
- Drawing of lots.
In all other zones, qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[2]
The top two teams in the Northern Zone and the 13 winners of the first round in all other zones qualify for the final tournament.
Schedule
The draw was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][7][8]
The schedule of the qualifying rounds is as follows.[9][8]
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Northern Zone
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | 2016 African Nations Championship |
2 | Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Libya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 |
Libya | 1–0 | Tunisia |
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Al Khritli 75' | Report |
Libya | 0–4 | Morocco |
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Report | Benjelloun 26' Lembarki 39' Housni 84' Ounajem 90+4' |
Tunisia | 2–3 | Morocco |
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Machani 28' Bguir 80' |
Report | Khadrouf 20' Achchakir 70' (pen.) Ounajem 84' |
Zone West A
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Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guinea-Bissau | 2–4 | Mali | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Mauritania | 4–1 | Sierra Leone | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Guinea | 4–2 | Liberia | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Senegal | 4–1 | Gambia | 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).[11][12]
Guinea-Bissau | 1–1 | Mali |
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Obetchi 5' | Sissoko 19' |
Mali | 3–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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B. Diarra 33' Koné 76' Sissoko 85' |
Fati 29' |
Mauritania | 2–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Abeid 5' Denna 45+1' (pen.) |
Tarawallie 85' |
Sierra Leone | 0–2 | Mauritania |
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Dellahi 34' Beyguili 36' |
Liberia | 1–1 | Guinea |
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Vitalis 38' | A. Camara 57' |
First round
Winners qualify for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mali | 3–2 | Mauritania | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Guinea | 3–3 (a) | Senegal | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.[13]
Mali | 2–1 | Mauritania |
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Abeid 67' (o.g.) A. Diarra 90+2' |
Denna 8' (pen.) |
Mauritania | 1–1 | Mali |
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Niass 45' | Bakayoko 5' |
Guinea | 2–0 | Senegal |
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A. M. Sylla 6' A. I. Sylla 24' |
Zone West B
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First round
Winners qualify for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ghana | – | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | – |
Nigeria | 2–0 | Burkina Faso | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Niger | 3–1 | Togo | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.[14]
Ghana | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Fameyeh 45+3', 89' | Sangaré 33' |
Central Zone
First round
Winners qualify for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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DR Congo | w/o | Central African Republic | — | — |
Cameroon | – | Congo | 0–0 | – |
Chad | 1–2 | Gabon | 0–2 | 1–0 |
Note: Central African Republic withdrew.[15] Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.[16]
Central African Republic | Cancelled | DR Congo |
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Central-East Zone
- Rwanda qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
- Sudan received a bye to the first round.
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tanzania | 1–4 | Uganda | 0–3 | 1–1 |
Djibouti | 1–4 | Burundi | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Ethiopia | 2–0 | Kenya | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Burundi | 2–0 | Djibouti |
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Nshimirimana 12', 79' |
First round
Winners qualify for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uganda | 4–0 | Sudan | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Burundi | 2–3 | Ethiopia | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Southern Zone
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Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Zimbabwe | 2–0 | Comoros | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Lesotho | 1–1 (a) | Botswana | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Namibia | 3–3 (5–6 p) | Zambia | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Mozambique | 9–1 | Seychelles | 5–1 | 4–0 |
South Africa | 5–0 | Mauritius | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Eswatini | 2–4 | Angola | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Comoros | 0–0 | Zimbabwe |
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Namibia | 2–1 | Zambia |
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Stephanus 52' Nenkavu 63' |
Kalengo 15' |
Zambia | 2–1 | Namibia |
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Mbewe 29' Kalengo 72' |
Nenkavu 43' | |
Penalties | ||
Mtonga Zimba Chirwa Phiri Mfune Chepeshi Kalengo |
6–5 | Isaacks Tjetjinda Kamatuka Keimuine Gebhardt Iimbondi Hoaseb |
Mozambique | 5–1 | Seychelles |
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Luís 32', 42', 49' Reinildo 35' Diogo 73' |
Waye-Hive 70' |
Seychelles | 0–4 | Mozambique |
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Luís 14' Isac 20' Gildo 37' Reinildo 44' |
South Africa | 3–0 | Mauritius |
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Gabuza 26' Ntshangase 28', 44' |
Mauritius | 0–2 | South Africa |
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Masango 69' Letlabika 84' |
Eswatini | 2–2 | Angola |
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Tsabedze 65' Ndzinisa 83' |
Dário 30' Ary Papel 54' |
First round
Winners qualify for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Zimbabwe | 4–2 | Lesotho | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Zambia | 4–1 | Mozambique | 3–0 | 1–1 |
South Africa | 2–3 | Angola | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Zimbabwe | 3–1 | Lesotho |
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Mutuma 48' (pen.), 56' Phiri 81' |
Seturumane 63' |
Zambia | 3–0 | Mozambique |
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Kalengo 77' Luchanga 80' Sautu 89' |
Mozambique | 1–1 | Zambia |
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Hagi 83' (pen.) | Mbewe 26' |
South Africa | 0–2 | Angola |
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Mateus 54' Ary Papel 90+2' |
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.
