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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the first two qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. These matches also serve as part of the qualifiers for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London.

Seeding

In total, 39 teams opted to enter the qualifying tournament. The top 25 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the first qualifying round.

Preliminary qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sierra Leone	2–2 (1–3 p)	Liberia	1–1	1–1
Somalia	0–1	Sudan	0–0	0–1
Botswana	1–0	Namibia	1–0	0–0
DR Congo	w/o	Chad	—	—
Ethiopia	w/o	Equatorial Guinea	—	—
Swaziland	w/o	Mauritius	—	—
Djibouti	w/o	Madagascar	—	—

Sierra Leone	1–1	Liberia
Kamara 35'		Johnson 56'

Liberia	1–1	Sierra Leone
Oliseh 50'
Penalties
	3–1

Sierra Leone 2–2 Liberia on aggregate. Liberia won 3–1 on penalties

Somalia	0–0	Sudan

Sudan	1–0	Somalia
Nizar Hamid 20'

Sudan won 1–0 on aggregate

Botswana	1–0	Namibia
Nato 20'

Namibia	0–0	Botswana

Botswana won 1–0 on aggregate

First qualifying round

The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25–27 March 2011 (first leg) and 8–10 April 2011 (second leg).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zambia	3–0	Rwanda	2–0	1–0
Morocco	3–2	Mozambique	2–0	1–2
Cameroon	3–3 (1–3 p)	Tanzania	2–1	1–2
Senegal	1–1 (a)	Angola	0–0	1–1
South Africa	4–2	Libya	4–2	0–0
Algeria	4–0	Madagascar	3–0	1–0
Egypt	3–2	Botswana	2–0	1–2
Gabon	4–1	Swaziland	3–1	1–0
Burkina Faso	2–5	DR Congo	1–2	1–3
Ivory Coast	4–0	Liberia	4–0	0–0
Tunisia	3–0	Malawi	2–0	1–0
Benin	w/o	Gambia	—	—
Uganda	1–1 (2–4 p)	Congo	1–0	0–1
Mali	2–2 (a)	Guinea	0–0	2–2
Nigeria	9–1	Equatorial Guinea	5–0	4–1
Ghana	1–2	Sudan	0–1	1–1

Zambia	2–0	Rwanda
Kabwe 24' Kola 34'

Rwanda	0–1	Zambia
		Nyainde 54'

Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate

Morocco	2–0	Mozambique
Hamdallah 83' Labyad 89'

Mozambique	2–1	Morocco
Cumbe 25' Uetimane 90+1'		Mokhtar 69'

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate

Cameroon	2–1	Tanzania
Pangwoh 10', 47'		Ulimwengu 40'

Tanzania	2–1	Cameroon
Makasi 11' Ulimwengu 64'	Report	Etoundi 10'
Penalties
	4–3

Tanzania 3–3 Cameroon. Tanzania won 5–3 on penalties

Senegal	0–0	Angola

Angola	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Belchior 114'		A. Fall 110'

Angola 1–1 Senegal. Senegal won on away goals rule

South Africa	4–2	Libya
Ndulula 22' Zwane 43' Bhengu 56' Masango 68'	Report	Mphahlele 72' (o.g.) Al-Ghulla 90+4'

Libya	0–0	South Africa

South Africa won 4–2 on aggregate

Algeria	3–0	Madagascar
Chalali 45+1', 78' Mesfar 86'

Madagascar	0–1	Algeria
		Aouedj 1'

Algeria won 4–0 on aggregate

Egypt	2–0	Botswana
Mohamed 31' Mohsen 77'	Report

Botswana	2–1	Egypt
Moeng 41', 61'	Report	Mohsen 80'

Egypt won 3–2 on aggregate

Gabon	3–1	Swaziland
Madinda 15' Bamba 52', 89'		Mdluli 46'

Swaziland	0–1	Gabon
		Tandjigora 1'

Gabon won 5–2 on aggregate

Burkina Faso	1–2	DR Congo
Plange 47'		Mutombo 66' Botayi 86'

DR Congo	3–1	Burkina Faso
Botayi 45', 75' Diego Mutombo 78' (pen.)		Ouedraogo 62'

Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate

Ivory Coast	4–0	Liberia
Déblé 13', 63' Meïté 28' Traoré 90'	Report

Liberia	0–0	Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate

Tunisia	2–0	Malawi
Msakni 4' Maâloul 61'

Malawi	0–1	Tunisia
	Report	Mhirsi 77'

Tunisia won 3–0 on aggregate

Benin	w/o	Gambia

Benin advance after The Gambia withdrew

Uganda	1–0	Congo
Ndugwa 90'

Congo	1–0	Uganda
Boukama-Kaya 53'
Penalties
	4–2

Congo 1–1 Uganda. Congo won 4–2 on penalties

Mali	0–0	Guinea

Guinea	2–2	Mali
Soumah 7' (pen.) Barry 84'		Traore 3' Kone 82'

Guinea 2–2 Mali. Mali won on away goals rule

Nigeria	5–0	Equatorial Guinea
Igiebor 44', 65' Ighalo 18' Lukman 26' Ehiosun 90+1'	Report

Equatorial Guinea	1–4	Nigeria
Abaga 72'	Report	Ehiosun 13', 64', 78' Uchechi 45'

Nigeria won 9–1 on aggregate

Ghana	0–1	Sudan
	Report	Martin 90'

Sudan	1–1	Ghana
Alagab 9'	Report	Adams 75'

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.

Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.

Seeding

The pots were confirmed as follows:

Matches

The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	3–2	Zambia	3–0	0–2
Morocco	3–2	DR Congo	2–1	1–1
Congo	1–3	Ivory Coast	1–2	0–1
Gabon	1–0	Mali	0–0	1–0
Sudan	0–2	Egypt	0–0	0–2
Benin	4–6	South Africa	3–1	1–5
Tunisia	0–1	Senegal	0–0	0–1
Tanzania	1–3	Nigeria	1–0	0–3

Algeria	3–0	Zambia
Aouedj 27', 66' Benlamri 45'

Zambia	2–0	Algeria
Mapande 13' Mwansa 75'	Report

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate

Morocco	2–1	DR Congo
Qasmi 8' Hamdallah 90+2'		Kanda 68'

DR Congo	1–1	Morocco
Kanda 58'	Report	Hamdallah 87'

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate

Congo	1–2	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	1–0	Congo
Gougouhi 10'	Report

Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on aggregate

Gabon	0–0	Mali

Mali	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Gabon
	Report	Ndong 112'

Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate

Sudan	0–0	Egypt

Egypt	2–0	Sudan
Shroyda 58' Ahmed 68'	Report

Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate

Benin	3–1	South Africa
Suanon 40', 42' Dassagaté 50'		Ndulula 31'

South Africa	5–1	Benin
Bhengu 16' Sangweni 25' Masango 38' Ndulula 48', 87'		Suanon 79'

South Africa 6–4 on aggregate

Tunisia	0–0	Senegal

Senegal	1–0	Tunisia
A. Sané 50'

Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate

Tanzania	1–0	Nigeria
Ulimwengu 82'

Nigeria	3–0	Tanzania
Ehiosun 3' Oseni 56' Musa 90'

Nigeria 3–1 on aggregate

References

1. Mali to host Libya-South Africa Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine www.fifa.com
2. "Gambia's withdrawal sends Benin through". Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
3. "Africa Men's 2012 Olympic Qualifier draw set for 13 April 2011 in Cairo". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
4. "Olympics – updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
5. "2012 Olympic Draw conducted in Cairo". Archived from the original on 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

External links

• African Olympic qualifying results

• 2011 African U-23 Championship