# 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

## Qualified teams

The 16 qualified teams were:
* Ghana as hosts.
* Ivory Coast as group 1 winner.
* Egypt as group 2 winner.
* Nigeria as group 3 winner.
* Sudan as group 4 winner.
* Cameroon as group 5 winner.
* Angola as group 6 winner.
* Senegal as group 7 winner.
* Guinea as group 8 winner.
* Mali as group 9 winner.
* Namibia as group 10 winner.
* Zambia as group 11 winner.
* Morocco as group 12 winner.
* Tunisia, Benin, and South Africa as the three best runners-up from groups 2–11.

## Teams that did not enter

(FIFA World Ranking of 16 May 2007)
* Central African Republic [180]
* Comoros [182]
* Somalia [192]
* São Tomé and Príncipe [199]

## Team Excluded

(FIFA World Ranking of 16 May 2007)
* Guinea-Bissau [187] had their entry rejected as they had unpaid debts to CAF.

## Qualifying round

The 47 nations were divided into 11 groups of four teams and 1 group of 3 teams, with the 12 group winners and the best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (originally groups 1–11, now groups 2–11 after the withdrawal of Djibouti from group 1) qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 2 September 2006 and 13 October 2007.

### Group 1

On 17 August 2006, the Djiboutian Football Federation announced that the Djibouti national team was withdrawing from the qualifying tournament, without giving a reason. All Djibouti matches were therefore cancelled.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 10 |
| Gabon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| Djibouti (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 |
| Burundi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 |
| Botswana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Nigeria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 |
| Uganda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 |
| Niger | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sudan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 15 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 |
| Seychelles | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 |

### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cameroon | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 15 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 |

### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 |
| Eritrea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 9 |
| Kenya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 |
| Swaziland | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 3 |

### Group 7

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Senegal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 11 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 |

### Group 8

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Guinea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 |
| Algeria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Gambia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 5 |

### Group 9

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mali | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 |
| Benin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| Togo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 |
| Sierra Leone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 |

### Group 10

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Namibia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 |
| DR Congo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 |
| Libya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 |

### Group 11

Zambia finished as group winner by winning the head-to-head against South Africa.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zambia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 |
| South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| Congo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 |
| Chad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 2 |

### Group 12

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Morocco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |

### Best runners-up (groups 2-11)

The best 3 runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) would qualify for the finals.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 |
| Benin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| Uganda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 |
| DR Congo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 |
| Eritrea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 9 |
| Algeria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 |

## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Nation | Club |
| Arouna Koné | 5 | Ivory Coast | Sevilla |
| David Obua | 5 | Uganda | Kaizer Chiefs |
| Faisal Agab | 5 | Sudan | Al-Merreikh |
| Flávio | 5 | Angola | Al Ahly |
| Issam Jemâa | 5 | Tunisia | Caen |
| Mohammadou Idrissou | 4 | Cameroon | MSV Duisburg |
| Sibusiso Zuma | 4 | South Africa | Arminia Bielefeld |
| Pascal Feindouno | 3 | Guinea | Saint-Étienne |
| Yakubu | 3 | Nigeria | Everton |
| Chris Katongo | 3 | Zambia | Brøndby |
Source: Official site - qualifying