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This page details the process of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification phase. Forty-six African nations, including hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, entered the competition. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea automatically qualified as host countries. The other 44 nations were drawn into eleven groups, each containing 4 teams. Togo was later added to Group K after its reinstatement.

In each group, teams played each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top team in each group qualified, as did the runner-up of Group K (which contained 5 teams) and the two best runners-up from the other groups.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified are:

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament
Gabon	00Co-hosts	0329 July 2007	4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010)
Equatorial Guinea			0 (debut)
Botswana	01Group K Winner	0026 March 2011	0 (debut)
Ivory Coast	01Group H Winner	005 June 2011	18 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Burkina Faso	01Group F Winner	003 September 2011	7 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
Senegal	01Group E Winner	03 September 2011	11 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Ghana	01Group I Winner	008 October 2011	17 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Guinea	01Group B Winner	008 October 2011	10 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2004, 2008)
Zambia	01Group C Winner	008 October 2011	14 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Libya	01Top Two Runner-up	008 October 2011	2 (1982, 2006)
Angola	01Group J Winner	008 October 2011	5 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Tunisia	01Group K Runner-up	008 October 2011	14 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Mali	01Group A Winner	008 October 2011	6 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
Niger	01Group G Winner	008 October 2011	0 (debut)
Morocco	01Group D Winner	009 October 2011	13 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Sudan	01Top Two Runner-up	009 October 2011	7 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1976, 2008)

Bold indicates champion for that year

Italic indicates host

Draw

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) conducted the draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign on 20 February 2010. The draw was held in Lubumbashi, Congo DR where the CAF Super Cup was held on 21 February 2010. The 11 teams in Pot 1 were selected based on their ranking after the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. The rest were ranked based on their position at the latest FIFA Ranking.

Notes

• Togo was initially banned from competing in the tournament and was thus not involved in the draw, but they were later reinstated and added to Group K (see below).
• Did not enter:  Djibouti,  Eritrea,  Lesotho,  São Tomé and Príncipe,  Seychelles,  Somalia.

Togolese Ban

Togo were banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following a deadly attack on their team bus.

Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee. Togo were readmitted to the 2012 and 2013 tournaments, and (in the case of the 2012 qualifiers) added to the qualification stage.

Tie-breaking rules

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more team have the equal number of points is: (article 14)

1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
5. Goal difference in all games;
6. Goals scored in all games;
7. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MLI	CPV	ZIM	LBR
Mali	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10			3–0	1–0	2–1
Cape Verde	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10		1–0		2–1	4–2
Zimbabwe	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		2–1	0–0		3–0
Liberia	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5		2–2	1–0	1–1

1. ^ Mali and Cape Verde are ranked by their head-to-head records

Head-to-head

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
Cape Verde	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3

Cape Verde	1–0	Mali
Varela 44'	Report

Liberia	1–1	Zimbabwe
Oliseh 75'	Report	Musona 30'

Mali	2–1	Liberia
A. Traoré 2' Teekloh 52' (o.g.)	Report	Weeks 43'

Zimbabwe	0–0	Cape Verde
	Report

Cape Verde	4–2	Liberia
Héldon Ramos 14', 45+1' Babanco 25' Fortes 53'	Report	Wleh 39' Këïta 84'

Mali	1–0	Zimbabwe
Diabaté 22'	Report

Zimbabwe	2–1	Mali
Musona 45', 90' (pen.)	Report	M. Traoré 52'

Liberia	1–0	Cape Verde
Doe 44'	Report

Mali	3–0	Cape Verde
Diabaté 27', 29' M. Traoré 51'	Report

Zimbabwe	3–0	Liberia
Katsande 16' Karuru 45' Billiat 85'	Report

Liberia	2–2	Mali
Williams 2' Wleh 90'	Report	Diabaté 16' Kanté 87'

