2018 African Nations Championship qualification

The 2018 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.

2018 African Nations Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	22 April – 12 November 2017
Teams	48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	152 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sékou Amadou Camara (8 goals)
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A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament.

Teams

A total of 48 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.^[1]

Zone	Spots	Teams entering qualification	Did not enter
North Zone (UNAF)	2 spots	Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Morocco (hosts)	Tunisia
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal  Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	3 spots	Benin  Burkina Faso  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Niger  Nigeria  Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	3 spots	Cameroon  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  São Tomé and Príncipe	Chad (disqualified)  Central African Republic (disqualified)
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	3 spots	Burundi  Djibouti  Ethiopia  Rwanda  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda	Eritrea  Kenya (original hosts)
South Zone (COSAFA)	3 spots	Angola  Botswana  Comoros  Lesotho  Madagascar  Malawi  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Seychelles  South Africa  Swaziland  Zambia  Zimbabwe
Total	16 spots	48 teams

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• Central African Republic were excluded by the CAF from participating because of their withdrawal against DR Congo in the 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.
• Chad withdrew on 27 March 2016, but however, on 24 May 2016, Chad announced that they would not be able to qualify for CHAN 2018, and São Tomé and Príncipe officially entered the qualification, along with Equatorial Guinea.
• Egypt were expected to withdraw from the CHAN 2018, but however, on 4 June 2016, it was announced that Egypt would participate in the CHAN 2018 qualification.
• On 12 March 2017, the Football Association of Malawi announced their senior national football team would withdraw from the competition due to the lack of funding.^[2] However, they later announced its reversal of this decision and would continue to compete.^[3]
• Kenya were the original hosts and would have qualified automatically. However, on 23 September 2017, the CAF decided to withdraw their hosting rights due to a lack of progress with preparations.^[4][5]
• Morocco were named as the new hosts on 14 October 2017.^[6] Since they had already qualified in the North Zone, their spot in the final tournament was re-allocated to Egypt, which lost to Morocco in the North Zone final qualifying round.^[7] However, Egypt declined to participate citing a "congested domestic calendar".^[8] As a result, the spot was reverted to Central-East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including Kenya as original hosts), and would go to the winner of a play-off between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central-East Zone final qualifying round.^[9]

Schedule

The draw was held on 3 February 2017 at Libreville, Gabon.^[10]

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.^[11]

Zone / Round			Matchday	Date
North Zone Central Zone	West A Zone West B Zone	Central-East Zone South Zone
—	—	First round	First leg	20–22 April 2017
			Second leg	28–30 April 2017
—	First round	Second round	First leg	14–16 July 2017
			Second leg	21–23 July 2017
First round	Second round	Third round	First leg	11–13 August 2017
			Second leg	18–20 August 2017

Format

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).^[12]

North Zone

• All four teams (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco) entered the first round.

First round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	2–4	Morocco	1–1	1–3
Algeria	2–3	Libya	1–2	1–1

Egypt	1–1	Morocco
El-Sheikh 4' (pen.)	Report	Banoun 52'

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

19:00 UTC+2

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

Morocco	3–1	Egypt
El Yamiq 51' Makran 54' Boulahroud 70' (pen.)	Report	Semmoumy 86' (o.g.)

18 August 2017 (2017-08-18)

20:00 UTC+1

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Algeria	1–2	Libya
Darfalou 1'	Report	Rahmani 6' (o.g.) Ellafi 48'

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

20:45 UTC+1

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

Libya	1–1	Algeria
Ellafi 45'	Report	Bendebka 23'

18 August 2017 (2017-08-18)

19:00 UTC+1

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

Libya won 3–2 on aggregate.

West A Zone

• All eight teams (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone) entered the first round.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	2–4	Senegal	1–1	1–3
Guinea-Bissau	1–10	Guinea	1–3	0–7
Liberia	1–2	Mauritania	0–2	1–0
Gambia	0–4	Mali	0–0	0–4

Sierra Leone	1–1	Senegal
Fofanah 63'	Report	Diop 85' (pen.)

