Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

Preliminary competition will be divided in three rounds. First two rounds will be knock-out rounds, and the final round will be a group stage.

First round

First leg played on September 1 to September 3, 2006. Second leg played on October 6 to October 8, 2006.

Team 1	Agg	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
*Chad		Uganda
Zimbabwe		Tanzania*
Djibouti	0–10	Zambia		0–10
South Africa	2–1	Namibia	1–0	1–1
Gambia	0–4	Egypt	0–0	0–4
*Mauritius		Burkina Faso
Senegal		Comoros*
Ivory Coast		Lesotho*
Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Guinea	0–2	0–0
Mozambique	5–3	Libya	1–0	4–3
Malawi	2–0	Somalia	2–0
Sierra Leone	2–4	Rwanda	2–1	0–3
*Mauritania		Botswana
Ethiopia		Liberia*
*Benin		DR Congo
*Central African Republic		Algeria
Sudan	2–5	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	0–5

* = withdrew

Second round

First leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.

Team 1	Agg	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–4	Ethiopia	1–3	1–1
Senegal		DR Congo*
South Africa	2–0	Uganda	2–0	0–0
Egypt	2–4	Ivory Coast	1–1	1–3
Zimbabwe	2–4	Cameroon	1–1	1–3
Angola	0–2	Guinea	0–0	0–2
Nigeria	7–0	Equatorial Guinea	5–0	2–0
Zambia	4–3	Malawi	3–2	1–1
Burkina Faso	0–5	Ghana	0–3	0–2
Mali	4–2	Mozambique	1–0	3–2
Tunisia	0–1	Botswana	0–0	0–1
Morocco	4–0	Rwanda	3–0	1–0

* = Congo DR failed to appear, and blamed poor flight connections. FIFA handed walkover to Senegal.^[1]

Burkina Faso penalized by FIFA for allegedly using two overage players during first leg match against Ghana. The original score was Burkina Faso won by 2–0.^[2]

Final round

Matches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Group A

Note - Ethiopia has apparently withdrawn from Olympic qualification.^[3]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	8	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4
Ghana	7	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
South Africa	1	4	0	1	3	3	10	−7
Ethiopia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

June 1-June 3, 2007

Ethiopia	[2–2]	South Africa
Nigeria	3–2	Ghana

Ethiopia-South Africa result expunged following Ethiopia's withdrawal.

August 22, 2007

South Africa	1–1	Nigeria

September 7-September 9, 2007

South Africa	1–3	Ghana

October 12-October 13, 2007

Ghana	3–1	South Africa

November 16, 2007

Ghana	0–0	Nigeria

March 26, 2008

Nigeria	3–0	South Africa

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ivory Coast	15	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7
Zambia	10	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2
Senegal	5	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3
Mali	4	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6

June 1-June 3, 2007

Zambia	2–0	Ivory Coast
Senegal	0–0	Mali

August 22, 2007

Mali	1–2	Zambia
Ivory Coast	2–0	Senegal

September 7-September 9, 2007

Ivory Coast	3–1	Mali
Zambia	1–1	Senegal

October 12-October 13, 2007

Mali	1–2	Ivory Coast
Senegal	2–1	Zambia

November 16-November 18, 2007

Ivory Coast	4–1	Zambia
Mali	1–0	Senegal

March 26, 2008

Zambia	4–1	Mali
Senegal	1–2	Ivory Coast

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	14	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9
Morocco	10	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2
Botswana	7	6	2	1	3	4	5	-1
Guinea	3	6	1	0	5	5	15	-10

June 1-June 3, 2007

Cameroon	6–1	Guinea
Morocco	1–0	Botswana

August 22, 2007

Botswana	0–0	Cameroon
Guinea	0–3	Morocco

September 7-September 9, 2007

Guinea	2–0*	Botswana
Cameroon	2–1	Morocco

October 12-October 13, 2007

Botswana	2–1	Guinea
Morocco	2–2	Cameroon

November 16-November 18, 2007

Guinea	1–3	Cameroon
Botswana	2–0	Morocco

March 26, 2008

Cameroon	1–0	Botswana
Morocco	1–0	Guinea

* = Six of Botswana's players were sent off, forcing the referee to call off the game with ten minutes to go.

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