The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches determined the participating teams for the

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. A total of 16 teams competed in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Prior to November 2014, it was expected that

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would be the host country (and thus be pre-qualified). However, as Morocco missed the 9 November deadline for confirming their willingness to host (because of the

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was expelled from the tournament.

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

was chosen as the new host, and despite having played in the qualifiers and been disqualified due to fielding an ineligible player, they now qualify for the tournament automatically.

Qualified teams

Format

The qualifying draw was supposed to take place in

on 10 March 2013 during CAF General Assembly. However, the CAF Executive Committee decided on 8 March 2013 that the qualifying draw would be held on 31 January 2014 in

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in line with the 2014 African Nations Championship. However, on 28 January 2014, the draw date was reported to have changed once again. The qualifying draw was held on 27 April 2014 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

(with the exception of the preliminary round which was held on 21 February 2014 in Cairo). A total of 51 teams entered the qualification matches (

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

and

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

did not enter). After the CAF Executive Committee meeting on 24 January 2014, it was decided that the qualifiers shall be played in the format of several qualifying rounds, as well as a group stage with seven groups consisting of four teams each. The two top teams of each group then directly qualify for the finals, along with the best third place team of the seven groups. This was different from the original proposal, which consisted of a preliminary round followed by a group stage with twelve groups of four teams. The top 21 teams listed in the CAF Ranking shall automatically qualify for the group stage. The seven other teams playing in the group stage shall be determined following the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. The ranking is computed using the teams' results in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 3) and qualifiers, the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals (weighted by 2) and qualifiers (weighted by 0.5), the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finals, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. If tied on points, the tiebreaker is decided by the results of the latest editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Below are the ranking of the 51 teams that entered the qualification matches:

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Qualifying rounds

In each of the qualifying rounds, teams were drawn into knock-out ties. Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away

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basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the

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was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a

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(no

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was played).

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held at the CAF Executive Committee on 21 February 2014 at

. The four teams ranked 48–51 played in this round.

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the

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. ----

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

advanced to the

after

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, who have a history of their players defecting whilst on international duty, withdrew.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 27 April 2014 at

. The 26 teams ranked 22–47 and the two winners of the preliminary round played in this round. Teams ranked 22–35 were seeded, and teams ranked 36–47 and the two winners of the preliminary round were unseeded.

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won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the

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won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ---- 2–2 on aggregate.

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won on the

and advanced to the

. ----

won 3–1 on aggregate. However, on 3 July 2014, the CAF announced that Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding the ineligible player

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in the tie, and as a result,

advanced to the

. Equatorial Guinea later qualified for the final tournament as replacement hosts. ---- Congo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ----

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ----

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ----

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ----

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ---- Seychelles national football team, Seychelles advanced to the

after

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were suspended from all CAF competitions for two years for deliberately fielding overage players in the 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification match against Liberia. ----

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ---- 3–3 on aggregate.

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

won on the

and advanced to the

. ----

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the

. ----

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 27 April 2014 at

. The 14 winners of the first round played in this round.

won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to

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. ----

won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to Group E. ---- 2–2 on aggregate.

won the

. However, on 17 August 2014, the CAF announced that Rwanda were disqualified for fielding the ineligible player Daddy Birori in the tie, as it emerged that Birori had been using a different name and a Congolese passport when playing for his club side, AS Vita. As a result, Congo advanced to

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. ----

won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to Group G. ----

advanced to #Group D, Group D after Seychelles national football team, Seychelles withdrew. Seychelles were forced to forfeit after the Sierra Leone team was barred by the Seychelles immigration authorities from entering the country to play the second leg for fears over the

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. ---- 1–1 on aggregate.

won the

and advanced to

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. ----

won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to Group F.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2014 at

. The 21 teams ranked 1–21 and the seven winners of the second round played in this round. Teams ranked 1–7 were seeded into Pot 1, teams ranked 8–14 were seeded into Pot 2, teams ranked 15–21 were seeded into Pot 3, and the seven winners of the second round were seeded into Pot 4. The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four, with each group containing one team from each pot. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group, plus the best third-placed team, qualified for the

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. ;Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: #Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; #

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in games between the teams concerned; #Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; #

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scored in games between the teams concerned; #If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 applied; #Goal difference in all games; #Goals scored in all games; #Away goals scored in all games; #Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Ranking of third-placed teams

Goalscorers

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* Rodrigue Ninga * Yacine Saandi *

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* Césaire Gandzé * Sylvère Ganvoula * Francis N'Ganga *

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* Firmin Ndombe Mubele *

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* Dio *

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* César Augusto Rivas * Abebaw Butako *

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* Samson Mbingui *

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* Emmanuel Lekhanya * Bushi Moletsane * Mabuti Potloane *

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* John Banda *

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* Bessam * Ismaël Diakité * Demba Sow * Diogo * Kito *

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* Gbolahan Salami *

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* Michel Ndahinduka * Dame N'Doye *

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* Sulaiman Sesay-Fullah *

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* Bakri Almadina * Sidumo Shongwe * John Bocco *

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* Thomas Ulimwengu *

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* Donou Kokou *

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* Savio Kabugo * Hamis Kiiza * Brian Majwega * Tony Mawejje * Robert Ssentongo *

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* Ronald Kampamba *

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* Danny Phiri ;Own goal * Fernander Kassaï (playing against Guinea-Bissau) * Tsoanelo Koetle (playing against Angola) * Prince Jetoh (playing against Lesotho) * Sadat Ouro-Akoriko (playing against Ghana)

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