# Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for football tournament at the 2003 All-Africa Games.

## Qualification stage
### Zone I (North Africa)

Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Libya | 1–1 (a) | Algeria | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Algeria qualified.

### Zone II (West Africa 1)
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mali | w/o | Mauritania | — | — |
| Senegal | 4–3 | Guinea | 1–1 | 3–2 |
Senegal advanced to the second round.

#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Senegal | 2–1 | Mali | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Senegal qualified.

### Zone III (West Africa 2)
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liberia | w/o | Benin | — | — |
| Togo | w/o | Niger | — | — |

#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liberia | w/o | Ghana | — | — |
| Togo | w/o | Ivory Coast | — | — |
| Ghana | bye | | | |
| Ivory Coast | bye | | | |

#### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ghana | w/o | Ivory Coast | — | — |
Ghana qualified.

### Zone IV (Central Africa)
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rwanda | w/o | Congo | — | — |
| Cameroon | bye | | | |

#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cameroon | 4–2 | Rwanda | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Cameroon qualified.

### Zone V (East Africa)

Tournament held in Egypt. Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda withdrew after Egypt refused to honour their pledge to provide participating nations with return air tickets.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Ethiopia (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudan (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egypt qualified.

### Zone VI (Southern Africa)
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Swaziland | 1–3 | Namibia | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Botswana | 3–1 | Lesotho | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Namibia qualified to the second round.
Botswana qualified to the second round.

#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Zambia | 3–2 | Namibia | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| South Africa | 4–4 (4–3 p) | Malawi | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Angola | 5–2 | Botswana | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Zimbabwe qualified to the third round.
Zambia qualified to the third round.
South Africa qualified to the third round.
Angola qualified to the third round.

#### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Zimbabwe | 2–2 (a) | Zambia | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| South Africa | 4–2 | Angola | 2–0 | 2–2 |
Zambia qualified.
South Africa qualified.

### Zone VII (Indian Ocean)

No matches, 2 teams qualify from Zone VI.

## Qualifying teams

The following 8 nations qualified for men's play at the 2003 All Africa Games. Two teams qualify from Zone VI replacing Zone VII.
| Zone | Team |
| Hosts | Nigeria |
| Zone I | Algeria |
| Zone II | Senegal |
| Zone III | Ghana |
| Zone IV | Cameroon |
| Zone V | Egypt |
| Zone VI | South Africa |
| Zone VI | Zambia |
| Zone VII | no team |