2018 African Nations Championship qualification

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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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.

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	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco (hosts)	Tunisia
West A Zone (WAFU-UFOA A)	2 spots	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
West B Zone (WAFU-UFOA B)	3 spots	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Togo
Central Zone (UNIFFAC)	3 spots	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Cameroon Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe	Chad (disqualified) Central African Republic (disqualified)
Central-East Zone (CECAFA)	3 spots	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Burundi Djibouti Ethiopia Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda	Eritrea Kenya (original hosts)
South Zone (COSAFA)	3 spots	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> 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	Matchday	Date
—	—	First round	First leg	20–22 April 2017
—	—	First round	Second leg	28–30 April 2017
—	First round	Second round	First leg	14–16 July 2017
—	First round	Second round	Second leg	21–23 July 2017
First round	Second round	Third round	First leg	11–13 August 2017
First round	Second round	Third round	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	2–4	Morocco	1–1	1–3
Algeria	2–3	Libya	1–2	1–1

Egypt v Morocco

13 August 2017
19:00 UTC+2

Egypt	1–1	Morocco
El-Sheikh 4' (pen.)	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44766/Egypt-vs-Morocco	Banoun 52'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

Morocco v Egypt

18 August 2017
20:00 UTC+1

Morocco	3–1	Egypt
El Yamiq 51' Makran 54' Boulahroud 70' (pen.)	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44767/Morocco-vs-Egypt	Semmoumy 86' (o.g.)

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate.

Algeria v Libya

12 August 2017
20:45 UTC+1

Algeria	1–2	Libya
Darfalou 1'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44768/Algeria-vs-Libya	Rahmani 6' (o.g.) Ellafi 48'

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

Libya v Algeria

18 August 2017
19:00 UTC+1

Libya	1–1	Algeria
Ellafi 45'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44769/Libya-vs-Algeria	Bendebka 23'

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.	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 v Senegal

15 July 2017
16:30 UTC±0

Sierra Leone	1–1	Senegal
Fofanah 63'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44770/Sierra-Leone-vs-Senegal	Diop 85' (pen.)

National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: Manuel Timas (Cape Verde)

Senegal v Sierra Leone

22 July 2017
17:00 UTC±0

Senegal	3–1	Sierra Leone
A. D. N'Diaye 4' Ndao 51' Diémé 65'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44771/Senegal-vs-Sierra-Leone	Fullah 5'

Stade Al Djigo, Dakar
Referee: Gilberto dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)

Senegal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guinea-Bissau v Guinea

15 July 2017
16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	1–3	Guinea
Juca 68'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44772/Guinea-Bissau-vs-Guinea	S. B. Camara 57' M. S. Camara 75' S. A. Camara 77' (pen.)

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Guinea v Guinea-Bissau

22 July 2017
16:30 UTC±0

Guinea	7–0	Guinea-Bissau
S. A. Camara 37', 67', 79', 90' M. N'Diaye 40' Sankhon 58' Diawara 83'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44773/Guinea-vs-Guinea-Bissau

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: George Rogers (Liberia)

Guinea won 10–1 on aggregate.

Liberia v Mauritania

16 July 2017
16:00 UTC±0

Liberia	0–2	Mauritania
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44774/Liberia-vs-Mauritania	Dellahi 35' Bagili 61'

Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

Mauritania v Liberia

23 July 2017
17:00 UTC±0

Mauritania	0–1	Liberia
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44775/Mauritania-vs-Liberia	Jackson 45'

Stade Municipal Zouérate, Zouérat
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.

Gambia v Mali

15 July 2017
16:30 UTC±0

Gambia	0–0	Mali
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44776/Gambia-vs-Mali

Independence Stadium, Bakau
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

Mali v Gambia

22 July 2017
17:00 UTC±0

Mali	4–0	Gambia
Koné 64', 67', 81' Niangadou 90'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44777/Mali-vs-Gambia

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

Senegal v Guinea

15 August 2017^{[note 2]}
17:00 UTC±0

Senegal	3–1	Guinea
A. D. N'Diaye 14', 70' Mbodj 83'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46835/Senegal-vs-Guinea	M. S. Camara 67'

Stade Al Djigo, Dakar
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

Guinea v Senegal

23 August 2017^{[note 2]}
16:00 UTC±0

Guinea	5–0	Senegal
S. A. Camara 9', 57', 77' M. N'Diaye 31' Sankhon 45'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46836/Guinea-vs-Senegal

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Guinea won 6–3 on aggregate.

