2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process for the

South Africa
automatically qualified as the host country.

Qualified nations

  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Did not enter
  Not part of CAF
Country Qualified by winning against Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament†
 South Africa 00Hosts 0028 September 2011 7 (
2004, 2006, 2008
)
 Ghana 00Malawi 0113 October 2012 18 (
2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Mali 00Botswana 0113 October 2012 7 (
2004, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Zambia 00Uganda 0113 October 2012 15 (
2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Nigeria 00Liberia 0113 October 2012 16 (
2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
)
 Tunisia 00Sierra Leone 0113 October 2012 15 (
2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Ivory Coast 00Senegal 0113 October 2012 19 (
2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Morocco 00Mozambique 0113 October 2012 14 (
2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
)
 Ethiopia 00Sudan 0214 October 2012 9 (
1982
)
 Cape Verde 00Cameroon 0214 October 2012 0 (debut)
 Angola 00Zimbabwe 0214 October 2012 6 (
1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
)
 Niger 00Guinea 0214 October 2012 1 (2012)
 Togo 00Gabon 0214 October 2012 6 (
2002, 2006
)
 DR Congo 00Equatorial Guinea 0214 October 2012 15 (
2004, 2006
)
 Burkina Faso 00Central African Rep. 0214 October 2012 8 (
2004, 2010, 2012
)
 Algeria 00Libya 0214 October 2012 14 (
2004, 2010
)
† Bold indicates champion for that year
† Italic indicates host

Format

A total of 47 countries entered the competition, including

South Africa
, which automatically qualified.

The remaining 46 teams competed in the qualifiers. In each of the three rounds, teams were drawn into

extra time
is played).

  • Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked four teams started from the preliminary round.
  • First round: The two winners of the preliminary round joined the other 26 teams which did not qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
  • Second round: The 14 winners of the first round joined the 16 teams which qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

The 15 winners of the second round qualified for the finals.

The draw for the preliminary round and the first round was made on 28 October 2011 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.[2] The draw for the second round was made on 5 July 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after the first round was completed.[3]

Below is the list of entrants:

Bye to second round
(2012 ACN qualifiers) 		Bye to first round
(2012 ACN non-qualifiers except lowest-ranked teams) 		Competing in preliminary round
(lowest-ranked teams)

 Angola
 Botswana
 Burkina Faso
 Ivory Coast
 Equatorial Guinea
 Gabon
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Libya
 Mali
 Morocco
 Niger
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Tunisia
 Zambia

 Algeria
 Benin
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Congo
 DR Congo
 Egypt
 Ethiopia
 Gambia
 Guinea-Bissau

 Kenya
 Liberia
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Nigeria
 Rwanda
 Sierra Leone
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Uganda
 Zimbabwe

 Lesotho
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Seychelles
 Swaziland

Notes

Preliminary round

  • Originally scheduled 6–8 and 20–22 January 2012.[6] However, the São Tomé and Príncipe v Lesotho match was postponed from 8 January to 15 January at the request of the Lesotho Football Association due to the unavailability of flights to São Tomé via Libreville.[7]
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Seychelles  w/o1  Swaziland — —
São Tomé and Príncipe  1–0  Lesotho 1–0 0–0
Notes
  • Note 1:
    Congo DR
    .
São Tomé and Príncipe 1 – 0 Lesotho
Jair 3' (pen.) Report
Referee: Serge Soumou (Congo)

São Tomé and Príncipe won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the First round against Sierra Leone.

First round

  • Scheduled 29 February and 15–17 June 2012.
    Port Said Stadium disaster.[9]
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  1–1 (a)  Benin 0–0 1–1
Rwanda  0–2  Nigeria 0–0 0–2
Congo  3–5  Uganda 3–1 0–4
Burundi  2–2 (a)  Zimbabwe 2–1 0–1
Gambia  2–6  Algeria 1–2 1–4
Kenya  2–2 (a)  Togo 2–1 0–1
São Tomé and Príncipe  4–5  Sierra Leone 2–1 2–4
Guinea-Bissau  0–2  Cameroon 0–1 0–1
Chad  3–4  Malawi 3–2 0–2
Seychelles  0–7  DR Congo 0–4 0–3
Tanzania  2–2 (6–7
p
) 		 Mozambique 1–1 1–1
Egypt  3–42  Central African Republic 2–3 1–1
Madagascar  1–7  Cape Verde 0–4 1–3
Liberia  1–0  Namibia 1–0 0–0
Notes
  • Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Benin 1 – 1 Ethiopia
Poté 19' Report Girma 44'
Gambia
)

