2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Football matches July 2026 Afcon This page details the process of qualifying for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Qualified teams The 16 qualified teams were: GHA as hosts. CIV as group 1 winner. EGY as group 2 winner. NGA as group 3 winner. SUD as group 4 winner. CMR as group 5 winner. ANG as group 6 winner. SEN as group 7 winner. GUI as group 8 winner. MLI as group 9 winner. NAM as group 10 winner. ZMB as group 11 winner. MAR as group 12 winner. TUN, BEN, and RSA as the three best runners-up from groups 2–11. Teams that did not enter (FIFA World Ranking of 16 May 2007) CTA [180] COM [182] SOM [192] STP [199] Team Excluded (FIFA World Ranking of 16 May 2007) GNB [187] had their entry rejected as they had unpaid debts to CAF. Qualifying round The 47 nations were divided into 11 groups of four teams and 1 group of 3 teams, with the 12 group winners and the best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (originally groups 1–11, now groups 2–11 after the withdrawal of Djibouti from group 1) qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 2 September 2006 and 13 October 2007. Group 1 On 17 August 2006, the Djiboutian Football Federation announced that the Djibouti national team was withdrawing from the qualifying tournament, without giving a reason.17 August 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/5259778.stm Djibouti pull out of Nations Cup BBC News 2018-03-01 All Djibouti matches were therefore cancelled. main WDL Group 1 Q n CIV CIV GAB GAB MAD MAD DJI DJI W 3 1 0 13 0 2 1 1 6 5 0 0 4 0 14 Withdrew #ccffcc A #ffcccc R complete 2 September 2006 GAB 4–0 MAD Antchouet 40Cousin 67 pen. N'Zigou 76, 82 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville 3,000 8 October 2006 CIV 5–0 GAB K. Touré 10Koné 22 55 70Dindane 32 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 25 March 2007 MAD 0–3 CIV Gohouri 29Dindane 35Diané 82 Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo 3 June 2007 CIV 5–0 MAD Kalou 18Koné 30 82Y. Touré 48Drogba 90 Stade Bouaké, Bouaké 25,000 17 June 2007 MAD 0–2 GAB Akieremy 20Méyé 89 Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo 8 September 2007 GAB 0–0 CIV Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville Group 2 main WDL Group 2 Q n EGY EGY MTN MTN 1959 BDI BDI BOT BOT 3 3 0 9 2 2 1 3 9 10 2 1 3 6 8 2 1 3 3 7 #ccffcc A complete 2 September 2006 EGY 4–1 BDI Zidan 5Hosny 29Aboutrika 31Hassan 52 pen. Se. Ndikumana 79 pen. Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 2 September 2006 MTN 1959 4–0 BOT Mbodjj 2Moussa 10 23Langlet 31 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 7 October 2006 BOT 0–0 EGY Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone 8 October 2006 BDI 3–1 MTN 1959 Sa. Ndikumana 3 30Mbazumutima 45 Benyachou 7 Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura 25 March 2007 BOT 1–0 BDI Siska 57 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone 25 March 2007 EGY 3–0 MTN 1959 Zidan 20Sidibé 23 o.g. Ghaly 66 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 3 June 2007 BDI 1–0 BOT Hakimana 63 Stade Amahoro, KigaliHeld in neighbouring Rwanda because Burundi's Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore is unavailable. 