Mauritania v Mali

12 August 2017
17:00 UTC±0

Mauritania	2–2	Mali
Gaye 11' (pen.) Samba 18'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46757/Mauritania-vs-Mali	Konté 1' Diarra 22'

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Mali v Mauritania

19 August 2017
16:30 UTC±0

Mali	0–1	Mauritania
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46758/Mali-vs-Mauritania	Moussa 28'

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Togo	2–2 (7–8 p)	Benin	1–1	1–1

Togo v Benin

16 July 2017
15:00 UTC±0

Togo	1–1	Benin
Sewonou 47'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44778/Togo-vs-Benin	Koukpo 43'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Almoustapha (Niger)

Benin v Togo

23 July 2017
16:00 UTC+1

Benin	1–1	Togo
Aboki 52'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44779/Benin-vs-Togo	Sewonou 73'
	Penalties
* Houngbédji Bouraima Koukpo Ogoulola Adjanakou	8–7	* Novon Ouro-Sama Bourahana Bassa-Djéri

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.	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 v Nigeria

13 August 2017
16:00 UTC+1

Benin	1–0	Nigeria
Seibou 89' (pen.)	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46771/Benin-vs-Nigeria

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Nigeria v Benin

19 August 2017
16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	2–0	Benin
Ali 22' Eduwo 47'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46772/Nigeria-vs-Benin

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
Referee: Joaquin Esono (Equatorial Guinea)

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Niger v Ivory Coast

13 August 2017
17:00 UTC+1

Niger	2–1	Ivory Coast
Seyni 44' Garba 85' (pen.)	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46773/Niger-vs-Cote-d-Ivoire	Dosso 45+2'

Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Ivory Coast v Niger

19 August 2017
16:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	1–0	Niger
Sylla 90+7'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46774/Cote-d-Ivoire-vs-Niger

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

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

Burkina Faso v Ghana

12 August 2017
16:00 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	2–2	Ghana
Sylla 58' Sawadogo 85'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46762/Burkina-Faso-vs-Ghana	Adams 17' (pen.) Waja 65'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Ghana v Burkina Faso

20 August 2017
15:30 UTC±0

Ghana	1–2	Burkina Faso
Addo 61'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46763/Ghana-vs-Burkina-Faso	Sylla 8' Nikiema 28'

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.	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 v Gabon

12 August 2017
17:00 UTC+1

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Gabon
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44780/Equatorial-Guinea-vs-Gabon

Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

Gabon v Equatorial Guinea

19 August 2017
17:00 UTC+1

Gabon	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44781/Gabon-vs-Equatorial-Guinea

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]

Congo v DR Congo

11 August 2017
15:30 UTC+1

Congo	0–0	DR Congo
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44782/Congo-vs-DR-Congo

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville
Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

DR Congo v Congo

19 August 2017
15:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	1–1	Congo
Mundele 35'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44783/DR-Congo-vs-Congo	Ngombe 39'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

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

São Tomé and Príncipe v Cameroon

12 August 2017
15:00 UTC±0

São Tomé and Príncipe	0–2	Cameroon
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44784/Sao-Tome-and-Principe-vs-Cameroon	Pangop 42' Fosso 75' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé
Referee: Kabanga Yannick Malala (DR Congo)

Cameroon v São Tomé and Príncipe

19 August 2017
14:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
Ngondji 53' Bouli 60'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44785/Cameroon-vs-Sao-Tome-and-Principe

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Somalia	1–4	South Sudan	1–2	0–2

Somalia v South Sudan

22 April 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Somalia	1–2	South Sudan
Amin 49'^{[citation needed]}	http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=TY1rdtef992N%2fYRuzI17Og%3d%3d	Moga 6' Khamis 52'

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City (Djibouti)^{[note 3]}
Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

South Sudan v Somalia

30 April 2017
16:30 UTC+3

South Sudan	2–0	Somalia
Wurube 53' Moga 69'	http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=D57TC7T1H592RyhiQaS1aQ%3d%3d

