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2016 African Nations Championship qualification

The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

2016 African Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 June – 31 October 2015
Teams42 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored131 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mozambique Luís (4 goals)
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A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

Teams

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2016 CHAN Qualification
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Team did not enter

A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.[3]

Zone Spots Teams entering qualification Did not enter
Northern Zone 2 spots
Zone West A 2 spots
Zone West B 3 spots
Central Zone 3 spots
Central-East Zone 2 spots +
  Rwanda (hosts)
Southern Zone 3 spots
Total 15 spots + hosts 42 teams
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Format

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In the Northern Zone, teams played each other on a double round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  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. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. Drawing of lots.

In all other zones, 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).[1]

The top two teams in the Northern Zone and the 13 winners of the first round in all other zones qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

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The draw was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][7][8]

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[9][8]

Northern Zone[10]
Matchday Date
Matchdays 1–3
(Host: Morocco) 		15–21 June 2015
Matchdays 4–6
(Host: Tunisia) 		19–25 October 2015
All other zones
Round Matchday Date
Preliminary round First leg 19–21 June 2015
Second leg 3–5 July 2015
First round First leg 16–18 October 2015
Second leg 23–25 October 2015

Northern Zone

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 4 3 1 0 11 3 +8 10 2016 African Nations Championship
2   Tunisia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
3   Libya 4 1 0 3 1 8 −7 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Note: Libya played their home matches in Morocco and Tunisia due to security concerns.

Morocco  1–1  Tunisia
Hafidi   68' Report Aouadhi   39'
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (Mali)
Libya  1–0  Tunisia
Al Khritli   75' Report
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)
Morocco  3–0  Libya
Iajour   16'
Hafidi   40'
Saâdane   73'		 Report
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)
Tunisia  1–0  Libya
Bguir   75' Report
Referee: Redouane Necib (Algeria)
Libya  0–4  Morocco
Report Benjelloun   26'
Lembarki   39'
Housni   84'
Ounajem   90+4'
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
Tunisia  2–3  Morocco
Machani   28'
Bguir   80'		 Report Khadrouf   20'
Achchakir   70' (pen.)
Ounajem   84'

Zone West A

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau   2–4   Mali 1–1 1–3
Mauritania   4–1   Sierra Leone 2–1 2–0
Guinea   4–2   Liberia 3–1 1–1
Senegal   4–1   Gambia 3–1 1–0

Note: Guinea and Sierra Leone played their home matches in Mali and Mauritania respectively due to the Ebola outbreak (Sierra Leone home match brought forward by a week).[11][12]

Guinea-Bissau  1–1  Mali
Obetchi   5' Sissoko   19'
Mali  3–1  Guinea-Bissau
B. Diarra   33'
Koné   76'
Sissoko   85'		 Fati   29'
Referee: Ahmed Sekou Toure (Guinea)

Mali won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mauritania  2–1  Sierra Leone
Abeid   5'
Denna   45+1' (pen.)		 Tarawallie   85'
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Sierra Leone  0–2  Mauritania
Dellahi   34'
Beyguili   36'
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

Mauritania won 4–1 on aggregate.

Guinea  3–1  Liberia
S. Camara   8', 38'
Sankhon   62'		 Dweh   56'
Referee: Eric Fagla (Togo)
Liberia  1–1  Guinea
Vitalis   38' A. Camara   57'
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

Guinea won 4–2 on aggregate.

Senegal  3–1  Gambia
Niang   9', 90+3'
Ba   45'		 Krubally   11'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Gambia  0–1  Senegal
Ndoye   7'
Referee: (Tunisia)

Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

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Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali   3–2   Mauritania 2–1 1–1
Guinea   3–3 (a)   Senegal 2–0 1–3

Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.[13]

Mali  2–1  Mauritania
Abeid   67' (o.g.)
A. Diarra   90+2'		 Denna   8' (pen.)
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Mauritania  1–1  Mali
Niass   45' Bakayoko   5'
Referee: Manuel Timas Mendes (Cape Verde)

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

Guinea  2–0  Senegal
A. M. Sylla   6'
A. I. Sylla   24'
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Senegal  3–1  Guinea
Badji   13'
Keita   83', 89'		 Bangoura   3'
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

3–3 on aggregate. Guinea won on away goals.

