2020_African_Nations_Championship_qualification
2020 African Nations Championship qualification
International football competition
The 2020 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 April – 20 October 2019 |
| Teams | 48 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 146 (2.28 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Patrick Kaddu Prince Dube(4 goals each) |
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A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon which qualified automatically as hosts.[1]
Originally, a total of 47 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 30 January 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2][3] A re-draw of the Central Eastern Zone (CECAFA) was announced on 3 July 2019, after Ethiopia (original hosts) and Djibouti (originally banned) were included.[4] A re-draw of the Central Zone (UNIFFAC) was also made, after Cameroon (new hosts) were excluded from qualifying.[5][6] Therefore, a total of 48 (out of 53) teams CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds after the re-draws.
| Zone | Spots (total 16) | Teams entering qualification | Did not enter |
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| Northern Zone (UNAF) |
2 spots | ||
| Western Zone A (WAFU-UFOA A) |
2 spots |
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| Western Zone B (WAFU-UFOA B) |
3 spots | ||
| Central Zone (UNIFFAC) |
2 spots + Cameroon (hosts) |
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| Central Eastern Zone (CECAFA) |
3 spots | ||
| Southern Zone (COSAFA) |
3 spots |
- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- Teams in italics received a bye to the second round in the qualifying draw.
- (W): Withdrew after draw
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).[9]
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Zone / Round | Matchday | Date | ||
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| Northern Zone | Western Zone A Western Zone B Central Zone Central Eastern Zone |
Southern Zone | ||
| — | — | First round | First leg | 19–21 April 2019 |
| Second leg | 10–12 May 2019 | |||
| — | First round | Second round | First leg | 26–28 July 2019 |
| Second leg | 2–4 August 2019 | |||
| First round | Second round | Third round | First leg | 20–22 September 2019 |
| Second leg | 18–20 October 2019 | |||
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria  |
0–3 |  Morocco |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Tunisia  |
3–1[note 1] |  Libya |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Morocco won 3–0 on aggregate.
Tunisia won 3–1 on aggregate, but withdrew in January 2020. As a result, Libya qualified.[10]
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guinea-Bissau  |
0–7 |  Mali |
0–4 | 0–3 |
Cape Verde  |
1–2 |  Mauritania |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Liberia  |
1–3 |  Senegal |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Mali won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Mauritania | 2–1 | Cape Verde |
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Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.
Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania |
0–2 | Mali |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Senegal |
1–1 (1–3 p) |  Guinea |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali won 2–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–1 on penalties.
First round
Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Togo  |
4–3 |  Nigeria |
4–1 | 0–2 |
Niger  |
2–1 |  Ivory Coast |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Ghana  |
0–1 |  Burkina Faso |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Togo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Niger won 2–1 on aggregate.
Burkina Faso won 1–0 on aggregate.
Original draw (before Cameroon were excluded):
- First round: Central African Republic vs Chad.
- Second round: Winner 1 vs DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe vs Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea vs Congo.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Central African Republic  |
w/o |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
— | — |
Chad  |
4–5 |  Equatorial Guinea |
3–3 | 1–2 |
Central African Republic won on walkover after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew.[11]
| Equatorial Guinea | 2–1 | Chad |
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Equatorial Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Central African Republic |
1–6 |  DR Congo |
0–2 | 1–4 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2–3 |  Congo |
2–2 | 0–1 |
DR Congo won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Equatorial Guinea | 2–2 | Congo |
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Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Original draw (before Ethiopia and Djibouti were included):
- First round: Tanzania vs Sudan, Kenya vs Burundi, South Sudan vs Uganda, Somalia vs Rwanda.
- Second round: Winner 2 vs Winner 1, Winner 4 vs Winner 3.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Burundi  |
4–1 |  South Sudan |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Somalia  |
2–7 | Uganda |
1–3 | 1–4 |
Djibouti  |
3–5 |  Ethiopia |
0–1 | 3–4 |
Tanzania  |
0–0 (4–1 p) |  Kenya |
0–0 | 0–0 |
| South Sudan | 1–2 | Burundi |
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Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Uganda won 7–2 on aggregate.
Ethiopia won 5–3 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won 4–1 on penalties.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Burundi |
0–6 | Uganda |
0–3 | 0–3 |
| Ethiopia |
1–2 |  Rwanda |
0–1 | 1–1 |
| Tanzania |
2–2 (a) |  Sudan |
0–1 | 2–1 |
Uganda won 6–0 on aggregate.
Rwanda won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won on away goals.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Botswana  |
5–1 |  Seychelles |
2–0 | 3–1 |
Eswatini  |
1–1 (a) |  Malawi |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Botswana won 5–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Eswatini won on away goals.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Botswana |
2–3 |  Zambia |
0–0 | 2–3 |
| Eswatini |
2–2 (5–4 p) |  Angola |
1–1 | 1–1 |
Comoros  |
0–2 |  Namibia |
0–2 | 0–0 |
Madagascar  |
3–3 (a) |  Mozambique |
1–0 | 2–3 |
Lesotho  |
6–2 |  South Africa |
3–2 | 3–0 |
Mauritius  |
1–7 | Zimbabwe |
0–4 | 1–3 |
Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Angola | 1–1 | Eswatini |
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| 4–5 |
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2–2 on aggregate. Eswatini won 5–4 on penalties.