Juba Stadium, Juba
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

South Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	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 v Uganda

14 July 2017
16:30 UTC+3

South Sudan	0–0	Uganda
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44788/South-Sudan-vs-Uganda

Juba Stadium, Juba
Referee: Idris Mehammed Osman (Eritrea)

Uganda v South Sudan

22 July 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	5–1	South Sudan
Nsibambi 33' Mucureezi 43', 49', 53', 57'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44789/Uganda-vs-South-Sudan	Khamis 90'

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania v Rwanda

15 July 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Tanzania	1–1	Rwanda
Mao 42'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44790/Tanzania-vs-Rwanda	Nshuti 20'

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza
Referee: Alier Michael James (South Sudan)

Rwanda v Tanzania

22 July 2017
15:30 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–0	Tanzania
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44791/Rwanda-vs-Tanzania

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

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

Djibouti v Ethiopia

15 July 2017
15:00 UTC+3

Djibouti	1–5	Ethiopia
? 74'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44792/Djibouti-vs-Ethiopia	Getaneh 20', 50', 72', 90+1' Mulualem 55'

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Ethiopia v Djibouti

23 July 2017
19:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	Cancelled	Djibouti
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44793/Ethiopia-vs-Djibouti

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa
Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

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

Burundi v Sudan

23 July 2017^{[note 4]}
15:00 UTC+2

Burundi	0–0	Sudan
	http://allafrica.com/stories/201707310121.html

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

Sudan v Burundi

29 July 2017^{[note 4]}
20:00 UTC+3

Sudan	1–0	Burundi
Teiri 50'	http://allafrica.com/stories/201707310121.html

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	3–2	Rwanda	3–0	0–2
Ethiopia	1–2	Sudan	1–1	0–1

Uganda v Rwanda

12 August 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	3–0	Rwanda
Mutyaba 14' (pen.), 25' Nsibambi 51'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46758/Uganda-vs-Rwanda

St Mary's Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Rwanda v Uganda

19 August 2017
15:30 UTC+2

Rwanda	2–0	Uganda
Mukunzi 8' Manzi 15'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46759/Rwanda-vs-Uganda

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ethiopia v Sudan

13 August 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan
Abdurahman 83'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46769/Ethiopia-vs-Sudan	Teiri 76'

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Sudan v Ethiopia

19 August 2017
20:00 UTC+3

Sudan	1–0	Ethiopia
Saadeldin 48'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46770/Sudan-vs-Ethiopia

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	2–3	Rwanda	2–3	0–0

Ethiopia v Rwanda

5 November 2017
16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	2–3	Rwanda
Aschalew 18' Abubakher 65'	http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=pM6KGL5G%2fPwQEFpRXZUQkg%3d%3d	Rutanga 55' Hakizimana 78' Biramahire 80'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Rwanda v Ethiopia

12 November 2017
15:30 UTC+2

Rwanda	0–0	Ethiopia
	http://admin.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=rx1HstEai48xArNr4bP4PA%3d%3d

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	2–0	Malawi	1–0	1–0
Mauritius	3–2	Seychelles	2–1	1–1

Madagascar v Malawi

22 April 2017
14:30 UTC+3

Madagascar	1–0	Malawi
Raveloarisona 87'	http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=TY1rdtef992N%2fYRuzI17Og%3d%3d

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo
Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

Malawi v Madagascar

29 April 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Malawi	0–1	Madagascar
	http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=gm2k%2f7S%2fPyZcHEioq%2fsdoA%3d%3d	Rakotoharimalala 46'

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Madagascar won 2–0 on aggregate.