3 June 2007 MTN 1959 1–1 EGY Langlet 67 Hassan 15 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott 16 June 2007 BOT 2–1 MTN 1959 Marumo 19Selolwane 40 Langlet 75 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone 9 September 2007Burundi vs Egypt, originally to be played on 17 June 2007 in Rwanda, postponed due to logistical problems encountered in Kigali. The last round of matches, due to be played in the weekend of 8 September 2007, also postponed as a result. BDI 0–0 EGY Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura 13 October 2007 EGY 1–0 BOT Fadl 77 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 13 October 2007 MTN 1959 2–1 BDI Corville 32Teguedi 50 Imantona 85 pen. Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Group 3 main WDL Group 3 Q n NGA NGA UGA UGA NIG NIG LES LES 5 0 1 10 3 3 2 1 8 3 1 1 4 5 11 1 1 4 3 9 #ccffcc A complete 2 September 2006 UGA 3–0 LES 1987 Massa 29 42 Obua 57 pen. Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala 2 September 2006 NGA 2–0 NIG Yakubu 27Obodo 60 Abuja Stadium, Abuja 8 October 2006 LES 1987 0–1 NGA Yakubu 50 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 8 October 2006 NIG 0–0 UGA Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey 24 March 2007 NGA 1–0 UGA Kanu 73 MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta 25 March 2007 LES 3–1 NIG Potse 22 44Marai 75 Kamilou 80 Setsoto National Stadium, Maseru 2 June 2007 UGA 2–1 NGA Obua 52 pen. Sekagya 65 pen. Utaka 25 Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala 3 June 2007 NIG 2–0 LES Djibo 10Sacko 36 Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey 17 June 2007 NIG 1–3 NGA Kamilou 68 Kanu 40Taiwo 70Yakubu 89 Général Seyni Kountché Stadion, Niamey 19 June 2007Postponed from 17 June 2007 after the match officials failed to arrive on time. LES 0–0 UGA Setsoto National Stadium, Maseru 8 September 2007 NGA 2–0 LES Makinwa 42Uche 73 Warri Township Stadium, Warri 8 September 2007 UGA 3–1 NIG Obua 2 pen. 77 86 Idrissa 45 Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala Group 4 main WDL Group 4 Q n SUD SUD TUN TUN SEY SEY MRI MRI 5 0 1 13 4 4 1 1 12 3 1 1 4 3 14 0 2 4 3 10 #ccffcc A A complete 3 September 2006 MRI 0–0 TUN Stade George V, Curepipe 3 September 2006 SUD 3–0 SEY Galag 22Tambal 77 pen. 90 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 7 October 2006 SEY 2–1 MRI Brutus 22 81 Godon 50 Stade Linité, Victoria 7 October 2006 TUN 1–0 SUD Lado 79 o.g. Stade 7 Novembre, Radès 24 March 2007 SEY 0–3 TUN Jemâa 16 76 80 Stade Linité, Victoria 25 March 2007 MRI 1–2 SUD Naboth 68 Agab 42 86 Stade George V, Curepipe 2 June 2007 SUD 3–0 MRI Lado 24 65 Agab 44 Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman 2 June 2007 TUN 4–0 SEY Jemâa 25Zaiem 41 66Chermiti 81 Stade 7 Novembre, Radès 16 June 2007 SEY 0–2 SUD Agab 46Tambal 61 Stade Linité, Victoria 16 June 2007 TUN 2–0 MRI Jemâa 44Nafti 60 Stade 7 Novembre, Radès 9 September 2007 MRI 1–1 SEY Perle 59 Godfrey 43 pen. Stade George V, Curepipe 9 September 2007 SUD 3–2 TUN Alaa Eldin Babiker 26 Agab 61 pen. Mousa 72 Tafti 55 Santos 82 pen. Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum Group 5 main WDL Group 5 Q n CMR CMR EQG EQG RWA RWA LBR LBR 5 0 1 13 4 3 1 2 6 7 2 0 4 10 11 1 1 4 6 13 #ccffcc A complete 3 September 2006 RWA 0–3 CMR Feutchine 55 Geremi 62Nguemo 84 Stade Amahoro, Kigali 3 September 2006 EQG 2–1 LBR J. Epitié 24 Bodipo 88 Zah Rahan 35 Estadio Internacional, Malabo 7 October 2006 CMR 3–0 EQG Idrissou 72 89Webó 80 Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé 8 October 2006 LBR 3–2 RWA Doe 24Makor 68Williams 76 Karekezi 70Mulenda 82 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 24 March 2007 CMR 3–1 LBR Webó 12 24Idrissou 86 Doe 38 Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé 25 March 2007 EQG 3–1 RWA Neles 10 Juvenal 75 J. Epitié 83 Karekezi 17 Estadio Internacional, Malabo 2 June 2007 RWA 2–0 EQG Niyonzima 57 77 Stade Amahoro, Kigali 3 June 2007 LBR 1–2 CMR Mennoh 80 Mbia 12Eto'o 78 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 17 June 2007 CMR 2–1 RWA Idrissou 16Geremi 49 Gatete 79 Stade Omnisports Roumdé Adjia, Garoua 17 June 2007 LBR 0–0 EQG Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 8 September 2007 RWA 4–0 LBR Bokota 21 Makasi 29 Witakenge 85 Karekezi 89 Stade Amahoro, Kigali 9 September 2007 EQG 1–0 CMR Juvenal 35 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Group 6 main WDL Group 6 Q n ANG ANG ERI ERI KEN KEN SWZ SWZ Swaziland 4 1 1 16 5 2 3 1 5 8 2 1 3 6 7 0 3 3 0 7 #ccffcc A complete 2 September 2006 KEN 1–2 ERI Mambo Mumba 65 Origi 60 o.g.Shimangus 68 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 3 September 2006 SWZ Swaziland 0–2 ANG Jamba 21Locó 80 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba 7 October 2006 ERI 0–0 SWZ Swaziland Asmara Stadium, Asmara 8 October 2006 ANG 3–1 KEN Flávio 27 68Mateus 60 Ambani 81 Estadio Nacional da Cidadela Desportiva, Luanda 25 March 2007 ANG 6–1 ERI Flávio 26 69Mantorras 35Zé Kalanga 41Mendonça 51Figueiredo 80 Tenese Gay 58 Estadio Nacional da Cidadela Desportiva, Luanda 25 March 2007 KEN 2–0 SWZ Swaziland Mariga 51Shikanda 75 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 2 June 2007 ERI 1–1 ANG Abubeker 17 Maurito 88 Asmara Stadium, Asmara 3 June 2007 SWZ Swaziland 0–0 KEN Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba 16 June 2007 ERI 1–0 KEN Aregay 80 Asmara Stadium, Asmara 17 June 2007 ANG 3–0 SWZ Swaziland Figueiredo 18Love 25Flávio 56 Estadio Nacional da Cidadela Desportiva, Luanda 8 September 2007 KEN 2–1 ANG Boya 18Oliech 87 Manucho 35 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 9 September 2007 SWZ Swaziland 0–0 ERI Trade Fair Ground, Manzini Group 7 main WDL Group 7 Q n SEN SEN MOZ MOZ TAN TAN BFA BFA 3 2 1 12 3 2 3 1 5 4 2 2 2 4 7 1 1 4 5 12 #ccffcc A complete 2 September 2006 TAN 2–1 BFA Koulibaly 23 o.g.Khalfan 65 Cissé 39 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 2 September 2006 SEN 2–0 MOZ Nando 33 o.g.Ndaw 61 Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar 7 October 2006 BFA 1–0 SEN Yameogo 63 pen. Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 8 October 2006 MOZ 0–0 TAN Estádio da Machava, Maputo 24 March 2007 SEN 4–0 TAN Niang 35 49 64Kamara 46 Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor, Dakar 24 March 2007 BFA 1–1 MOZ Pitroipa 36 Mano 2 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 2 June 2007 TAN 1–1 SEN Khalfan 18 Ba 75 CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza 3 June 2007 MOZ 3–1 BFA Monteiro 7Tico-Tico 42 48 Sanou 38 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 16 June 2007 BFA 0–1 TAN Nyoni 77 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 17 June 2007 MOZ 0–0 SEN Estádio da Machava, Maputo 8 September 2007 SEN 5–1 BFA N'Daw 28N'Doye 69Camara 73 83Diouf 87 Traoré 40 Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor, Dakar 8 September 2007 TAN 0–1 MOZ Tico-Tico 8 Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Group 8 main WDL Group 8 Q n GUI GUI ALG ALG GAM GAM CPV CPV 3 2 1 10 3 2 2 2 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 2 3 3 10 #ccffcc A complete 3 September 2006 GAM 2–0 CPV Ceesay 8 pen. Jatta 88 Independence Stadium, Bakau 3 September 2006 GUI 0–0 ALG Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry 7 October 2006 ALG 1–0 GAM Ziani 75 pen. Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 7 October 2006 CPV 1–0 GUI Lito 52 Estádio da Várzea, Praia 24 March 2007 GAM 0–2 GUI Diawara 50Feindouno 70 Independence Stadium, Bakau 24 March 2007 ALG 2–0 CPV Deham 60Meniri 89 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 2 June 2007 CPV 2–2 ALG Soares 65 Borges 90 Bougherra 33Saifi 84 Estádio da Várzea, Praia 3 June 2007 GUI 2–2 GAM Diallo 10 Mansaré 53 Sonko 51 Jagne 71 Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry 16 June 2007 ALG 0–2 GUI Mansaré 43 Feindouno 84 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 16 June 2007 CPV 0–0 GAM Estádio da Várzea, Praia 9 September 2007 GAM 2–1 ALG Jatta 75 pen. 86 Saifi 58 Independence Stadium, Bakau 9 September 2007 GUI 4–0 CPV Feindouno 19Cissé 32Camara 39Bangoura 45 Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry Group 9 main WDL Group 9 Q n MLI MLI BEN BEN TOG TOG SLE SLE 3 3 0 10 1 3 2 1 10 4 3 0 3 7 9 0 1 5 1 14 #ccffcc A A complete 3 September 2006 SLE 0–0 MLI National Stadium, Freetown 3 September 2006 TOG 2–1 BEN Dossevi 15Amewou 75 Tchomogo 83 Stade de Kégué, Lome 8 October 2006 BEN 2–0 SLE Chitou 22Ogunbiyi 77 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 8 October 2006 MLI 1–0 TOG Traoré 90+1 Stade 26 mars, Bamako 24 March 2007 TOG 3–1 SLE Adebayor 37 85Olufade 62 Wobay 77 Stade de Kégué, Lome 25 March 2007 MLI 1–1 BEN Kanouté 47 pen. Ogunbiyi 44 Stade 26 mars, Bamako 3 June 2007 SLE 0–1 TOG senaya 78 National Stadium, Freetown 3 June 2007 BEN 0–0 MLI Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 17 June 2007 BEN 4–1 TOG Omotoyossi 44 52Sessègnon 47Ogunbiyi 58 Olufade 75 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 17 June 2007 MLI 6–0 SLE Sidibé 22 pen. Keita 68 87 M. Diallo 76L. Diallo 89 Basala 90 Stade 26 mars, Bamako 12 October 2007Both matches postponed from 8 September 2007 due to general elections in Sierra Leone. SLE 0–2 BEN Tchomogo 9 63 National Stadium, Freetown 12 October 2007 TOG 0–2 MLI Kanouté 41M. Diallo 90 Stade de Kégué, Lome Group 10 main WDL Group 10 Q n NAM NAM COD COD LBY LBY 1977 ETH ETH 1996 3 1 2 9 8 2 3 1 8 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 0 4 5 9 #ccffcc A complete 3 September 2006 ETH 1996 1–0 LBY 1977 Mebratu 15 Addis Abeba Stadium, Addis Ababa 3 September 2006 COD 3–2 NAM Mbele 31Kalulika 67Kinkela 80 Plaatjies 37 60 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 7 October 2006 NAM 1–0 ETH 1996 Jacobs 18 pen. Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek 8 October 2006 LBY 1977 1–1 COD Hussein 63 Bageta 40 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli 25 March 2007 LBY 1977 2–1 NAM Al Rewani 12El Taib 61 Helu 88 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli 29 April 2007Postponed from 25 March 2007 due to civil unrest COD 2–0 ETH 1996 Mbungu 29LuaLua 52 pen. Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 1 June 2007 ETH 1996 1–0 COD Said 30 Addis Abeba Stadium, Addis Ababa 2 June 2007 NAM 1–0 LBY 1977 Benjamin 5 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek 16 June 2007 NAM 1–1 COD Pienaar 40 Matumona 27 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek 17 June 2007 LBY 1977 3–1 ETH 1996 Zuway 11 48 Al Rewani 23 Tefera 59 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli 8 September 2007 COD 1–1 LBY 1977 Nonda 39 pen. Hussein 51 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa 8 September 