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

16:30 UTC+0

National Stadium, Freetown

Referee: Manuel Timas (Cape Verde)

Senegal	3–1	Sierra Leone
A. D. N'Diaye 4' Ndao 51' Diémé 65'	Report	Fullah 5'

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Al Djigo, Dakar

Referee: Gilberto dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)

Senegal won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Guinea-Bissau	1–3	Guinea
Juca 68'	Report	S. B. Camara 57' M. S. Camara 75' S. A. Camara 77' (pen.)

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

16:00 UTC+0

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Guinea	7–0	Guinea-Bissau
S. A. Camara 37', 67', 79', 90' M. N'Diaye 40' Sankhon 58' Diawara 83'	Report

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

16:30 UTC+0

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: George Rogers (Liberia)

Guinea won 10–1 on aggregate.

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Liberia	0–2	Mauritania
	Report	Dellahi 35' Bagili 61'

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

16:00 UTC+0

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

Mauritania	0–1	Liberia
	Report	Jackson 45'

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Municipal Zouérate, Zouérat

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Gambia	0–0	Mali
	Report

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

16:30 UTC+0

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

Mali	4–0	Gambia
Koné 64', 67', 81' Niangadou 90'	Report

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)

Mali won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Senegal	3–6	Guinea	3–1	0–5
Mauritania	3–2	Mali	2–2	1–0

Senegal	3–1	Guinea
A. D. N'Diaye 14', 70' Mbodj 83'	Report	M. S. Camara 67'

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)^{[note 2]}

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Al Djigo, Dakar

Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

Guinea	5–0	Senegal
S. A. Camara 9', 57', 77' M. N'Diaye 31' Sankhon 45'	Report

23 August 2017 (2017-08-23)^{[note 2]}

16:00 UTC+0

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Guinea won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Mauritania	2–2	Mali
Gaye 11' (pen.) Samba 18'	Report	Konté 1' Diarra 22'

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

17:00 UTC+0

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Mali	0–1	Mauritania
	Report	Moussa 28'

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

16:30 UTC+0

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Mauritania won 3–2 on aggregate.

West B Zone

• Two teams (Benin, Togo) entered the first round.
• Five teams (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Togo	2–2 (7–8 p)	Benin	1–1	1–1

Togo	1–1	Benin
Sewonou 47'	Report	Koukpo 43'

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

15:00 UTC+0

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Almoustapha (Niger)

Benin	1–1	Togo
Aboki 52'	Report	Sewonou 73'
Penalties
Houngbédji Bouraima Koukpo Ogoulola Adjanakou	8–7	Novon Ouro-Sama Bourahana Bassa-Djéri

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

16:00 UTC+1

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

2–2 on aggregate. Benin won 8–7 on penalties.

Second round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benin	1–2	Nigeria	1–0	0–2
Niger	2–2 (a)	Ivory Coast	2–1	0–1
Burkina Faso	4–3	Ghana	2–2	2–1

Benin	1–0	Nigeria
Seibou 89' (pen.)	Report

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

16:00 UTC+1

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Nigeria	2–0	Benin
Ali 22' Eduwo 47'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

16:00 UTC+1

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Referee: Joaquin Esono (Equatorial Guinea)

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Niger	2–1	Ivory Coast
Seyni 44' Garba 85' (pen.)	Report	Dosso 45+2'

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

17:00 UTC+1

Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Ivory Coast	1–0	Niger
Sylla 90+7'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

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

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Burkina Faso	2–2	Ghana
Sylla 58' Sawadogo 85'	Report	Adams 17' (pen.) Waja 65'

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

16:00 UTC+0

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Ghana	1–2	Burkina Faso
Addo 61'	Report	Sylla 8' Nikiema 28'

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20)

15:30 UTC+0

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Burkina Faso won 4–3 on aggregate.

Central Zone

• All six teams (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe) entered the first round.