1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Rwanda 0 – 0 Nigeria
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
)

Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Congo 3 – 1 Uganda
N'Guessi 1'
Lépicier 77' (pen.)
Moussilou
85'		 Report Sserumaga 29'
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)

Uganda won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Burundi 2 – 1 Zimbabwe
Mavugo 46'
Nahayo
90+5'		 Report Musona 60'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
)

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Gambia 1 – 2 Algeria
M. Ceesay 27' Report Yahia 56'
Feghouli 58'
Algeria 4 – 1 Gambia
Kadir 1'
Slimani 6', 52'
Soudani 65'		 Report Gassama 15'
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia
)

Algeria won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Kenya 2 – 1 Togo
Situma 24'
Wanga 66'		 Report Boukari 42'
Togo 1 – 0 Kenya
Gakpé 59' Report
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)

2–2 on aggregate. Togo won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

São Tomé and Príncipe 2 – 1 Sierra Leone
Lasset
86'		 Report A. Kamara 55'
Sierra Leone 4 – 2 São Tomé and Príncipe
K. Kamara 17', 33'
T. Bangura 21', 40'		 Report
José
47'

Sierra Leone won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Guinea-Bissau 0 – 1 Cameroon
Report Choupo-Moting 90+1'
Gambia
)
Cameroon 1 – 0 Guinea-Bissau
Moukandjo 81' Report
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
)

Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Chad 3 – 2 Malawi
Djime
45+3', 53'		 Report Nyondo 42', 67'

Malawi won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Seychelles 0 – 4 DR Congo
Report Kaluyituka 11', 47'
Mputu 28'
Basilua 90'

Congo DR won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round
.

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Tanzania 1 – 1 Mozambique
Kazimoto 42' Report
Clésio
23'
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
)

2–2 on aggregate.

penalty shootout and advanced to the Second round
.

Central African Republic 1 – 1 Egypt
Kéthévoama 23' Report Moteab 72'
Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
)

Central African Republic won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Madagascar 0 – 4 Cape Verde
Report
Ryan 11'
Dady 38'
F. Varela 77'
T. Varela
82'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Cape Verde 3 – 1 Madagascar
Ryan 9', 81'
Djaniny
55'		 Report Voavy 83'

Cape Verde won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Liberia 1 – 0 Namibia
Williams 67' Report
Namibia 0 – 0 Liberia
Report
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Second round

Seeding

The 30 teams which qualified for the second round were ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2008, 2010, and 2012 editions.[12] For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

Classification Points awarded
Winner 7
Runner-up 5
Losing semi-finalists 3
Losing quarter-finalists 2
Eliminated in 1st round 1

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

If two countries are equal in the number of points in the above classification the number of points that they have accumulated throughout all their matches played in the last 3 final tournaments of the CAN determined their ranking (on the basis of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a match lost).

The teams were divided into two pots based on the ranking. Each tie contained one team from each pot. The order of legs for each tie was determined by draw.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1.  Zambia (26 pts)
  2.  Ghana (22 pts)
  3.  Ivory Coast (22 pts)
  4.  Mali (12 pts)
  5.  Tunisia (10 pts)
  6.  Cameroon (9 pts)
  7.  Angola (9 pts)
  8.  Gabon (8 pts)
  9.  Nigeria (8 pts)
  10.  Sudan (7 pts)
  11.  Equatorial Guinea (6 pts)
  12.  Algeria (6 pts)
  13.  Guinea (5 pts)
  14.  Burkina Faso (5 pts)
  15.  Morocco (4 pts)
  1.  Senegal (4 pts)
  2.  Libya (3 pts)
  3.  Niger (3 pts)
  4.  Botswana (3 pts)
  5.  Malawi (2 pts)
  6.  Mozambique (2 pts)
  7.  Togo (2 pts)
  8.  Cape Verde (0 pts)
  9.  Central African Republic (0 pts)
  10.  DR Congo (0 pts)
  11.  Ethiopia (0 pts)
  12.  Liberia (0 pts)
  13.  Sierra Leone (0 pts)
  14.  Uganda (0 pts)
  15.  Zimbabwe (0 pts)