Cape Verde	2–1	Zimbabwe
Valdo 3' da Graça 13'	Report	Musona 68' (pen.)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GUI	NGA	ETH	MAD
Guinea	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14			1–0	1–0	4–1
Nigeria	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11		2–2		4–0	2–0
Ethiopia	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7		1–4	2–2		4–2
Madagascar	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1		1–1	0–2	0–1

Ethiopia	1–4	Guinea
Oukri 29'	Report	Yattara 37' Kalabane 45' K. Cissé 60' Zayatte 75'

Nigeria	2–0	Madagascar
Martins 19' Eneramo 45+1'	Report

Madagascar	0–1	Ethiopia
	Report	Lemessa 62'

Guinea	1–0	Nigeria
Constant 8'	Report

Madagascar	1–1	Guinea
Rajoarimanana 17'	Report	Bah 80'

Nigeria	4–0	Ethiopia
Utaka 1', 53' I. Uche 78', 90'	Report

Ethiopia	2–2	Nigeria
Said 45', 50'	Report	K. Uche 27' Yobo 86'

Guinea	4–1	Madagascar
Kalabane 6' Bangoura 17' S. Diallo 60' Baldé 62'	Report	Arsène 24'

Madagascar	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Yobo 68' Obinna 75'

Guinea	1–0	Ethiopia
Baldé 32'	Report

Ethiopia	4–2	Madagascar
Oukri 31' Girma 56' Lemessa 59' Bekele 73'	Report	Razafimandimby 3' Rakotonomenjanahary 57'

Nigeria	2–2	Guinea
Obinna 73' I. Uche 84'	Report	Ismaël Bangoura 63' Traoré 90'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ZAM	LBY	MOZ	COM
Zambia	6	4	1	1	11	2	+9	13			0–0	3–0	4–0
Libya	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12		1–0		1–0	3–0
Mozambique	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7		0–2	0–0		3–0
Comoros	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12	1		1–2	1–1	0–1

Zambia	4–0	Comoros
Kalaba 6' Tembo 22' Chamanga 29' Mayuka 83'	Report

Mozambique	0–0	Libya
	Report

Comoros	0–1	Mozambique
	Report	Josemar 90+1'

Libya	1–0	Zambia
Sa'ad 36'	Report

Mozambique	0–2	Zambia
	Report	Chamanga 18' Mayuka 90'

Libya	3–0	Comoros
El Khatroushi 20' Abdelkader 68' Bindi 81'	Report

Zambia	3–0	Mozambique
C. Katongo 47', 67' Mbesuma 68'	Report

Comoros	1–1	Libya
Mzé Mbaba 83'	Report	Boussefi 43'

Libya	1–0	Mozambique
Allafi 31'	Report

Comoros	1–2	Zambia
Y. M'Changama 32'	Report	C. Katongo 23' Mayuka 87'

Zambia	0–0	Libya
	Report

Mozambique	3–0	Comoros
Maninho 6' Dário 18' (pen.) Domingues 40'	Report

Notes

• Note 1: Postponed from 4 September 2010, due to the late arrival of match officials.
• Note 2: Originally to be played at Tripoli, Libya but moved to neutral venue due to the political situation in Libya.

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MAR	CTA	ALG	TAN
Morocco	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11			0–0	4–0	3–1
Central African Republic	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8		0–0		2–0	2–1
Algeria	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8		1–0	2–0		1–1
Tanzania	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5		0–1	2–1	1–1

1. ^ Central African Republic and Algeria could not be separated by head-to-head record, so instead ranking was based on overall goal difference.