First round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Equatorial Guinea	w/o	Gabon	—	—
Congo	1–1 (a)	DR Congo	0–0	1–1
São Tomé and Príncipe	0–4	Cameroon	0–2	0–2

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Gabon
	Report

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

17:00 UTC+1

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo

Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

Gabon	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

17:00 UTC+1

Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville

Referee: Lazard Tsiba (DR Congo)

Equatorial Guinea won on walkover after Gabon withdrew prior to the first leg.^[15]

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Congo	0–0	DR Congo
	Report

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville

Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

DR Congo	1–1	Congo
Mundele 35'	Report	Ngombe 39'

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

15:30 UTC+1

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

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

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São Tomé and Príncipe	0–2	Cameroon
	Report	Pangop 42' Fosso 75' (pen.)

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

15:00 UTC+0

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

Referee: Kabanga Yannick Malala (DR Congo)

Cameroon	2–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
Ngondji 53' Bouli 60'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

14:00 UTC+1

Limbe Stadium, Limbe

Referee: Kokou Ognankotan Ntale (Togo)

Cameroon won 4–0 on aggregate.

Central-East Zone

• Two teams (Somalia, South Sudan) entered the first round.
• Seven teams (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Somalia	1–4	South Sudan	1–2	0–2

Somalia	1–2	South Sudan
Amin 49'[citation needed]	Report	Moga 6' Khamis 52'

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22)

16:00 UTC+3

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City (Djibouti)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

South Sudan	2–0	Somalia
Wurube 53' Moga 69'	Report

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)

16:30 UTC+3

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

South Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Sudan	1–5	Uganda	0–0	1–5
Tanzania	1–1 (a)	Rwanda	1–1	0–0
Djibouti	w/o	Ethiopia	1–5	—
Burundi	0–1	Sudan	0–0	0–1

South Sudan	0–0	Uganda
	Report

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)

16:30 UTC+3

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Idris Mehammed Osman (Eritrea)

Uganda	5–1	South Sudan
Nsibambi 33' Mucureezi 43', 49', 53', 57'	Report	Khamis 90'

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

16:00 UTC+3

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Tanzania	1–1	Rwanda
Mao 42'	Report	Nshuti 20'

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

16:00 UTC+3

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza

Referee: Alier Michael James (South Sudan)

Rwanda	0–0	Tanzania
	Report

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

15:30 UTC+2

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

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

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Djibouti	1–5	Ethiopia
? 74'	Report	Getaneh 20', 50', 72', 90+1' Mulualem 55'

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

15:00 UTC+3

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Ethiopia	Cancelled	Djibouti
	Report

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

19:00 UTC+3

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

Ethiopia won on walkover after Djibouti withdrew prior to the second leg.^[17]

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Burundi	0–0	Sudan
	Report

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)^{[note 4]}

15:00 UTC+2

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

Sudan	1–0	Burundi
Teiri 50'	Report

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29)^{[note 4]}

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	3–2	Rwanda	3–0	0–2
Ethiopia	1–2	Sudan	1–1	0–1

Uganda	3–0	Rwanda
Mutyaba 14' (pen.), 25' Nsibambi 51'	Report

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

16:00 UTC+3

St Mary's Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Rwanda	2–0	Uganda
Mukunzi 8' Manzi 15'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

15:30 UTC+2

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan
Abdurahman 83'	Report	Teiri 76'

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

16:00 UTC+3

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Sudan	1–0	Ethiopia
Saadeldin 48'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

Winner qualifies for 2018 African Nations Championship (replacing the original hosts Kenya which would have qualified automatically).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	2–3	Rwanda	2–3	0–0

Ethiopia	2–3	Rwanda
Aschalew 18' Abubakher 65'	Report	Rutanga 55' Hakizimana 78' Biramahire 80'

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05)

16:00 UTC+3

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Rwanda	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

12 November 2017 (2017-11-12)

15:30 UTC+2

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Rwanda won 3–2 on aggregate.