Mauritius v Seychelles

22 April 2017
16:00 UTC+4

Mauritius	2–1	Seychelles
Jean 6' Rasolofonirina 50'	http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=TY1rdtef992N%2fYRuzI17Og%3d%3d	Manoo 77'

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Seychelles v Mauritius

29 April 2017
16:30 UTC+4

Seychelles	1–1	Mauritius
Corallie 50'	http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=gm2k%2f7S%2fPyZcHEioq%2fsdoA%3d%3d	Dorza 15'

Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Mauritius won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	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 v Mozambique

16 July 2017
14:30 UTC+3

Madagascar	2–2	Mozambique
Rakotoharimalala 45', 51'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44800/Madagascar-vs-Mozambique	Salomão 5' Maninho 57'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

Mozambique v Madagascar

23 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	0–2	Madagascar
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44801/Mozambique-vs-Madagascar	Bela 61' Rakotoharimalala 90'

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Madagascar won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mauritius v Angola

16 July 2017
15:30 UTC+4

Mauritius	0–1	Angola
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44802/Mauritius-vs-Angola	Job 27' (pen.)

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

Angola v Mauritius

23 July 2017
16:30 UTC+1

Angola	3–2	Mauritius
Job 2' Geraldo 44' Vá 71'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44803/Angola-vs-Mauritius	Pericots 12' Édouard 45+1'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Nomore Murambiwa Musundire (Zimbabwe)

Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

Comoros v Lesotho

15 July 2017
15:00 UTC+3

Comoros	2–0	Lesotho
I. Youssouf 47' Bacar 78'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44804/Comoros-vs-Lesotho

Stade de Moroni, Moroni
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Lesotho v Comoros

23 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	1–0	Comoros
Koloti 10'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44805/Lesotho-vs-Comoros

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Comoros win 2–1 on aggregate.

Namibia v Zimbabwe

16 July 2017
15:00 UTC+1

Namibia	1–0	Zimbabwe
Somaeb 47'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44806/Namibia-vs-Zimbabwe

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

Zimbabwe v Namibia

23 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Zimbabwe	1–0	Namibia
Dube 39'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44807/Zimbabwe-vs-Namibia
	Penalties
*Chafa Ncube Tonha Rusawo Dauda	4–5	* Shitembi Somaeb Hanamub Fredericks Heita

National Sports Stadium, Harare
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

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

Botswana v South Africa

15 July 2017
15:30 UTC+2

Botswana	0–2	South Africa
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44808/Botswana-vs-South-Africa	Moon 31' Motupa 86'

Francistown Stadium, Francistown
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

South Africa v Botswana

22 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	1–0	Botswana
Moon 13'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44809/South-Africa-vs-Botswana

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

Swaziland v Zambia

16 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Swaziland	0–4	Zambia
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44810/Swaziland-vs-Zambia	Chama 17', 47' (pen.) Mwila 35' Kapumbu 80'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

Zambia v Swaziland

22 July 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	3–0	Swaziland
Shonga 3' Mwila 35' Silwimba 40'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/44811/Zambia-vs-Swaziland

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.	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 v Angola

13 August 2017
14:30 UTC+3

Madagascar	0–0	Angola
	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46765/Madagascar-vs-Angola

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Angola v Madagascar

19 August 2017
16:30 UTC+1

Angola	1–0	Madagascar
Massunguna 68'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46766/Angola-vs-Madagascar

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Angola won 1–0 on aggregate.

Comoros v Namibia

13 August 2017
15:00 UTC+3

Comoros	2–1	Namibia
Mradabi 41' M. Youssouf 45+1'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46767/Comoros-vs-Namibia	Somaeb 69' (pen.)

Stade de Moroni, Moroni
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

Namibia v Comoros

20 August 2017
15:00 UTC+1

Namibia	2–0	Comoros
Katupose 55', 90+4'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46768/Namibia-vs-Comoros

Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.

South Africa v Zambia

12 August 2017
15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	2–2	Zambia
Motupa 32' Booysen 52'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46760/South-Africa-vs-Zambia	Phiri 59' Shonga 90+4'

Buffalo City Stadium, East London
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Zambia v South Africa

19 August 2017
15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	2–0	South Africa
Shonga 80', 83'	http://africanfootball.com/match-report/46761/Zambia-vs-South-Africa

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	North Zone	18 August 2017	2 (2009, 2014)
Guinea	West A Zone	23 August 2017	1 (2016)
Mauritania	West A Zone	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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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

Notes

↑ Libya played their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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]
↑ Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.^[16]
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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.

References

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External links

Total African Nations Championship Qualifiers 2018, CAFonline.com
2018 CHAN Qualifiers, AfricanFootball.com

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