• Note: The ranking of the Central African Republic and Algeria by their head-to-head records is shown below. As they could not be separated on these criteria, ranking was based on overall goal difference.

head-to-head

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	AG	Pts
1	Central African Republic	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3

Algeria	1–1	Tanzania
Guedioura 45'	Report	Tegete 33'

Morocco	0–0	Central African Republic
	Report

Tanzania	0–1	Morocco
	Report	El Hamdaoui 43'

Central African Republic	2–0	Algeria
Dopékoulouyen 81' Momi 85'	Report

Tanzania	2–1	Central African Republic
Nditi 70' Samatta 90'	Report	Mabidé 2'

Algeria	1–0	Morocco
Yebda 5' (pen.)	Report

Morocco	4–0	Algeria
Benatia 25' Chamakh 38' Hadji 60' Assaidi 68'	Report

Central African Republic	2–1	Tanzania
Momi 38' Dopékoulouyen 88'	Report	Nditi 76'

Tanzania	1–1	Algeria
Samatta 22'	Report	Bouazza 52'

Central African Republic	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Morocco	3–1	Tanzania
Chamakh 20' Taarabt 69' Boussoufa 90'	Report	Kassim 40'

Algeria	2–0	Central African Republic
Yebda 1' Kadir 28'	Report

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SEN	CMR	COD	MRI
Senegal	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16			1–0	2–0	7–0
Cameroon	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11		0–0		1–1	5–0
DR Congo	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7		2–4	2–3		3–0
Mauritius	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20	0		0–2	1–3	1–2

Mauritius	1–3	Cameroon
Bru 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Eto'o 39', 47' Choupo-Moting 63' (pen.)

DR Congo	2–4	Senegal
Kabangu 42', 71'	Report	Sow 6' Niang 12', 22', 57' (pen.)

Cameroon	1–1	DR Congo
Nkulukutu 54' (o.g.)	Report	Diba Ilunga 37'

Senegal	7–0	Mauritius
Cissé 8', 38', 76' Niang 22', 62' Sow 47' Estazie 90' (o.g.)	Report

Senegal	1–0	Cameroon
Ba 90+2'	Report

DR Congo	3–0	Mauritius
LuaLua 28' (pen.) Matumona 48' Diba Ilunga 61' (pen.)	Report

Cameroon	0–0	Senegal
	Report

Mauritius	1–2	DR Congo
Bru 11' (pen.)	Report	Diba Ilunga 20' Kabangu 45+1'

Cameroon	5–0	Mauritius
Kweuke 54' Mbuta 65' Eto'o 70' (pen.) N'Guémo 85' Choupo-Moting 90+3'	Report

Senegal	2–0	DR Congo
Sow 34', 50'	Report

DR Congo	2–3	Cameroon
Kaluyituka 11' Kanda 40'	Report	Eto'o 18' Mbuta 75' Choupo-Moting 79'

Mauritius	0–2	Senegal
	Report	N'Doye 9' Cissé 25'

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BFA	GAM	NAM	MTN
Burkina Faso	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9	10			3–1	4–0
Gambia	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4		1–1		3–1
Namibia	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8	3		1–4	1–0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Mauritania withdrew from 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification before any match was played.

Gambia	3–1	Namibia
Nyassi 10' Ceesay 13' Jallow 44'	Report	Risser 89'

Burkina Faso	3–1	Gambia
Dagano 17' Balima 58' Kaboré 68'	Report	Ceesay 75'

Burkina Faso	4–0	Namibia
A. Traoré 26', 47', 79' Gariseb 73' (o.g.)	Report

Namibia	1–4	Burkina Faso
Shipahu 85'	Report	A. R. Traoré 12' Bancé 57' (pen.) A. Traoré 80' (pen.) Pitroipa 90'

Namibia	1–0	Gambia
Shipahu 83'	Report

Gambia	1–1	Burkina Faso
Danso 59'	Report	Dagano 90'

Notes

• The Namibia Football Association made a formal complaint that Burkina Faso fielded an ineligible player, Yaoundé-born Herve Xavier Zengue, in the games on 26 March and 4 June. Burkina Faso coach Paulo Duarte says that the player is eligible as he has a Burkinabé wife. CAF opened an investigation, but later dismissed the protest saying it was filed long after the stipulated period for such appeals.
• Namibia indicated that they would appeal the decision to CAF and, if necessary, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on two different points. Firstly that an appeal had been filed with the match referee prior to their game with Burkina Faso but had not been forwarded to CAF and secondly that such an appeal was in any case not required due to article 36.12 of the competition regulations which stated that "non-qualified or a suspended player to take part in group matches shall lose the match by penalty (3–0), even in the absence of protests/reservations".
• On 10 January 2012, their appeal was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NIG	RSA	SLE	EGY
Niger	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			2–1	3–1	1–0
South Africa	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9		2–0		0–0	1–0
Sierra Leone	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9		1–0	0–0		2–1
Egypt	6	1	2	3	5	5	0	5		3–0	0–0	1–1

