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2016 African Nations Championship qualification
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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.[1]
A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]
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Team failed to qualify
Team did not enter
A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.[3]
- 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]
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Format
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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;
- 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 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).[1]
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.
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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 was as follows.[9][8]
Northern Zone
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Note: Libya played their home matches in Morocco and Tunisia due to security concerns.
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)
Referee: Redouane Necib (Algeria)
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
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Zone West A
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Preliminary round
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]
Referee: Ahmed Sekou Toure (Guinea)
Mali won 4–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)
Mauritania won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Eric Fagla (Togo)
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)
Guinea won 4–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Referee: (Tunisia)
Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.[13]
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes (Cape Verde)
Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)
3–3 on aggregate. Guinea won on away goals.
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Zone West B
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First round
Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.[14]
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Referee: Abderahamane Kelly (Mauritania)
2–2 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Referee: Omar Mohamed Ragab (Libya)
Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
Niger won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Central Zone
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First round
Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Note: Central African Republic withdrew.[15] Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.[16]
DR Congo won on walkover.
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Referee: Yves Roponat Mbourou (Gabon)
Cameroon won 1–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Lazard Tsiba (Congo)
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Gabon won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Central-East Zone
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Rwanda qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
Sudan received a bye to the first round.
Preliminary round
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Referee: Djamal Aden Abdi (Djibouti)
Uganda won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Referee: (Eritrea)
Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Mohammed Omar Ragab (Libya)
Referee: Adélaïde Ali Mohamed (Comoros)
Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.
First round
Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Referee: Luelseghed Ghebremichael (Eritrea)
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Uganda won 4–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)
Referee: Mahmoud El-Banna (Egypt)
Ethiopia won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Southern Zone
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Preliminary round
Referee: Mbongiseni Fakudze (Swaziland)
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)
Zimbabwe won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
1–1 on aggregate. Lesotho won on away goals.
Referee: Joaquin Esono Ela Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
3–3 on aggregate. Zambia won on penalties.
Referee: Khulasande Qongqo (South Africa)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Mozambique won 9–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Emile Fred (Seychelles)
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)
Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.
First round
Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.
Referee: Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)
Referee: Kalasande Qongo (South Africa)
Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Referee: Mbongisseni Fakudze (Swaziland)
Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[17]
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Ary Papel
Laudit Mavugo
Abbas Nshimirimana
Joel Fameyeh
Sékou Amadou Camara
Abdoulaye Sissoko
Taghiyoulla Denna
Abdelilah Hafidi
Mohamed Ounajem
Reinildo
Benyamin Nenkavu
Koffi Dan Kowa
Ibrahima Keita
Mamadou Niang
Siphelele Ntshangase
Saad Bguir
Erisa Ssekisambu
Festus Mbewe
- 1 goal
Dário
Mateus
Mpho Kgaswane
Hassan Bizimana
Shasir Nahimana
Ronald Ngah Wandja
Nassar Ndiguem
Darar Djama Aboubaker
Aschalew Girma
Seyoum Tesfaye
Rick Martel Allogho Mba
Richy Mandraut
Salif Krubally
Alsény Camara Agogo
Kilé Bangoura
Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla
Aboubacar Mouctar Sylla
Malam Fati
Obetchi
Koffi Boua
Ibrahima Sangaré
Thabiso Brown
Ralekoti Mokhahlane
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 Garba
Yaro Bature
Gbolahan Salami
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
Kizito Keziron
Caesar Okhuti
Conlyde Luchanga
Spencer Sautu
Marshall Mudehwe
Danny Phiri
Evans Rusike
- Own goal
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