Matches

  • Scheduled 7–9 September and 12–14 October 2012.[14]
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali  7–1  Botswana 3–0 4–1
Zimbabwe  3–3 (a)  Angola 3–1 0–2
Ghana  3–0  Malawi 2–0 1–0
Liberia  3–8  Nigeria 2–2 1–6
Zambia  1–1 (9–8
p
) 		 Uganda 1–0 0–1
Cape Verde  3–2  Cameroon 2–0 1–2
Mozambique  2–4  Morocco 2–0 0–4
Sierra Leone  2–2 (a)  Tunisia 2–2 0–0
Guinea  1–2  Niger 1–0 0–2
Sudan  5–5 (a)  Ethiopia 5–3 0–2
Libya  0–3  Algeria 0–13 0–2
Ivory Coast  6–2  Senegal 4–2 2–04
DR Congo  5–2  Equatorial Guinea 4–0 1–2
Gabon  2–3  Togo 1–1 1–2
Central African Republic  2–3  Burkina Faso 1–0 1–3
Notes
  • Note 3: Libya v Algeria played in neutral venue of Morocco due to the political situation in Libya.[15]
  • Note 4: Senegal v Ivory Coast was abandoned with 15 minutes to go, after the crowd started to riot.[16] The result was confirmed as 2–0 in favor of Ivory Coast by the CAF.[17]
Mali 3 – 0 Botswana
Diabaté 27' (pen.)
N'Diaye 59'
Maïga 77'		 Report
Slim Jedidi (Tunisia
)

Mali won 7–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Zimbabwe 3 – 1 Angola
Gutu
35'		 Report Djalma 56'
Angola 2 – 0 Zimbabwe
Manucho 5', 7' Report

3–3 on aggregate. Angola won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana 2 – 0 Malawi
Atsu 8'
Annan
53'		 Report
Malawi 0 – 1 Ghana
Report Acquah 4'

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Liberia 2 – 2 Nigeria
O. Roberts 5'
Oliseh 66'		 Report Igiebor 22'
I. Uche 26' (pen.)
Nigeria 6 – 1 Liberia
Ambrose 1'
Musa 38'
Moses 48', 88'
Mikel 50' (pen.)
I. Uche 72'		 Report Wleh 80'

Nigeria won 8–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Uganda 1 – 0 Zambia
Massa
25'		 Report
Penalties
Kizza soccer ball with check mark
Mawejje soccer ball with check mark
Oloya soccer ball with check mark
Kizito soccer ball with check mark
Ochan
soccer ball with red X		 8 – 9 soccer ball with red X
Sunzu
National Stadium, Kampala
)

1–1 on aggregate.

penalty shootout and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
.

Cameroon 2 – 1 Cape Verde
Emana 22'
Olinga 90+4'		 Report Nhuck 12'
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
)

Cape Verde won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mozambique 2 – 0 Morocco
Miro 75'
Domingues 90+3'		 Report
Morocco 4 – 0 Mozambique
Barrada 39'
Kharja 64' (pen.)
El-Arabi 85'
Amrabat 90+4'		 Report
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)

Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Sierra Leone 2 – 2 Tunisia
Suma 8'
A. Kamara 85'		 Report Gharbi 65'
Msakni 87'
Tunisia 0 – 0 Sierra Leone
Report
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
)

2–2 on aggregate. Tunisia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Guinea 1 – 0 Niger
Yattara 51' Report
Nongo Stadium, Conakry
)

Niger won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Sudan 5 – 3 Ethiopia
Mudather Karika 7'
Bashir 15'
Mosaab 35'
Muhannad El Tahir 83' (pen.), 90'		 Report Getaneh 14'
Adane 50'
Siyoum 69'
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)

5–5 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Libya 0 – 1 Algeria
Report Soudani 88'
Algeria 2 – 0 Libya
Soudani 6'
Slimani 7'		 Report
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
)

Algeria won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ivory Coast 4 – 2 Senegal
Kalou 43'
Gervinho 65'
Drogba 80' (pen.)
Gradel 85'		 Report N'Doye 33'
Cissé 60'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
)

Ivory Coast won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Equatorial Guinea 2 – 1 DR Congo
Ricardinho
35'		 Report Mulumbu 43'

Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Gabon 1 – 1 Togo
Cousin 69' Report Adebayor 74'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Togo 2 – 1 Gabon
Wome 36'
Adebayor
57'		 Report Aubameyang 80'

Togo won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Central African Republic 1 – 0 Burkina Faso
Mabidé 21' Report
Gambia
)
Burkina Faso 3 – 1 Central African Republic
A. Traoré 18', 90+6'
Dagano 40' (pen.)		 Report Manga 7'

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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