1. ^ Niger, South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their head-to-head records.

head-to-head

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Niger	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
South Africa	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
Sierra Leone	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5

South Africa	2–0	Niger
Mphela 12' Parker 45+3'	Report

Egypt	1–1	Sierra Leone
Fathalla 61'	Report	Mustapha Bangura 57'

Niger	1–0	Egypt
Maâzou 34'	Report

Sierra Leone	0–0	South Africa
	Report

South Africa	1–0	Egypt
Mphela 90+3'	Report

Niger	3–1	Sierra Leone
Issoufou 64' Sidibé 79' Daouda 89'	Report	Mohamed Bangura 23'

Sierra Leone	1–0	Niger
T. Bangura 50'	Report

Egypt	0–0	South Africa
	Report

Sierra Leone	2–1	Egypt
Mohamed Elneny 14' (o.g.) Mohamed Bangura 89' (pen.)	Report	Mohsen 45+1'

Niger	2–1	South Africa
Koffi 10' Maazou 47'	Report	Jali 70'

Egypt	3–0	Niger
Mohsen 48', 71' Salah 66'	Report

South Africa	0–0	Sierra Leone
	Report

Notes

• The South African Football Association lodged a complaint against their elimination, claiming that goal difference should be used to decide on the group winner, as it is "the traditional way of determining a log standing". The South African team had believed they had qualified when the final whistle was blown following their 0–0 draw with Sierra Leone. The SAFA later withdrew its appeal.

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CIV	RWA	BDI	BEN
Ivory Coast	6	6	0	0	19	4	+15	18			3–0	2–1	2–1
Rwanda	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6		0–5		3–1	0–3
Burundi	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5		0–1	3–1		1–1
Benin	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5		2–6	0–1	1–1

1. ^ Burundi and Benin could not be separated by head-to-head record, so instead ranking was based on overall goal difference.

• Note: The ranking of Burundi and Benin by their head-to-head records is shown below. As they could not be separated on these criteria, ranking was based on overall goal difference.

head-to-head

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	AG	Pts
Burundi	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	2
Benin	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	2

Ivory Coast	3–0	Rwanda
Y. Touré 11' Kalou 19' Eboué 40'	Report

Benin	1–1	Burundi
Poté 6'	Report	Kayumbagu 86'

Burundi	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report	Romaric 33'

Rwanda	0–3	Benin
	Report	Tchomogo 50' Omotoyossi 60' Sessègnon 70'

Rwanda	3–1	Burundi
Iranzi 34' Uzamukunda 45' (pen.) Gasana 88'	Report	Papy 36'

Ivory Coast	2–1	Benin
Drogba 45', 76'	Report	Tchomogo 14'

Burundi	3–1	Rwanda
Ndikumana 29' Ntibazonkiza 53' Kayumbagu 84'	Report	Bokota 48'

Benin	2–6	Ivory Coast
Sessègnon 56', 61' (pen.)	Report	Ya Konan 13' Drogba 22', 75' Gervinho 31', 81' Bony 90'

Rwanda	0–5	Ivory Coast
	Report	Kalou 29' Bony 36', 45' Ya Konan 76' Gervinho 81'

Burundi	1–1	Benin
Papy 90'	Report	Akpagba 55'

Benin	0–1	Rwanda
	Report	Kagere 6'

Ivory Coast	2–1	Burundi
K. Touré 77' Y. Touré 90'	Report	Ndabashinze 85'

