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The 2018 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the
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. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament.


Teams

A total of 48 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *Central African Republic were excluded by the CAF from participating because of their withdrawal against DR Congo in the
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. *Chad withdrew on 27 March 2016, but however, on 24 May 2016, Chad announced that they would not be able to qualify for CHAN 2018, and São Tomé and Príncipe officially entered the qualification, along with Equatorial Guinea. *Egypt were expected to withdraw from the CHAN 2018, but however, on 4 June 2016, it was announced that Egypt would participate in the CHAN 2018 qualification. *On 12 March 2017, the
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announced their senior national football team would withdraw from the competition due to the lack of funding. However, they later announced its reversal of this decision and would continue to compete. *Kenya were the original hosts and would have qualified automatically. However, on 23 September 2017, the CAF decided to withdraw their hosting rights due to a lack of progress with preparations. *Morocco were named as the new hosts on 14 October 2017. Since they had already qualified in the North Zone, their spot in the final tournament was re-allocated to Egypt, which lost to Morocco in the North Zone final qualifying round. However, Egypt declined to participate citing a "congested domestic calendar". As a result, the spot was reverted to Central-East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including Kenya as original hosts), and would go to the winner of a play-off between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central-East Zone final qualifying round.


Schedule

The draw was held on 3 February 2017 at Libreville,
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. The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.


Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the
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would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


North Zone

*All four teams (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco) entered the first round.


First round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Libya won 3–2 on aggregate.''


West A Zone

*All eight teams (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone) entered the first round.


First round

''Senegal won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Guinea won 10–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Mauritania won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Mali won 4–0 on aggregate.''


Second round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Guinea won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Mauritania won 3–2 on aggregate.''


West B Zone

*Two teams (Benin, Togo) entered the first round. *Five teams (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria) entered the second round.


First round

''2–2 on aggregate. Benin won 8–7 on penalties.''


Second round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Ivory Coast won on away goals.'' ---- ''Burkina Faso won 4–3 on aggregate.''


Central Zone

*All six teams (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe) entered the first round.


First round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Equatorial Guinea won on walkover after Gabon withdrew prior to the first leg.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Congo won on away goals.'' ---- ''Cameroon won 4–0 on aggregate.''


Central-East Zone

*Two teams (Somalia, South Sudan) entered the first round. *Seven teams (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) entered the second round.


First round

''South Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.''


Second round

''Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Rwanda won on away goals.'' ---- ''Ethiopia won on walkover after Djibouti withdrew prior to the second leg. ---- ''Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate.''


Third round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.''


Play-off

Winner qualifies for
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(replacing the original hosts
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which would have qualified automatically). ''Rwanda won 3–2 on aggregate.''


South Zone

*Four teams (Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles) entered the first round. *Ten teams (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) entered the second round.


First round

''Madagascar won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Mauritius won 3–2 on aggregate.''


Second round

''Madagascar won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Angola won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Comoros win 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Namibia won 5–4 on penalties.'' ---- ''South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zambia won 7–0 on aggregate.''


Third round

Winners qualify for
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. ''Angola won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zambia won 4–2 on aggregate.''


Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. :
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.


Goalscorers

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;3 goals * Ibrahima Koné * Amadou Dia N'Diaye ;2 goals *
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* Hendrik Somaeb * Ryan Moon * Gift Motupa * Leon Uso Khamis * James Moga *
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* Koidjo Sewonou * Muzamiru Mutyaba * Derrick Nsibambi * Clatous Chama * Brian Mwila ;1 goal *
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* Oussama Darfalou * Geraldo *
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* Abderrahim Makran * Maninho * Salomão * Idrissa Halidou Garba * Imrana Seyni * Rabiu Ali *
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* Abeddy Biramahire * Muhadjiri Hakizimana * Thierry Manzi * Yannick Mukunzi * Dominique Savio Nshuti * Eric Rutanga * Sidy Bara Diop * Daouda Guèye Diémé * Assane Mbodj * Alassane Ndao * Leeroy Corallie * Yannick Manoo * Kemson Fofanah * Nathaniel Fullah * Abas Amin Mohamed * Elsamani Saadeldin * Mario Booysen * Duku Wurube * Himid Mao * Fackson Kapumbu *
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Notes


References


External links


Total African Nations Championship Qualifiers 2018
CAFonline.com
2018 CHAN Qualifiers
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