Zone West B

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First round

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Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana   2–2 (a)   Ivory Coast 2–1 0–1
Nigeria   2–0   Burkina Faso 2–0 0–0
Niger   3–1   Togo 2–0 1–1

Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.[14]

Ghana  2–1  Ivory Coast
Fameyeh   45+3', 89' Sangaré   33'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
Ivory Coast  1–0  Ghana
Boua   35'
Referee: Abderahamane Kelly (Mauritania)

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

Nigeria  2–0  Burkina Faso
Bature   25'
Salami   76' (pen.)
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Burkina Faso  0–0  Nigeria
Referee: Omar Mohamed Ragab (Libya)

Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

Niger  2–0  Togo
Garba   11'
Kowa   14'
Togo  1–1  Niger
Akaté   20' Kowa   18'
Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

Niger won 3–1 on aggregate.

Central Zone

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First round

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Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DR Congo   w/o   Central African Republic — —
Cameroon   1–0   Congo 0–0 1–0
Chad   1–2   Gabon 0–2 1–0

Note: Central African Republic withdrew.[15] Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.[16]

DR Congo  Cancelled  Central African Republic
Central African Republic  Cancelled  DR Congo

DR Congo won on walkover.

Cameroon  0–0  Congo
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Congo  0–1  Cameroon
Wandja   76'
Referee: Yves Roponat Mbourou (Gabon)

Cameroon won 1–0 on aggregate.

Chad  0–2  Gabon
Mba   15'
Mandraut   84'
Referee: Lazard Tsiba (Congo)
Gabon  0–1  Chad
Ndiguem   69'
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Gabon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central-East Zone

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  •   Rwanda qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
  •   Sudan received a bye to the first round.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania   1–4   Uganda 0–3 1–1
Djibouti   1–4   Burundi 1–2 0–2
Ethiopia   2–0   Kenya 2–0 0–0
Tanzania  0–3  Uganda
Ssekisambu   40', 66'
Miya   90' (pen.)
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Uganda  1–1  Tanzania
Keziron   83' Bocco   59' (pen.)
Referee: Djamal Aden Abdi (Djibouti)

Uganda won 4–1 on aggregate.

Djibouti  1–2  Burundi
Aboubaker   54' Bizimana   51'
Nahimana   65'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Burundi  2–0  Djibouti
Nshimirimana   12', 79'
Referee: (Eritrea)

Burundi won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia  2–0  Kenya
Girma   23'
Panom   77' (pen.)
Referee: Mohammed Omar Ragab (Libya)
Kenya  0–0  Ethiopia
Referee: Adélaïde Ali Mohamed (Comoros)

Ethiopia won 2–0 on aggregate.

First round

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Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda   4–0   Sudan 2–0 2–0
Burundi   2–3   Ethiopia 2–0 0–3
Uganda  2–0  Sudan
Kalanda   19'
Miya   36'
Referee: Luelseghed Ghebremichael (Eritrea)
Sudan  0–2  Uganda
Okhuti   43'
Miya   45'
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

Uganda won 4–0 on aggregate.

Burundi  2–0  Ethiopia
Mavugo   1', 90+2'
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)
Ethiopia  3–0  Burundi
Tesfaye   37'
Panom   73', 79' (pen.)
Referee: Mahmoud El-Banna (Egypt)

Ethiopia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Southern Zone

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe   2–0   Comoros 2–0 0–0
Lesotho   1–1 (a)   Botswana 0–0 1–1
Namibia   3–3 (5–6 p)   Zambia 2–1 1–2
Mozambique   9–1   Seychelles 5–1 4–0
South Africa   5–0   Mauritius 3–0 2–0
Swaziland   2–4   Angola 2–2 0–2
Zimbabwe  2–0  Comoros
Rusike   10'
Mudehwe   90'
Referee: Mbongiseni Fakudze (Swaziland)
Comoros  0–0  Zimbabwe
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

Zimbabwe won 2–0 on aggregate.

Lesotho  0–0  Botswana
Botswana  1–1  Lesotho
Kgaswane   88' Brown   81'
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

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

Namibia  2–1  Zambia
Stephanus   52'
Nenkavu   63'		 Kalengo   15'
Referee: Joaquin Esono Ela Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)
Zambia  2–1  Namibia
Mbewe   29'
Kalengo   72'		 Nenkavu   43'
Penalties
Mtonga  
Zimba  
Chirwa  
Phiri  
Mfune  
Chepeshi  
Kalengo  		 6–5   Isaacks
  Tjetjinda
  Kamatuka
  Keimuine
  Gebhardt
  Iimbondi
  Hoaseb
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

3–3 on aggregate. Zambia won on penalties.

