2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Qualified nations

:† Bold indicates champion for that year :† Italic indicates host

Format

A total of 47 countries entered the competition, including South Africa, which automatically qualified.

The remaining 46 teams competed in the qualifiers. In each of the three rounds, teams were drawn into two-legged home-and-away knock-out ties. Aggregate goals were used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout instead of any extra time being played.

• Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked four teams started from the preliminary round.
• First round: The two winners of the preliminary round joined the other 26 teams which did not qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
• Second round: The 14 winners of the first round joined the 16 teams which qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The 15 winners of the second round qualified for the finals.

The draw for the preliminary round and the first round was made on 28 October 2011 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The draw for the second round was made on 5 July 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after the first round was completed.

Below is the list of entrants:

;Notes

• Togo were banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following a deadly attack on their team bus. Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee.
• Did not enter: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Mauritania, Mauritius and Somalia. South Sudan was not able to enter as qualifying was already in progress when they became a CAF member.

Preliminary round

• Originally scheduled 6–8 and 20–22 January 2012. However, the São Tomé and Príncipe v Lesotho match was postponed from 8 January to 15 January at the request of the Lesotho Football Association due to the unavailability of flights to São Tomé via Libreville.

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;Notes

• Note 1: Swaziland withdrew due to financial reasons. Seychelles advanced to the First round against Congo DR.

São Tomé and Príncipe won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the First round against Sierra Leone.

First round

• Scheduled 29 February and 15–17 June 2012. The Central African Republic v Egypt match was postponed from 29 February to 30 June at the request of the Egyptian Football Association due to the Port Said Stadium disaster.

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• Note 2: Order of legs reversed after original draw.

1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Musa Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Lépicier Moussilou

Walusimbi Massa Okwi Uganda won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Nahayo

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Feghouli

Slimani
Soudani Algeria won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Wanga

2–2 on aggregate. Togo won on the away goals rule and advanced to the Second round.

Lasset

T. Bangura José Sierra Leone won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Djime

Kamwendo Malawi won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Mputu
Basilua

Issama
Kanda Congo DR won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Mexer
Miro
Whiskey
Paíto
Clésio
Zainadine
Telinho
Domingues Maftah Nditi Yondani Kapombe Bocco Domayo Ngassa Samatta 2–2 on aggregate. Mozambique won the penalty shootout and advanced to the Second round.

Salah Manga

Central African Republic won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Dady
F. Varela
T. Varela

Djaniny Cape Verde won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Liberia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Second round

Seeding

The 30 teams which qualified for the second round were ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2008, 2010, and 2012 editions. For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

• 2012 edition: points to be multiplied by 3
• 2010 edition: points to be multiplied by 2
• 2008 edition: points to be multiplied by 1

If two countries are equal in the number of points in the above classification the number of points that they have accumulated throughout all their matches played in the last 3 final tournaments of the CAN determined their ranking (on the basis of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a match lost).

The teams were divided into two pots based on the ranking. Each tie contained one team from each pot. The order of legs for each tie was determined by draw.

Matches

• Scheduled 7–9 September and 12–14 October 2012.

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• Note 3: Libya v Algeria played in neutral venue of Morocco due to the political situation in Libya.
• Note 4: Senegal v Ivory Coast was abandoned with 15 minutes to go, after the crowd started to riot. The result was confirmed as 2–0 in favor of Ivory Coast by the CAF.

N'Diaye
Maïga

Maïga
Samassa
M. K. Traore Mali won 7–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Billiat
Gutu

3–3 on aggregate. Angola won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Annan

Ghana won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Oliseh I. Uche

Musa
Moses
Mikel
I. Uche Nigeria won 8–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mwesigwa
Masaba
Onyango
Okwi
Kizza
Mawejje
Oloya
Kizito
Ochan Mayuka Chansa Sinkala Mweene F. Katongo Sakuwaha Kampamba Nkausu Sunzu 1–1 on aggregate. Zambia won the penalty shootout and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Djaniny

Olinga Cape Verde won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Domingues

Kharja
El-Arabi
Amrabat Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

A. Kamara Msakni

2–2 on aggregate. Tunisia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Garba Niger won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Bashir
Mosaab
Muhannad El Tahir Adane
Siyoum

Saladin 5–5 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Slimani Algeria won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Gervinho
Drogba
Gradel Cissé