Notes

• Note 3: Originally to be played at Abidjan, Ivory Coast but moved to neutral venue due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GHA	SUD	CGO	SWZ
Ghana	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16			0–0	3–1	2–0
Sudan	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13		0–2		2–0	3–0
Congo	6	2	0	4	5	10	−5	6		0–3	0–1		3–1
Swaziland	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0		0–3	1–2	0–1

Sudan	2–0	Congo
Mudather Karika 9' Muhannad El Tahir 90' (pen.)	Report

Swaziland	0–3	Ghana
	Report	A. Ayew 13' Tagoe 70' Sarpei 81'

Congo	3–1	Swaziland
Mouko 20' (pen.) Sembolo 34', 73'	Report	Christie 36'

Ghana	0–0	Sudan
	Report

Congo	0–3	Ghana
	Report	Tagoe 5' Adiyiah 26' Muntari 68'

Sudan	3–0	Swaziland
Bisha 2', 63' Muhannad El Tahir 90'	Report

Ghana	3–1	Congo
Vorsah 62' Tagoe 66' Agyemang-Badu 78'	Report	N'Guessi 75'

Swaziland	1–2	Sudan
Kunene 69'	Report	Galag 70' Yousif 84'

Ghana	2–0	Swaziland
Gyan 9' Agyemang-Badu 80'	Report

Congo	0–1	Sudan
	Report	Ramadan 77'

Swaziland	0–1	Congo
	Report	Nkolo 47'

Sudan	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Gyan 10' John Mensah 22'

Group J

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ANG	UGA	KEN	GNB
Angola	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12			2–0	1–0	1–0
Uganda	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	11		3–0		0–0	2–0
Kenya	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8		2–1	0–0		2–1
Guinea-Bissau	6	1	0	5	2	8	−6	3		0–2	0–1	1–0

Uganda	3–0	Angola
Obua 35' Mwesigwa 58' Sserunkuma 88'	Report

Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Kenya
Dionísio 76'	Report

Kenya	0–0	Uganda
	Report

Angola	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Gilberto 22' (pen.)	Report

Kenya	2–1	Angola
Mohammed 57' Mariga 90+1'	Report	Manucho 19'

Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Uganda
	Report	Obua 22'

Uganda	2–0	Guinea-Bissau
Walusimbi 43' Massa 62'	Report

Angola	1–0	Kenya
Manucho 71'	Report

Kenya	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
Baraza 58' Oliech 90'	Report	De Carvalho 86'

Angola	2–0	Uganda
Manucho 57' Flávio 70'	Report

Uganda	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Angola
	Report	Manucho 8' Mateus 70'

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BOT	TUN	MWI	TOG	CHA
Botswana	8	5	2	1	7	3	+4	17			1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Tunisia	8	4	2	2	14	6	+8	14		0–1		2–2	2–0	5–0
Malawi	8	2	6	0	13	8	+5	12		1–1	0–0		1–0	6–2
Togo	8	1	3	4	6	10	−4	6		1–0	1–2	1–1		0–0
Chad	8	0	3	5	7	20	−13	3		0–1	1–3	2–2	2–2

Chad	2–2	Togo
Djime 20' Mbaiam 28'	Report	Mani 25' Aloenouvo 67'

Tunisia	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Ramatlhakwane 31'

Togo	1–1	Malawi
Aloenouvo 85'	Report	Mwakasungula 17'

Botswana	1–0	Chad
Mongala 50'	Report

Chad	1–3	Tunisia
Ndouassel 75'	Report	Korbi 9' Ben Khalfallah 43', 81'

Malawi	1–1	Botswana
Banda 74'	Report	Ramatlhakwane 63'

Botswana	2–1	Togo
Mogorosi 8' Ramatlhakwane 56'	Report	Gakpé 49'

Tunisia	2–2	Malawi
Jemâa 11', 27'	Report	Msowoya 45' Kanyenda 82' (pen.)

