The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations began in March 2010. These games did not count towards the FIFA rankings.
2011 African Nations Championship qualification← 2009 2014 → |
The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, while this edition featured sixteen.
Qualification Zones
Qualification was divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament.
| Zone | Number of participating teams | Number of qualifying teams | Number of teams not entered |
| North Zone | 4 | 2 | 1 (Egypt) |
| Zone West A | 5 | 2 | 4 (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia) |
| Zone West B | 6 | 3 | 1 (Benin) |
| Central Zone | 5 | 3 | 3 (Central African, Chad, São Tomé & Príncipe) |
| Central-East Zone | 10 (including host Sudan) | 3 (including host Sudan) | 0 |
| Southern Zone | 11 | 3 | 3 (Comoros, Lesotho, Mauritius) |
| Total | 41 | 16 | 12 |
North Zone
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Algeria | (a) 2–2 | Libya | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tunisia | (a) 3–3 | Morocco | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Algeria | 1–0 | Libya |
| Ghazali 48' | Report | |
Koléa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
| Libya | 2–1 | Algeria |
Al Shibani 26' (pen.)
Zuway 62' | Report | Hanitser 90' |
| Tunisia | 1–1 | Morocco |
| Report | |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mohamed Bichari (Algeria)
| Morocco | 2–2 | Tunisia |
Erbati 32' (pen.)
Soulaimani 85' | Report | Khalifa 75'
Meriah 83' (pen.) |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Tamuni Salah Wahid (Libya)
Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West A
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mauritania | w/o | Sierra Leone | | |
Mauritania withdrew.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guinea | 1–3 | Mali | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Senegal | 1–1 (4–3p) | Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.
Zone West B
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Togo | 1–6 | Ivory Coast | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Burkina Faso | 0–1 | Ghana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Niger | 2–0 | Nigeria | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger qualify for the final tournament.
Central Zone
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Congo | w/o | Equatorial Guinea | | |
Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Congo | 1–4 | Cameroon | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Gabon | 2–3 | DR Congo | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gabon | 3–0 | Congo | 3–0 * | w/o |
- Congo withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Gabon.
Gabon qualify for the final tournament.
Central-East Zone
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Djibouti | 0–1 | Somalia | N/P | 0–1 |
| Somalia | Not Played | Djibouti |
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| Djibouti | 0–1 | Somalia |
| Report | Yusuf Osman 73' |
There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Burundi | 1–5 | Uganda | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Ethiopia | w/o | Kenya | w/o | 0–3 * |
| Eritrea | w/o | Rwanda | w/o | 0–3 * |
| Somalia | 0–6 | Tanzania | N/P | 0–6 |
- Ethiopia withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Kenya.
- Eritrea withdrew. Match was awarded 3–0 to Rwanda.
| Somalia | Not Played | Tanzania |
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There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.
Second round
The Tanzania vs Rwanda match was pushed forward to May 1 due to Rwanda’s hosting of the CECAFA Kagame Cup from 15–29 May.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Uganda | (a) 2–2 | Kenya | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tanzania | 1–2 | Rwanda | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament, along with host Sudan.
Southern Zone
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Botswana | 1–2 | South Africa | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Seychelles | 2–1 | Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Madagascar | 0–2 | Angola | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Swaziland | 1–5 | Zimbabwe | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Malawi | 3–1 | Mozambique | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Zambia receive bye to Second Round.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| South Africa | 2–1 | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Seychelles | 2–6 | Zimbabwe | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Angola | 3–1 | Malawi | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Angola | 1–1 | Malawi |
| Santana 90' | | |
Referee: Jean-Michel Moukoko
Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.
Qualified
- Sudan - Host (Central-East Zone)
- Algeria - North Zone
- Tunisia - North Zone
- Mali - Zone West A
- Senegal - Zone West A
- Ivory Coast - Zone West B
- Ghana - Zone West B
- Niger - Zone West B
- Cameroon - Central Zone
- DR Congo - Central Zone
- Gabon - Central Zone
- Uganda - Central-East Zone
- Rwanda - Central-East Zone
- Angola - Southern Zone
- South Africa - Southern Zone
- Zimbabwe - Southern Zone