2011 African U-23 Championship qualification

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2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the first two qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. These matches also serve as part of the qualifiers for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London.

Seeding

In total, 39 teams opted to enter the qualifying tournament. The top 25 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the first qualifying round.

Seeded Unseeded

Preliminary qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sierra Leone  2–2 (1–3 p)  Liberia 1–1 1–1
Somalia  0–1  Sudan 0–0 0–1
Botswana  1–0  Namibia 1–0 0–0
DR Congo  w/o  Chad — —
Ethiopia  w/o  Equatorial Guinea — —
Swaziland  w/o  Mauritius — —
Djibouti  w/o  Madagascar — —
Sierra Leone 1–1 Liberia
  • Kamara 35'
Liberia 1–1 Sierra Leone
Penalties
3–1

Sierra Leone 2–2 Liberia on aggregate. Liberia won 3–1 on penalties

Somalia 0–0 Sudan
Sudan 1–0 Somalia

Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate

Botswana 1–0 Namibia
Nato 20'
Namibia 0–0 Botswana

Botswana won 1–0 on aggregate

First qualifying round

The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25–27 March 2011 (first leg) and 8–10 April 2011 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  3–0  Rwanda 2–0 1–0
Morocco  3–2  Mozambique 2–0 1–2
Cameroon  3–3 (1–3 p)  Tanzania 2–1 1–2
Senegal  1–1 (a)  Angola 0–0 1–1
South Africa  4–2  Libya 4–2 0–0
Algeria  4–0  Madagascar 3–0 1–0
Egypt  3–2  Botswana 2–0 1–2
Gabon  4–1  Swaziland 3–1 1–0
Burkina Faso  2–5  DR Congo 1–2 1–3
Ivory Coast  4–0  Liberia 4–0 0–0
Tunisia  3–0  Malawi 2–0 1–0
Benin  w/o  Gambia — —
Uganda  1–1 (2–4 p)  Congo 1–0 0–1
Mali  2–2 (a)  Guinea 0–0 2–2
Nigeria  9–1  Equatorial Guinea 5–0 4–1
Ghana  1–2  Sudan 0–1 1–1
Zambia 2–0 Rwanda
Rwanda 0–1 Zambia

Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate

Mozambique 2–1 Morocco

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate

Cameroon 2–1 Tanzania
Tanzania 2–1 Cameroon
 Report
Penalties
4–3

Tanzania 3–3 Cameroon. Tanzania won 5–3 on penalties

Senegal 0–0 Angola
Angola 1–1 (a.e.t.) Senegal
  • Belchior 114'

Angola 1–1 Senegal. Senegal won on away goals rule

South Africa 4–2 Libya
 Report
Libya 0–0 South Africa

South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate

Algeria 3–0 Madagascar

Algeria won 4–0 on aggregate

Botswana 2–1 Egypt
 Report

Egypt won 3–2 on aggregate

Gabon 3–1 Swaziland
Swaziland 0–1 Gabon

Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate

DR Congo 3–1 Burkina Faso

Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate

Ivory Coast 4–0 Liberia
 Report
Liberia 0–0 Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate

Tunisia 2–0 Malawi
Malawi 0–1 Tunisia
Report

Tunisia won 3–0 on aggregate

Benin advance after The Gambia withdrew

Uganda 1–0 Congo
Congo 1–0 Uganda
Penalties
4–2

Congo 1–1 Uganda. Congo won 4–2 on penalties

Mali 0–0 Guinea
Guinea 2–2 Mali

Guinea 2–2 Mali. Mali won on away goals rule

Equatorial Guinea 1–4 Nigeria
 Report

Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate

Ghana 0–1 Sudan
Report
Sudan 1–1 Ghana
 Report

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.[3]

Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.

Seeding

The pots were confirmed as follows:[4]

Pot A Pot B

Matches

The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  3–2  Zambia 3–0 0–2
Morocco  3–2  DR Congo 2–1 1–1
Congo  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–2 0–1
Gabon  1–0  Mali 0–0 1–0
Sudan  0–2  Egypt 0–0 0–2
Benin  4–6  South Africa 3–1 1–5
Tunisia  0–1  Senegal 0–0 0–1
Tanzania  1–3  Nigeria 1–0 0–3
Algeria 3–0 Zambia
Zambia 2–0 Algeria
 Report

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate

Morocco 2–1 DR Congo
DR Congo 1–1 Morocco
 Report

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate

Congo 1–2 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast 1–0 Congo
Gougouhi 10' Report

Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on aggregate

Gabon 0–0 Mali
Mali 0–1 (a.e.t.) Gabon
Report

Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate

Sudan 0–0 Egypt
Egypt 2–0 Sudan
 Report

Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate

Benin 3–1 South Africa
 Ndulula 31'
South Africa 5–1 Benin

South Africa 6–4 on aggregate

Tunisia 0–0 Senegal
Senegal 1–0 Tunisia

Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate

Tanzania 1–0 Nigeria
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Nigeria 3–0 Tanzania
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)

Nigeria 3–1 on aggregate

References

  1. ^ Mali to host Libya-South Africa Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine www.fifa.com
  2. ^ "Gambia's withdrawal sends Benin through". Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  3. ^ "Africa Men's 2012 Olympic Qualifier draw set for 13 April 2011 in Cairo". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  5. ^ "2012 Olympic Draw conducted in Cairo". Archived from the original on 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.