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The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. South Africa automatically qualified as the host country.

Qualified nations

Country	Qualified by winning against	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament
South Africa	00Hosts	0028 September 2011	7 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Ghana	00Malawi	0113 October 2012	18 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Mali	00Botswana	0113 October 2012	7 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Zambia	00Uganda	0113 October 2012	15 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Nigeria	00Liberia	0113 October 2012	16 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Tunisia	00Sierra Leone	0113 October 2012	15 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Ivory Coast	00Senegal	0113 October 2012	19 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Morocco	00Mozambique	0113 October 2012	14 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012)
Ethiopia	00Sudan	0214 October 2012	9 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1982)
Cape Verde	00Cameroon	0214 October 2012	0 (debut)
Angola	00Zimbabwe	0214 October 2012	6 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Niger	00Guinea	0214 October 2012	1 (2012)
Togo	00Gabon	0214 October 2012	6 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
DR Congo	00Equatorial Guinea	0214 October 2012	15 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Burkina Faso	00Central African Rep.	0214 October 2012	8 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012)
Algeria	00Libya	0214 October 2012	14 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 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 two-legged home-and-away knock-out ties. Aggregate goals were used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout instead of any extra time being 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. The draw for the second round was made on 5 July 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after the first round was completed.

Below is the list of entrants:

Notes

• 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.
• Did not enter: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Mauritania, Mauritius and Somalia. South Sudan was not able to enter as qualifying was already in progress when they became a CAF member.

Preliminary round

• Originally scheduled 6–8 and 20–22 January 2012. 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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Seychelles	w/o	Swaziland	—	—
São Tomé and Príncipe	1–0	Lesotho	1–0	0–0

Notes

• Note 1: Swaziland withdrew due to financial reasons. Seychelles advanced to the First round against Congo DR.

São Tomé and Príncipe	1–0	Lesotho
Jair 3' (pen.)	Report

Lesotho	0–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
	Report

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. The Central African Republic v Egypt match was postponed from 29 February to 30 June at the request of the Egyptian Football Association due to the Port Said Stadium disaster.

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	3–4	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.

Ethiopia	0–0	Benin
	Report

Benin	1–1	Ethiopia
Poté 19'	Report	Girma 44'

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

Rwanda	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Nigeria	2–0	Rwanda
I. Uche 9' Musa 56'	Report

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'

Uganda	4–0	Congo
Mwesigwa 33' Walusimbi 51' (pen.) Massa 63' Okwi 86'	Report

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

Burundi	2–1	Zimbabwe
Mavugo 46' Nahayo 90+5'	Report	Musona 60'

Zimbabwe	1–0	Burundi
Musona 36'	Report

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'

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

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
Jair 69' (pen.) Lasset 86'	Report	A. Kamara 55'

Sierra Leone	4–2	São Tomé and Príncipe
K. Kamara 17', 33' T. Bangura 21', 40'	Report	Jair 2' 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'

Cameroon	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Moukandjo 81'	Report

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

Chad	3–2	Malawi
Labbo 38' Djime 45+3', 53'	Report	Nyondo 42', 67'

Malawi	2–0	Chad
J. Banda 31' Kamwendo 73'	Report

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'

DR Congo	3–0	Seychelles
Mbokani 38' Issama 45' Kanda 84'	Report

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

Tanzania	1–1	Mozambique
Kazimoto 42'	Report	Clésio 23'

Mozambique	1–1	Tanzania
Sitoe 8'	Report	Morris 89'
Penalties
Carlitos Mexer Miro Whiskey Paíto Clésio Zainadine Telinho Domingues	7–6	Morris Maftah Nditi Yondani Kapombe Bocco Domayo Ngassa Samatta

2–2 on aggregate. Mozambique won the penalty shootout and advanced to the Second round.

Egypt	2–3	Central African Republic
Zidan 10' Salah 47'	Report	Momi 25', 62' Manga 69'

Central African Republic	1–1	Egypt
Kéthévoama 23'	Report	Moteab 72'

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'

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

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. For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

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

• 2012 edition: points to be multiplied by 3
• 2010 edition: points to be multiplied by 2
• 2008 edition: points to be multiplied by 1

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.

Matches

• Scheduled 7–9 September and 12–14 October 2012.

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	0–1	0–2
Ivory Coast	6–2	Senegal	4–2	2–0
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.
• Note 4: Senegal v Ivory Coast was abandoned with 15 minutes to go, after the crowd started to riot. The result was confirmed as 2–0 in favor of Ivory Coast by the CAF.