Malawi	6–2	Chad
Zakazaka 14' Kanyenda 21', 56' Msowoya 68', 72' Ng'ambi 80'	Report	Mbaiam 27' Ndouassel 76'

Togo	1–2	Tunisia
Mani 40'	Report	Jemâa 38' Chermiti 83'

Botswana	1–0	Tunisia
Ramatlhakwane 45'	Report

Togo	0–0	Chad
	Report

Malawi	1–0	Togo
Chavula 18'	Report

Chad	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Ramatlhkwane 50'

Botswana	0–0	Malawi
	Report

Tunisia	5–0	Chad
Jemâa 22', 44', 53' Abdennour 35' Darragi 47'	Report

Malawi	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Togo	1–0	Botswana
Arimiyao 24'	Report

Chad	2–2	Malawi
Labbo 64' Barthelemy 90+4'	Report	Ng'ambi 35' Nyirenda 81'

Tunisia	2–0	Togo
Hichri 19' Khelifa 79'	Report

Ranking of group runners-up

The two best runners-up from Groups A–J qualify for the 2012 ACN. After the withdrawal of Mauritania from Group F, the following rule applies:

In case a group of four is reduced to three teams during the competition, the two best runners up of the groups of four were determined by taking into account their results with the first and third of their respective groups without taking into account their results against the last team of their groups in order to allow the second of the group reduced to three teams to remain in the race for the two best second.

The two best runners-up are determined by the following parameters in this order:

1. Highest number of points
2. Goal difference
3. Highest number of goals scored
4. Match replay in case of parity

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	C	Libya	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2	8
2	I	Sudan	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	A	Cape Verde	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
4	B	Nigeria	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5
5	G	South Africa	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
6	J	Uganda	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
7	E	Cameroon	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
8	D	Central African Republic	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
9	F	Gambia	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
10	H	Rwanda	4	1	0	3	4	12	−8	3

Goalscorers

There were 327 goals scored in 130 games for an average of 2.52 goals per game.

6 goals

• Issam Jemâa

5 goals

• Jerome Ramatlhakwane
• Mamadou Niang

4 goals

• Manucho
• Alain Traoré
• Samuel Eto'o
• Didier Drogba
• Cheick Diabaté
• Papiss Cissé
• Moussa Sow
• Knowledge Musona

3 goals

• Stéphane Sessègnon
• Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
• Yves Diba Ilunga
• Patou Kabangu
• Wilfried Bony
• Gervinho
• Marwan Mohsen
• Prince Tagoe
• Essau Kanyenda
• Chiukepo Msowoya
• Ikechukwu Uche
• Christopher Katongo
• Emmanuel Mayuka

2 goals

• Hassan Yebda
• Séïdath Tchomogo
• Didier Kavumbagu
• Faty Papy
• Moumouni Dagano
• Matthew Mbuta
• Héldon
• Charlie Dopékoulouyen
• Hilaire Momi
• Marius Mbaiam
• Ezechiel N'Douassel
• Francky Sembolo
• Salomon Kalou
• Didier Ya Konan
• Yaya Touré
• Fikru Teferra
• Oumed Oukri
• Saladin Said
• Momodou Ceesay
• Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
• Asamoah Gyan
• Bobo Baldé
• Ismaël Bangoura
• Oumar Kalabane
• Patrick Wleh
• Robert Ng'ambi
• Jonathan Bru
• Mahamane Traoré
• Marouane Chamakh
• Tangeni Shipahu
• Moussa Maâzou
• Victor Obinna
• Peter Utaka
• Joseph Yobo
• Mohamed Bangura
• Katlego Mphela
• Mohamed Bashir
• Muhamed Tahir
• Shaban Nditi
• Mbwana Samata
• Backer Aloenouvo
• Mani Sapol
• Fahid Ben Khalfallah
• David Obua
• James Chamanga