Abandoned4 Ivory Coast won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Kanda
Ronan

Ricardinho Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Adebayor Togo won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Dagano Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Goalscorers

;3 goals

• ALG Islam Slimani
• ALG Hillal Soudani
• CPV Ryan Mendes
• CIV Didier Drogba
• COD Dieumerci Mbokani
• ETH Adane Girma
• NGA Ikechukwu Uche
• STP Jair Nunes

;2 goals

• ANG Manucho
• BFA Alain Traoré
• CPV Djaniny
• CTA David Manga
• CTA Hilaire Momi
• CHA Leger Djime
• COD Dioko Kaluyituka
• COD Déo Kanda
• MWI Atusaye Nyondo
• MLI Cheick Diabaté
• MLI Modibo Maïga
• NGA Ahmed Musa
• NGA Victor Moses
• SLE Teteh Bangura
• SLE Kei Kamara
• SDN Muhannad Tahir
• TOG Emmanuel Adebayor
• UGA Geoffrey Massa
• ZIM Knowledge Musona

;1 goal

• ALG Sofiane Feghouli
• ALG Foued Kadir
• ALG Antar Yahia
• ANG Djalma Campos
• BEN Mickaël Poté
• BFA Moumouni Dagano
• BDI Laudy Mavugo
• BDI Valery Nahayo
• BOT Mmusa Ohilwe
• CMR Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
• CMR Achille Emaná
• CMR Benjamin Moukandjo
• CMR Fabrice Olinga
• CPV Dady
• CPV Nhuck
• CPV Ricardo
• CPV Fernando Varela
• CPV Toni Varela
• CTA Foxi Kéthévoama
• CTA Vianney Mabidé
• CTA David Manga
• CHA Mahamat Labbo
• COD Jérémie Basilua
• COD Mpeko Issama
• COD Trésor Mputu
• COD Youssouf Mulumbu
• CGO Matt Moussilou
• CGO Fabrice N'Guessi
• CIV Gervinho
• CIV Max Gradel
• CIV Salomon Kalou
• EGY Emad Moteab
• EGY Mohamed Salah
• EGY Mohamed Zidan
• EQG Judson
• EQG Ricardinho
• ETH Getaneh Kebede
• ETH Saladin Said
• ETH Seyoum Tesfaye
• GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
• GAB Daniel Cousin
• GAM Momodou Ceesay
• GAM Saihou Gassama
• GHA Afriyie Acquah
• GHA Anthony Annan
• GHA Christian Atsu
• GUI Mohamed Yattara
• KEN James Situma
• KEN Allan Wanga
• LBR Sekou Oliseh
• LBR Omega Roberts
• LBR Dioh Williams
• LBR Patrick Wleh
• MAD Paulin Voavy
• MWI John Banda
• MWI Joseph Kamwendo
• MLI Mahamadou N'Diaye
• MLI Mamadou Samassa
• MLI Mohamed Kalilou Traoré
• MOZ Clésio Baúque
• MOZ Domingues
• MOZ Miro
• MOZ Jerry Sitoe
• MAR Nordin Amrabat
• MAR Abdelaziz Barrada
• MAR Youssef El-Arabi
• MAR Houssine Kharja
• NIG Mohamed Chikoto
• NIG Issoufou Boubacar Garba
• NGA Efe Ambrose
• NGA Nosa Igiebor
• NGA John Obi Mikel
• STP José
• STP Lasset
• SEN Papiss Cissé
• SEN Dame N'Doye
• SLE Alhaji Kamara
• SLE Alhassan Kamara
• SLE Medo Kamara
• SLE Sheriff Suma
• SDN Mohamed Ahmed Bashir
• SDN Mudathir El Tahir
• SDN Mosaab Omer
• TAN Mwinyi Kazimoto
• TAN Aggrey Morris
• TOG Razak Boukari
• TOG Serge Gakpé
• TOG Dové Wome
• TUN Fateh Gharbi
• TUN Youssef Msakni
• UGA Andrew Mwesigwa
• UGA Emmanuel Okwi
• UGA Mike Sserumaga
• UGA Godfrey Walusimbi
• ZAM Christopher Katongo
• ZIM Khama Billiat
• ZIM Archieford Gutu

;1 own goal

• ANG Mateus Galiano da Costa (playing against Zimbabwe)
• EQG Ronan Carolino Falcão (playing against DR Congo)

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