^The Morocco–Ethiopia match was suspended after 51 minutes due to Ethiopia being reduced to seven players; the result was affirmed.
^Match abandoned after 53 minutes due to crowd trouble. FIFA allowed the result to stand.
^Sierra Leone withdrew after one game due to the Sierra Leone Civil War on 22 March 1999, their result was annulled.
^Ethiopia played four matches in this group, before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July 2008.[5]
On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the EFF from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled.[6] While it was not clear if they were also explicitly excluded from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, their failure to complete the remaining fixtures effectively eliminated them from the tournament.