CAF QUALIFIERS
The African qualifiers were made up of two rounds and a preliminary round. The first round and preliminary round are both knockout over two legs. The twelve remaining teams are put into three groups of four teams with the winner of each group qualifying for the Olympics. The best runner-up in the three groups qualifies for a play-off with the Oceania winner.
PRELIMINARY ROUND
| HOME 1ST LEG | HOME 2ND LEG | 1ST LEG | 2ND LEG | AGGREGATE |
| Congo DR | Libya | Libya withdrew | ||
| Seychelles | Mauritius | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-6 |
| Kenya | Tanzania | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Uganda | Sudan | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Botswana | Swaziland | 3-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| Namibia | Mozambique | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Mali | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau withdrew | ||
| Congo | Equatorial Guinea | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
FIRST ROUND
| HOME 1ST LEG | HOME 2ND LEG | 1ST LEG | 2ND LEG | AGGREGATE |
| Uganda | Zambia | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Nigeria | Namibia | 4-0 | 2-3 | 6-3 |
| Angola | Botswana | 4-2 | 4-0 | 8-2 |
| Zimbabwe | Mauritius | 4-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| Cameroon | Congo | 5-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| Guinea | Gabon | 4-1 | 1-0 | 5-1 |
| Ghana | Tanzania | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 |
| Togo | South Africa | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| Algeria | Cote d'Ivoire | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-4 |
| Tunisia | Senegal | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 |
| Mali | Egypt | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 |
| Congo DR | Morocco | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
SECOND ROUND
Group A
|
TEAM |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
| Angola | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Uganda | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Group B
|
TEAM |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Cameroon | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
| South Africa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
| Ghana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Guinea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
Group C
|
TEAM |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Morocco | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
| Egypt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
These results mean that Nigeria, Cameroon and Morocco qualify for the Olympics with South Africa reaching the AFC/OFC play-off.
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