Team | Zone | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Rwanda (hosts) | Central-East Zone | 29 January 2011[1] | 1 (2011) |
Morocco | Northern Zone | 22 October 2015 | 1 (2014) |
Tunisia | 22 October 2015 | 1 (2011) | |
Mali | Zone West A | 24 October 2015 | 2 (2011, 2014) |
Guinea | 24 October 2015 | 0 (debut) | |
TBD | Zone West B | ||
Nigeria | 25 October 2015 | 3 (2011, 2014) | |
Niger | 25 October 2015 | 1 (2011) | |
DR Congo | Central Zone | 13 October 2015[15] | 3 (2009, 2011, 2014) |
TBD | |||
Gabon | 24 October 2015 | 2 (2011, 2014) | |
Uganda | Central-East Zone | 25 October 2015 | 2 (2011, 2014) |
Ethiopia | 25 October 2015 | 1 (2014) | |
Zimbabwe | Southern Zone | 25 October 2015 | 3 (2009, 2011, 2014) |
Zambia | 25 October 2015 | 1 (2009) | |
Angola | 24 October 2015 | 1 (2011) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Dário
- Mateus
- Mpho Kgaswane
- Bizimana Hassan
- Shasir Nahimana
- Nassar Ndiguem
- Darar Djama Aboubaker
- Aschalew Girma
- Seyoum Tesfaye
- Rick Martel Allogho Mba
- Richy Mandraut
- Salif Krubally
- Alsény Camara Agogo
- Aboubacar Bébé Bangoura
- Ibrahim Sory Sankhon
- Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla
- Aboubacar Mouctar Sylla
- Malam Fati
- Obetchi
- Ibrahima Sangaré
- Thabiso Brown
- Blessing Moyo
- Tsepo Seturumane
- Allison Dweh
- Gobeom Sie Vitalis
- Moayed Al Khritli
- Moussa Bakayoko
- Abdoulaye Diarra
- Boubacar Diarra
- Ismaël Koné
- Aly Abeid
- Boubacar Beyguili
- Mohamed Yali Dellahi
- Mamadou Niass
- Abderrahim Achchakir
- Abdessalam Benjelloun
- Rachid Housni
- Mouhcine Iajour
- Abdeladim Khadrouf
- Abdessamad Lembarki
- Marwane Saâdane
- Diogo
- Gildo
- Momed Hagi
- Isac
- Willy Stephanus
- Idrissa Halidou
- Gbolahan Salami
- Bature Yaro
- Abdoulaye Ba
- Sylvain Badji
- Mouhamad Waliou Ndoye
- Gervais Waye-Hive
- Sallieu Tarawallie
- Thamsanqa Gabuza
- Fagrie Lakay
- Wandisile Letlabika
- Mandla Masango
- Sabelo Ndzinisa
- Tony Tsabedze
- Raphael Bocco
- Gnama Akaté
- Karim Aouadhi
- Ali Machani
- Frank Kalanda
- Kezironi Kizito
- Caesar Okhuti
- Conlyde Luchanga
- Spencer Sautu
- Marshall Mudehwe
- Danny Phiri
- Evans Rusike
- Own goal
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