1 goal

• Hamer Bouazza
• Adlène Guedioura
• Foued Kadir
• Flávio
• Gilberto
• Mateus Galiano
• Guy Akpagba
• Razak Omotoyossi
• Mickaël Poté
• Joel Mogorosi
• Phenyo Mongala
• Wilfried Balima
• Aristide Bancé
• Charles Kaboré
• Jonathan Pitroipa
• Abdou Razack Traoré
• Dugary Ndabashinze
• Selemani Ndikumana
• Saidi Ntibazonkiza
• Léonard Kweuke
• Landry N'Guémo
• Elvis Macedo Babanco
• Odaïr Fortes
• Ryan Mendes da Graça
• Valdo
• Fernando Varela
• Vianney Mabidé
• Karl Max Barthélémy
• Léger Djimrangar
• Mahamat Labbo
• Youssouf M'Changama
• Abdoulaide Mzé Mbaba
• Barel Mouko
• Lorry Nkolo
• Fabrice Ondama
• Dioko Kaluyituka
• Déo Kanda
• Lomana LuaLua
• Zola Matumona
• Emmanuel Eboué
• Romaric
• Kolo Touré
• Mahmoud Fathalla
• Mohamed Salah
• Shimelis Bekele
• Adane Girma
• Mamadou Danso
• Ousman Jallow
• Omar Jawo
• Sanna Nyassi
• Dominic Adiyiah
• André Ayew
• John Mensah
• Sulley Muntari
• Hans Sarpei
• Isaac Vorsah
• Mamadou Bah
• Karamoko Cissé
• Kévin Constant
• Sadio Diallo
• Ibrahima Traoré
• Ibrahim Yattara
• Kamil Zayatte
• Basile de Carvalho
• Dionísio
• Mike Baraza
• McDonald Mariga
• Jamal Mohamed
• Dennis Oliech
• Francis Doe
• Alsény Këïta
• Sekou Oliseh
• Theo Lewis Weeks
• Dioh Williams
• Ahmed Abdelkader
• Rabee Allafi
• Djamal Bindi
• Ihaab Boussefi
• Walid Mhadeb El Khatroushi
• Ahmed Saad Osman
• Faed Arsène
• Yvan Rajoarimanana
• Baggio Rakotonomenjanahary
• Jean José Razafimandimby
• Davi Banda
• Moses Chavula
• Hellings Mwakasungula
• Harry Nyirenda
• Jimmy Zakazaka
• Cédric Kanté
• Abdou Traoré
• Oussama Assaidi
• Medhi Benatia
• Mbark Boussoufa
• Mounir El Hamdaoui
• Youssouf Hadji
• Adel Taarabt
• Dário
• Domingues
• Josemar
• Maninho
• Wilko Risser
• Kamilou Daouda
• Alhassane Issoufou
• Dankwa Koffi
• Issa Modibo Sidibé
• Michael Eneramo
• Obafemi Martins
• Kalu Uche
• Labama Bokota
• Eric Gasana
• Jean-Claude Iranzi
• Mere Kagere
• Elias Uzamukunda
• Demba Ba
• Dame N'Doye
• Mustapha Bangura
• Teteh Bangura
• Sheriff Suma
• Andile Jali
• Bernard Parker
• Bakri Al-Madina
• Mudather El Tahir
• Galag
• Ala'a Eldin Yousif
• Darren Christie
• Manqoba Kunene
• Abdi Kassim
• Jerson Tegete
• Kondo Arimiyaou
• Serge Gakpé
• Aymen Abdennour
• Amine Chermiti
• Oussama Darragi
• Walid Hichri
• Saber Khalifa
• Khaled Korbi
• Geofrey Massa
• Andrew Mwesigwa
• Geoffrey Sserunkuma
• Godfrey Walusimbi
• Rainford Kalaba
• Collins Mbesuma
• Fwayo Tembo
• Khama Billiat
• Ovidy Karuru
• Willard Katsande

1 own goal

• Eric Nkulukuta (playing against Cameroon)
• Ben Teekloh (playing against Mali)
• Joye Estazie (playing against Senegal)
• Richard Gariseb (playing against Burkina Faso)

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External links

• Africa Cup of Nations at CAFonline.com

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2010 in African football
• 2011 in African football