III Outernatia Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the III Outernatia Cup of Nations. This time, all OCAF members entered the competition, and the OCAF organized qualification rounds to reduce the field to 24 teams for the final tournament. 
Kimmystan qualified automatically as the host country, leaving 23 spots open for the remaining 12 countries.
==Format==
55 OCAF member associations were set to compete in the qualifying competition, with the hosts (Kimmystan) qualifying directly to the finals tournament. The other 54 teams are drawn into nine groups of six teams. The group winners, runners-up, and the best third-placed team (with the results against the sixth-placed team discarded) directly qualify to the finals. The eight remaining third-placed teams contest two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers for the finals.
==Qualifying tournament==
===Seeding===
The teams were divided into 6 points of 9 teams each. One team from each pot was then allocated to one of the nine groups.
{| class="wikitable"	 	
Pot 1	Pot 1	Pot 1
Team 	 	
 	1.43 	1
 	1.41 	2
 	1.4 	3
 	1.34 	4
 	1.26 	6
 	1.23 	7
 	1.2 	8
 	1.17 	9
 	1.17 	10
Legend
Group winners,runners-up and the best third placed team directly qualify for the finals
Third-placed teams advance to the play-offs
==Groups==
===Group A===
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Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	10 6 2 2 13 5 +8 	20 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10 5 4 1 15 7 +8 	19 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10 6 1 3 11 6 +5 	19 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10 5 1 4 12 10 +2 	16 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10 1 2 7 4 18 −14	5 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10 0 4 6 7 16 −9 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	5 	2 	1 	11 	4 	7 	17
 	8	4 	3 	1 	11 	7 	4 	15
 	8	4 	2 	2 	12 	5 	7 	14
 	8	3 	3 	2 	13 	12 	1 	12
 	8	1 	1 	6 	4 	11 	-7 	4
 	8	1 	1 	6 	2 	14 	-12 	4
===Group C===
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Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	4 	3 	1 	11 	7 	4 	15
 	8	4 	1 	3 	8 	6 	2 	13
 	8	3 	3 	2 	10 	9 	1 	12
 	8	2 	5 	1 	11 	10 	1 	11
 	8	2 	4 	2 	8 	8 	0 	10
 	8	0 	2 	6 	8 	16 	-8 	2
===Group D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	4 	2 	2 	14 	9 	5 	14
 	8	3 	3 	2 	16 	11 	5 	12
 	8	3 	3 	2 	15 	12 	3 	12
 	8	3 	3 	2 	10 	9 	1 	12
 	8	2 	2 	4 	11 	22 	-11 	8
 	8	0 	5 	3 	7 	10 	-3 	5
===Group E===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	5 	2 	1 	14 	9 	5 	17
 	8	4 	3 	1 	8 	6 	2 	15
 	8	4 	2 	2 	15 	11 	4 	14
 	8	2 	4 	2 	11 	11 	0 	10
 	8	1 	4 	3 	9 	10 	-1 	7
 	8	0 	1 	7 	3 	19 	-16 	1
===Group F===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	4 	2 	2 	10 	8 	2 	14
 	8	4 	2 	2 	6 	4 	2 	14
 	8	3 	4 	1 	11 	6 	5 	13
 	8	3 	3 	2 	5 	6 	-1 	12
 	8	2 	1 	5 	8 	12 	-4 	7
 	8	0 	4 	4 	5 	9 	-4 	4
===Group G===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	4 	2 	2 	12 	5 	7 	14
 	8	4 	2 	2 	15 	9 	6 	14
 	8	3 	4 	1 	18 	15 	3 	13
 	8	3 	1 	4 	14 	13 	1 	10
 	8	2 	3 	3 	15 	19 	-4 	9
 	8	0 	4 	4 	11 	24 	-13 	4
===Group H===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	6 	2 	0 	12 	5 	7 	20
 	8	4 	2 	2 	13 	11 	2 	14
 	8	3 	1 	4 	10 	11 	-1 	10
 	8	2 	3 	3 	8 	8 	0 	9
 	8	2 	1 	5 	5 	10 	-5 	7
 	8	1 	3 	4 	6 	9 	-3 	6
===Group I===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team	 	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	
 	8	5 	1 	2 	10 	7 	3 	16
 	8	5 	0 	3 	12 	6 	6 	15
 	8	5 	0 	3 	11 	10 	1 	15
 	8	4 	1 	3 	15 	10 	5 	13
 	8	4 	0 	4 	10 	10 	0 	12
 	8	0 	0 	8 	8 	23 	-15 	0
==Play-offs==
===Ranking of third-placed teams===
The highest ranked third-placed team from the groups directly qualified for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. 
Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	A 	 	10 	6	1	3	11	6 	5 	19 	Qualify for final tournament
2 	I 	 	10 	6	1	3	13	12	1 	19 	Advance to play-offs
3 	G 	 	10 	4	4	2	20	17	3 	16 	Advance to play-offs
4 	C 	 	10 	5	1	4	9 	7 	2 	16 	Advance to play-offs
5 	D 	 	10 	4	3	3	14	10	4 	15 	Advance to play-offs
6 	B 	 	10 	4	3	3	13	12	1 	15 	Advance to play-offs
7 	F 	 	10 	4	3	3	11	10	1 	15 	Advance to play-offs
8 	E 	 	10 	4	3	3	8 	11	-3	15 	Advance to play-offs
9 	H 	 	10 	4	1	5	12	13	-1	13 	Advance to play-offs
==Seeding==
The draw for the play-offs was held on 26 August 2016, 08:20 CEST, at the OCAF headquarters. The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the OCAF national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage. The four top-ranked teams were seeded and paired with the four unseeded teams.
The seedings were as follows:
{| class="wikitable"	 	
Team	 	
 	1.14	11
 	1.14	12
 	1.07	16
 	1.07	19
==Matches==
The schedule of the play-offs was published by OCAF within one hour of the draw. The eight matches were spread over the three days, with the first legs on 27 August 2016 and the second legs on 29 August 2016. The kickoff times were 18:00 or 20:45 CET (local times are in parentheses).
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==See also==
Category:Outernatia Cup of Nations
Category:Outernatia Cup of Nations qualification
Category:Sport event