South Zone

• Four teams (Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles) entered the first round.
• Ten teams (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) entered the second round.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	2–0	Malawi	1–0	1–0
Mauritius	3–2	Seychelles	2–1	1–1

Madagascar	1–0	Malawi
Raveloarisona 87'	Report

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22)

14:30 UTC+3

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo

Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

Malawi	0–1	Madagascar
	Report	Rakotoharimalala 46'

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)

15:00 UTC+2

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Madagascar won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Mauritius	2–1	Seychelles
Jean 6' Rasolofonirina 50'	Report	Manoo 77'

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22)

16:00 UTC+4

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Seychelles	1–1	Mauritius
Corallie 50'	Report	Dorza 15'

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)

16:30 UTC+4

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Mauritius won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	4–2	Mozambique	2–2	2–0
Mauritius	2–4	Angola	0–1	2–3
Comoros	2–1	Lesotho	2–0	0–1
Namibia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Zimbabwe	1–0	0–1
Botswana	0–3	South Africa	0–2	0–1
Swaziland	0–7	Zambia	0–4	0–3

Madagascar	2–2	Mozambique
Rakotoharimalala 45', 51'	Report	Salomão 5' Maninho 57'

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

14:30 UTC+3

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

Mozambique	0–2	Madagascar
	Report	Bela 61' Rakotoharimalala 90'

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

15:00 UTC+2

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Madagascar won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Mauritius	0–1	Angola
	Report	Job 27' (pen.)

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

15:30 UTC+4

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

Angola	3–2	Mauritius
Job 2' Geraldo 44' Vá 71'	Report	Pericots 12' Édouard 45+1'

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

16:30 UTC+1

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Nomore Murambiwa Musundire (Zimbabwe)

Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Comoros	2–0	Lesotho
I. Youssouf 47' Bacar 78'	Report

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

15:00 UTC+3

Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Lesotho	1–0	Comoros
Koloti 10'	Report

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

15:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Comoros win 2–1 on aggregate.

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Namibia	1–0	Zimbabwe
Somaeb 47'	Report

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

15:00 UTC+1

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

Zimbabwe	1–0	Namibia
Dube 39'	Report
Penalties
Chafa Ncube Tonha Rusawo Dauda	4–5	Shitembi Somaeb Hanamub Fredericks Heita

23 July 2017 (2017-07-23)

15:00 UTC+2

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

1–1 on aggregate. Namibia won 5–4 on penalties.

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Botswana	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Moon 31' Motupa 86'

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)

15:30 UTC+2

Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

South Africa	1–0	Botswana
Moon 13'	Report

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

15:00 UTC+2

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Swaziland	0–4	Zambia
	Report	Chama 17', 47' (pen.) Mwila 35' Kapumbu 80'

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)

15:00 UTC+2

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

Zambia	3–0	Swaziland
Shonga 3' Mwila 35' Silwimba 40'	Report

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

15:00 UTC+2

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: João Goma (Angola)

Zambia won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualify for 2018 African Nations Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	0–1	Angola	0–0	0–1
Comoros	2–3	Namibia	2–1	0–2
South Africa	2–4	Zambia	2–2	0–2

Madagascar	0–0	Angola
	Report

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

14:30 UTC+3

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Angola	1–0	Madagascar
Massunguna 68'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

16:30 UTC+1

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Angola won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Comoros	2–1	Namibia
Mradabi 41' M. Youssouf 45+1'	Report	Somaeb 69' (pen.)

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13)

15:00 UTC+3

Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Namibia	2–0	Comoros
Katupose 55', 90+4'	Report

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20)

15:00 UTC+1

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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South Africa	2–2	Zambia
Motupa 32' Booysen 52'	Report	Phiri 59' Shonga 90+4'

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12)

15:00 UTC+2

Buffalo City Stadium, East London

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Zambia	2–0	South Africa
Shonga 80', 83'	Report

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19)

15:00 UTC+2

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Zambia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualifying zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in African Nations Championship1
Morocco (hosts)	North Zone	18 August 2017	2 (2014, 2016)
Libya		18 August 2017	2 (2009, 2014)
Guinea	West A Zone	23 August 2017	1 (2016)
Mauritania		19 August 2017	1 (2014)
Nigeria	West B Zone	19 August 2017	2 (2014, 2016)
Ivory Coast		19 August 2017	3 (2009, 2011, 2016)
Burkina Faso		20 August 2017	1 (2014)
Equatorial Guinea	Central Zone	9 August 2017	0 (debut)
Congo		19 August 2017	1 (2014)
Cameroon		19 August 2017	2 (2011, 2016)
Uganda	Central-East Zone	19 August 2017	3 (2011, 2014, 2016)
Sudan		19 August 2017	1 (2011)
Rwanda		12 November 2017	2 (2011, 2016)
Angola	South Zone	19 August 2017	2 (2011, 2016)
Namibia		20 August 2017	0 (debut)
Zambia		19 August 2017	2 (2009, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Sékou Amadou Camara

