2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification
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.
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Preliminary qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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DR Congo | w/o | Chad | ||
Ethiopia | w/o | Equatorial Guinea | ||
Swaziland | w/o | Mauritius | ||
Djibouti | w/o | Madagascar | ||
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 |
First leg
10 October 2010 |
Somalia | 0–0 | Sudan |
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Second leg
Sierra Leone 2–2 Liberia on aggregate. Liberia won 3–1 on penalties
18 December 2010 |
Sudan | 1–0 | Somalia |
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Hamed 20' |
Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate
18 December 2010 |
Namibia | 0–0 | Botswana |
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Botswana won 1–0 on aggregate
First qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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/o1 | 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 |
- Notes
- Note 1: Benin advanced to the final round after Gambia withdrew.
The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25–27 March 2011 (first leg) and 8–10 April 2011 (second leg).
First leg
South Africa | 4–2 | Libya |
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Ndulula 22' Zwane 43' Bhengu 56' Masango 68' |
Report | Mphahlele 72' (o.g.) Al-Ghulla 90+4' |
27 March 2011 |
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Liberia |
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Déblé Serges 13', 63' Méité Yacouba 28' Traoré Lacina 90' |
Report |
26 March 2011 |
Uganda | 1–0 | Congo |
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Ndugwa 90' |
26 March 2011 |
Mali | 0–0 | Guinea |
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26 March 2011 |
Nigeria | 5–0 | Equatorial Guinea |
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Igiebor 44', 65' Ighalo 18' Lukman 26' Ehiosun 90+1' |
Report |
Second leg
Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate
Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate
Tanzania 3–3 Cameroon. Tanzania won 5–3 on penalties
Angola 1–1 Senegal. Senegal won on away goals rule
South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate
Algeria won 4–0 on aggregate
Egypt won 3–2 on aggregate
Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate
Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate
Côte d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate
Tunisia won 3–0 on aggregate
Benin advance after The Gambia withdrew
Congo 1–1 Uganda. Congo won 4–2 on penalties
Guinea 2–2 Mali. Mali won on away goals rule
Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate
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 | ||
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Draw
The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.[5]
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
First leg
Second leg
Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate
Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate
Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on aggregate
Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate
Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate
19 June 2011 14:00 |
South Africa | 5–1 | Benin |
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Bhengu 16' Sangweni 25' Masango 38' Ndulula 48' 87' |
Suanon 79' |
South Africa 6–4 on aggregate
Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate
Nigeria 3–1 on aggregate
References
- ↑ Mali to host Libya-South Africa www.fifa.com
- ↑ Gambia’s withdrawal sends Benin through
- ↑ "Africa Men's 2012 Olympic Qualifier draw set for 13 April 2011 in Cairo". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ↑ 2012 Olympic Draw conducted in Cairo