Mali	3–0	Botswana
Diabaté 27' (pen.) N'Diaye 59' Maïga 77'	Report

Botswana	1–4	Mali
Ohilwe 90'	Report	Diabaté 29' Maïga 60' Samassa 77' M. K. Traore 85'

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

Zimbabwe	3–1	Angola
Mateus 4' (o.g.) Billiat 21' 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.

Zambia	1–0	Uganda
C. Katongo 18'	Report

Uganda	1–0	Zambia
Massa 25'	Report
Penalties
Walusimbi Mwesigwa Masaba Onyango Okwi Kizza Mawejje Oloya Kizito Ochan	8–9	C. Katongo Mayuka Chansa Sinkala Mweene F. Katongo Sakuwaha Kampamba Nkausu Sunzu

1–1 on aggregate. Zambia won the penalty shootout and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Cape Verde	2–0	Cameroon
Ricardo 15' Djaniny 61'	Report

Cameroon	2–1	Cape Verde
Emana 22' Olinga 90+4'	Report	Nhuck 12'

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

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

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

Niger	2–0	Guinea
Chikoto 74' Garba 85'	Report

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'

Ethiopia	2–0	Sudan
Adane 61' Saladin 64'	Report

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

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'

Senegal	0–2 Abandoned	Ivory Coast
	Report	Drogba 52', 71' (pen.)

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

DR Congo	4–0	Equatorial Guinea
Mbokani 56', 80' Kanda 61' Ronan 73' (o.g.)	Report

Equatorial Guinea	2–1	DR Congo
Judson 23' 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'

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

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

• Islam Slimani
• Hillal Soudani
• Ryan Mendes
• Didier Drogba
• Dieumerci Mbokani
• Adane Girma
• Ikechukwu Uche
• Jair Nunes

2 goals

• Manucho
• Alain Traoré
• Djaniny
• David Manga
• Hilaire Momi
• Leger Djime
• Dioko Kaluyituka
• Déo Kanda
• Atusaye Nyondo
• Cheick Diabaté
• Modibo Maïga
• Ahmed Musa
• Victor Moses
• Teteh Bangura
• Kei Kamara
• Muhannad Tahir
• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Geoffrey Massa
• Knowledge Musona

1 goal

• Sofiane Feghouli
• Foued Kadir
• Antar Yahia
• Djalma Campos
• Mickaël Poté
• Moumouni Dagano
• Laudy Mavugo
• Valery Nahayo
• Mmusa Ohilwe
• Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
• Achille Emaná
• Benjamin Moukandjo
• Fabrice Olinga
• Dady
• Nhuck
• Ricardo
• Fernando Varela
• Toni Varela
• Foxi Kéthévoama
• Vianney Mabidé
• David Manga
• Mahamat Labbo
• Jérémie Basilua
• Mpeko Issama
• Trésor Mputu
• Youssouf Mulumbu
• Matt Moussilou
• Fabrice N'Guessi
• Gervinho
• Max Gradel
• Salomon Kalou
• Emad Moteab
• Mohamed Salah
• Mohamed Zidan
• Judson
• Ricardinho
• Getaneh Kebede
• Saladin Said
• Seyoum Tesfaye
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
• Daniel Cousin
• Momodou Ceesay
• Saihou Gassama
• Afriyie Acquah
• Anthony Annan
• Christian Atsu
• Mohamed Yattara
• James Situma
• Allan Wanga
• Sekou Oliseh
• Omega Roberts
• Dioh Williams
• Patrick Wleh
• Paulin Voavy
• John Banda
• Joseph Kamwendo
• Mahamadou N'Diaye
• Mamadou Samassa
• Mohamed Kalilou Traoré
• Clésio Baúque
• Domingues
• Miro
• Jerry Sitoe
• Nordin Amrabat
• Abdelaziz Barrada
• Youssef El-Arabi
• Houssine Kharja
• Mohamed Chikoto
• Issoufou Boubacar Garba
• Efe Ambrose
• Nosa Igiebor
• John Obi Mikel
• José
• Lasset
• Papiss Cissé
• Dame N'Doye
• Alhaji Kamara
• Alhassan Kamara
• Medo Kamara
• Sheriff Suma
• Mohamed Ahmed Bashir
• Mudathir El Tahir
• Mosaab Omer
• Mwinyi Kazimoto
• Aggrey Morris
• Razak Boukari
• Serge Gakpé
• Dové Wome
• Fateh Gharbi
• Youssef Msakni
• Andrew Mwesigwa
• Emmanuel Okwi
• Mike Sserumaga
• Godfrey Walusimbi
• Christopher Katongo
• Khama Billiat
• Archieford Gutu

1 own goal

• Mateus Galiano da Costa (playing against Zimbabwe)
• Ronan Carolino Falcão (playing against DR Congo)

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External links

• Orange CAN 2013

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2012 in African football