Mozambique  5–1  Seychelles
Luís   32', 42', 49'
Reinildo   35'
Diogo   73'		 Waye-Hive   70'
Referee: Khulasande Qongqo (South Africa)
Seychelles  0–4  Mozambique
Luís   14'
Isac   20'
Gildo   37'
Reinildo   44'
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Mozambique won 9–1 on aggregate.

South Africa  3–0  Mauritius
Gabuza   26'
Ntshangase   28', 44'
Mauritius  0–2  South Africa
Masango   69'
Letlabika   84'
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

South Africa won 5–0 on aggregate.

Swaziland  2–2  Angola
Tsabedze   65'
Ndzinisa   83'		 Dário   30'
Ary Papel   54'
Referee: Emile Fred (Seychelles)
Angola  2–0  Swaziland
Gelson   31', 86'
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

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Winners qualified for 2016 African Nations Championship.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe   4–2   Lesotho 3–1 1–1
Zambia   4–1   Mozambique 3–0 1–1
South Africa   2–3   Angola 0–2 2–1
Zimbabwe  3–1  Lesotho
Mutuma   48' (pen.), 56'
Phiri   81'		 Seturumane   63'
Referee: Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)
Lesotho  1–1  Zimbabwe
Mokhahlane   79' (pen.) Mutuma   35'
Referee: Kalasande Qongo (South Africa)

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zambia  3–0  Mozambique
Kalengo   77'
Luchanga   80'
Sautu   89'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Mozambique  1–1  Zambia
Hagi   83' (pen.) Mbewe   26'
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.

South Africa  0–2  Angola
Mateus   54'
Ary Papel   90+2'
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Angola  1–2  South Africa
Gelson   43' Fabrício   29' (o.g.)
Lakay   90'
Referee: Mbongisseni Fakudze (Swaziland)

Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[17]

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Morocco Northern Zone 22 October 2015 1 (2014)
  Tunisia 22 October 2015 1 (2011)
  Mali Zone West A 24 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
  Guinea 24 October 2015 0 (debut)
  Ivory Coast Zone West B 30 October 2015 2 (2009, 2011)
  Nigeria 25 October 2015 1 (2014)
  Niger 25 October 2015 1 (2011)
  DR Congo Central Zone 13 October 2015[15] 3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
  Cameroon 31 October 2015 1 (2011)
  Gabon 24 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
  Rwanda (hosts) Central-East Zone 29 January 2011[2] 1 (2011)
  Uganda 25 October 2015 2 (2011, 2014)
  Ethiopia 25 October 2015 1 (2014)
  Zimbabwe Southern Zone 25 October 2015 3 (2009, 2011, 2014)
  Zambia 25 October 2015 1 (2009)
  Angola 24 October 2015 1 (2011)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the African Nations Championship" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "Morocco to host 2015 African Cup of Nations". The National. 29 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b "CHAN 2016 & Beach Soccer Championship draws for April 5". CAF. 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ Afrik-Foot. "CHAN 2016 : L'Algérie exclue". Afrik-Foot.
  5. ^ Goal.com. "Algeria withdraws from CHAN 2014 qualifiers". Goal.com.
  6. ^ "CHAN-2016 : L'Algérie disqualifiée". El Watan. Tarek Aït Sellamet. 16 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Live Report: Draw of qualifiers of Orange African Nations Championship Rwanda 2016". CAF. 5 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b "FIXTURES PRELIMINARIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP- RWANDA 2016". CAF.
  9. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "La Tunisie entame les qualifications le 15 juin face au Maroc". DirectInfo. 18 May 2015.
  11. ^ "CHAN 2016: Guinea – Liberia to be played on June 22". CAF. 21 June 2015.
  12. ^ "CHAN 2016 : La Mauritanie domine la Sierra Leone". Afrik-Foot. 22 June 2015.
  13. ^ "CHAN 2016 : Guinée-Sénégal aura lieu au stade du 26-Mars". RTS. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
  14. ^ "CHAN 2016 : dernières éliminatoires". BBC. 24 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b "CHAN 2016 : les Léopards se qualifient sans jouer". digitalcongo.net. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Chan 2016 : Congo-Cameroun reporté au 31 octobre". afriquefoot.rfi.fr. 23 October 2015.
  17. ^ "CHAN draw advanced on 15th November". CAF. 1 November 2015.
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