Namibia won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Mozambique | 3–2 | Madagascar |
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3–3 on aggregate. Madagascar won on away goals.
| Lesotho | 3–2 | South Africa |
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| South Africa | 0–3 | Lesotho |
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Lesotho won 6–2 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 7–1 on aggregate.
Third round
Winners qualified for 2020 African Nations Championship.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Eswatini |
2–3 | Zambia |
0–1 | 2–2 |
| Madagascar |
1–2 | Namibia |
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Zimbabwe |
3–1 | Lesotho |
3–1 | 0–0 |
| Zambia | 2–2 | Eswatini |
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Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Namibia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 3–1 on aggregate.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[12]
| Team | Qualifying zone | Qualified on | Previous appearances in African Nations Championship1 |
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| Cameroon (hosts) | Central Zone | 13 April 2019[1] | 3 (2011, 2016, 2018) |
| Morocco | Northern Zone | 19 October 2019 | 3 (2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Libya | 31 January 2020[10] | 3 (2009, 2014, 2018) | |
| Mali | Western Zone A | 20 October 2019 | 3 (2011, 2014, 2016) |
| Guinea | 20 October 2019 | 2 (2016, 2018) | |
| Togo | Western Zone B | 19 October 2019 | 0 (debut) |
| Niger | 20 October 2019 | 2 (2011, 2016) | |
| Burkina Faso | 20 October 2019 | 2 (2014, 2018) | |
| DR Congo | Central Zone | 20 October 2019 | 4 (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016) |
| Congo | 20 October 2019 | 2 (2014, 2018) | |
| Uganda | Central Eastern Zone | 19 October 2019 | 4 (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Rwanda | 19 October 2019 | 3 (2011, 2016, 2018) | |
| Tanzania | 18 October 2019 | 1 (2009) | |
| Zambia | Southern Zone | 19 October 2019 | 3 (2009, 2016, 2018) |
| Namibia | 19 October 2019 | 1 (2018) | |
| Zimbabwe | 20 October 2019 | 4 (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016) |
There were 146 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Segolame Boy- Thero Setsile
Olivier Dusabe
Mahamat Adda
Jackson Muleka
Luis Nlavo
Mesfin Tafesse
Jane Thaba-Ntšo
Arnaud Randrianantenaina
Sidi Touda
Sikiru Alimi
Ernest Sugira
Richard Nane- Marouf Tchakei
Mustafa Kizza- Viane Ssekajugo
Leeroy Mavunga
1 goal
Caranga- Manguxi
- Thatayaone Ditlhokwe
- Omaatla Kebatho
- Joel Mogorosi
Stéphane Pognongo- Iddy Muselemu
- Jospin Nshimirimana
Papalélé
Saint-Fort Dimokoyen- Abdelaziz Issa
- Bechir Djimet
Carof Bakoua- Mignon Etou
- Yann Mokombo
- Merveille Kikasa
Youssouf Abdi Ahmed- Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
- Fouad Robleh
- Celesdonio
- José Ángel Efa
Phinda Dlamini- Sandile Gamedze
- Sifiso Matse
- Menzi Sithole
- Fanelo Tsabedze
- Yared Bayeh
- Amanuel Gebremichael
- Adis Giday
- Aschalew Tamene
Mamadouba Bangoura
Guy-Stéphane Bedi- Lehlohonolo Fothoane
- Tsepo Seturumane
Christopher Jackson
Ahmed Moksi- Théorodin Andrianirina
- Lalaina Manampisoa
Micium Mhone
Mohamed Camara- Mamadou Coulibaly
- Kodjo Doussé
- Issaka Samaké
- Aly Desse Sissoko
- Oumar Traoré
Andrew Aristide
Hamid Ahaddad- Badr Banoun
- Mohamed Nahiri
Dayo António- Maninho
- Luís Miquissone
Dynamo Fredericks
Ibrahim Abdoulaziz- Idrissa Halidou
- Sunusi Ibrahim
Abdoulaye Bâ- Jean Diouf
- Assane Mbodj
- Ousseynou Niang
Perry Monnaie
Farhan Mohamed Ahmed- Daud Abdullahi Tubal
Repo Malepe- Luvuyo Phewa
Joseph Kuch
Amir Kamal- Yasir Mozamil
Erasto Nyoni- Ditram Nchimbi
- Ashraf Agoro
- Fahad Bayo
- Allan Kyambadde
- Taddeo Lwanga
- Mike Mutyaba
- Allan Okello
Kelvin Kampamba- Bruce Musakanya
- Amity Shamende
- Partson Jaure
- Nqobizitha Masuku
- Wellington Taderera
- Never Tigere
- Libya played their home leg in Morocco due to the Libyan Civil War.
- South Sudan played their home leg in Uganda due to renovation of Juba Stadium.
- Somalia played their home leg in Djibouti due to the Somali Civil War.
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