2007 ETH 1996 2–3 NAM Bogale 44Said 67 Bester 64 82Katupose 86 Addis Abeba Stadium, Addis Ababa Group 11 Zambia finished as group winner by winning the head-to-head against South Africa. main WDL Q n ZAM ZAM RSA RSA CGO CGO CHA CHA 3 2 1 9 3 3 2 1 10 4 1 4 1 5 6 0 2 4 3 14 #ccffcc A A complete 2 September 2006 RSA 0–0 CGO First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg 3 September 2006 CHA 0–2 ZAM Chamanga 47Phiri 58 Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena 8 October 2006 CGO 3–1 CHA Abdoulaye 17Malonga 29N'Guessi 46 Betolngar 89 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville 8 October 2006 ZAM 0–1 RSA Makoena 28 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 24 March 2007 CHA 0–3 RSA Moriri 32Buckley 45+Zuma 76 Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena 25 March 2007 CGO 0–0 ZAM Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville 2 June 2007 RSA 4–0 CHA Morris 13Zuma 23 33Nomvethe 74 Absa Stadium, Durban 2 June 2007 ZAM 3–0 CGO Mulenga 22Ngo 74 o.g.Chalwe 87 Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe 16 June 2007 ZAM 1–1 CHA Mbesuma 57 Kedigui 13 Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe 17 June 2007 CGO 1–1 RSA Bantsimba 59 Zuma 51 Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire 9 September 2007 CHA 1–1 CGO Djimrangar 90 Mayimbi 6 Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena 9 September 2007 RSA 1–3 ZAM McCarthy 51 Katongo 6 28 30 Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Group 12 main WDL Group 12 Q n MAR MAR ZIM ZIM MWI MWI 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 2 4 5 1 0 3 2 6 #ccffcc A complete 2 September 2006 MAR 2–0 MWI Chamakh 50Boussoufa 72 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat 7 October 2006 MWI 1–0 ZIM Chavula 33 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre 25 March 2007 ZIM 1–1 MAR Nyandoro 82 Hadji 7 Rufaro Stadium, Harare 2 June 2007 MAR 2–0 ZIM Chamakh 3 Hadji 26 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 16 June 2007 MWI 0–1 MAR El Moubarki 12 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre 9 September 2007 ZIM 3–1 MWI Nkhatha 24Mteki 54Mwanjali 61 Kanyenda 43 Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo Best runners-up (groups 2-11) The best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) would qualify for the finals. main WDL Q n y TUN TUN BEN BEN RSA RSA UGA UGA EQG EQG COD COD MOZ MOZ ERI ERI ALG ALG MTN MTN 1959 4 1 1 12 3 3 2 1 10 4 3 2 1 10 4 3 2 1 8 3 3 1 2 6 7 2 3 1 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 2 3 1 5 8 2 2 2 6 6 2 1 3 9 10 #ccffcc A A A complete Top goalscorers ScorerGoalsNationClubArouna Koné5Cote d'IvoireESP SevillaDavid Obua5UgandaSouth Africa Kaizer ChiefsFaisal Agab5SudanSudan Al-MerreikhFlávio5AngolaEGY Al AhlyIssam Jemâa5TunisiaFRA CaenMohammadou Idrissou4CameroonGER MSV DuisburgSibusiso Zuma4South AfricaGER Arminia BielefeldPascal Feindouno3GuineaFRA Saint-ÉtienneYakubu3NigeriaENG EvertonChris Katongo3ZambiaDenmark Brøndby Source: Official site - qualifying References External links Draw details at BBC Sport 2008 African Nations Cup qualifying at CAFOnline.com 2008 African Nations Cup at RSSSF Official MTN African Cup of Nations website Ghana CAN 2008 - African Cup of Nations News https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120917/http://sports.thinkghana.com/ghanacan2008 28 September 2007 Official site - qualifying Qualification 2008 Cup of Nations qualification Cup of Nations qualification