4 goals

• Njiva Rakotoharimalala
• Getaneh Kebede
• Paul Mucureezi
• Justin Shonga

3 goals

• Ibrahima Koné
• Amadou Dia N'Diaye

2 goals

• Job
• Mohamed Sydney Sylla
• Mohamed Sorel Camara
• Mohamed N'Diaye
• Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
• Muaid Ellafi
• Muna Katupose
• Hendrik Somaeb
• Ryan Moon
• Gift Motupa
• Leon Uso Khamis
• James Moga
• Seif Teiri
• Koidjo Sewonou
• Muzamiru Mutyaba
• Derrick Nsibambi
• Clatous Chama
• Brian Mwila

1 goal

• Sofiane Bendebka
• Oussama Darfalou
• Geraldo
• Dani Massunguna
• Vá
• Waris Aboki
• Marcelin Koukpo
• Mama Seibou
• Herman Nikiema
• Ilasse Sawadogo
• Raphaël Messi Bouli
• Raymond Fosso
• Armel Lionel Ngondji
• Franck Pangop
• Raidou Boina Bacar
• Chadhuli Mradabi
• Ibroihim Youssouf
• Mohamed Youssouf
• Jaures Ngombe
•  ?
• Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele
• Ahmed El Sheikh
• Aschalew Girma
• Mulualem Mesfin
• Abdurahman Mubarak
• Abubakher Sanni
• Sadick Adams
• Felix Addo
• Gideon Waja
• Seydouba Bissiri Camara
• Mamady Diawara
• Juca
• Fabius Dosso
• Banfa Sylla
• Raboama Koloti
• Christopher Jackson
• Bela
• Morelin Raveloarisona
• Aboubacar Diarra
• Mandala Konté
• Gouné Niangadou
• Boubacar Bagili
• Mohamed Yaly Dellahi
• Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye
• Karamogho Moussa
• Moussa Samba
• Marco Dorza
• Jonathan Édouard
• Emmanuel Vincent Jean
• Kevin Perticots
• Francis Rasolofonirina
• Badr Banoun
• Badr Boulahroud
• Jawad El Yamiq
• Abderrahim Makran
• Maninho
• Salomão
• Idrissa Halidou Garba
• Imrana Seyni
• Rabiu Ali
• Kingsley Eduwo
• Abeddy Biramahire
• Muhadjiri Hakizimana
• Thierry Manzi
• Yannick Mukunzi
• Dominique Savio Nshuti
• Eric Rutanga
• Sidy Bara Diop
• Daouda Guèye Diémé
• Assane Mbodj
• Alassane Ndao
• Leeroy Corallie
• Yannick Manoo
• Kemson Fofanah
• Nathaniel Fullah
• Abas Amin Mohamed
• Elsamani Saadeldin
• Mario Booysen
• Duku Wurube
• Himid Mao
• Fackson Kapumbu
• Martin Phiri
• Simon Silwimba
• Prince Dube

Own goals

• Chamseddine Rahmani (against Libya)
• Hamza Semmoumy (against Egypt)

Notes

1. Libya played their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.
2. The first leg between Senegal and Guinea was postponed to mid-week to avoid a clash with general assembly elections.^[13] The second leg was also postponed to mid-week as a result. It was originally to be played on 22 August, but was postponed to the next day due to heavy rain.^[14]
3. Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.^[16]
4. The first leg between Burundi and Sudan was postponed by a week to allow Sudan to travel to Burundi following the lifting of the suspension of the Sudan Football Association on 13 July.^[18] The second leg was also postponed by a week as a result.