2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification phase.

Forty-six African nations, including hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, entered the competition.

[2] The 11 teams in Pot 1 were selected based on their ranking after the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

[3][4] Egypt Ghana Nigeria Algeria Cameroon Angola Zambia Ivory Coast Burkina Faso Mali Tunisia Morocco Benin Uganda South Africa Malawi Mozambique Guinea Senegal Gambia Cape Verde Congo Rwanda Tanzania Sudan Namibia Congo DR Kenya Libya Zimbabwe Botswana Ethiopia Sierra Leone Swaziland Chad Burundi Madagascar Liberia Niger Comoros Mauritius Mauritania Central African Republic Guinea-Bissau Togo were banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following a deadly attack on their team bus.

[5] Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate.

To be determined
Qualified
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Did not enter
Not part of CAF