2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

A total of 47 countries entered the competition, including South Africa, which automatically qualified.

[3] Below is the list of entrants: Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea Libya Mali Morocco Niger Senegal Sudan Tunisia Zambia Algeria Benin Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone Tanzania Togo Uganda Zimbabwe Lesotho São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the First round against Sierra Leone.

The 30 teams which qualified for the second round were ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2008, 2010, and 2012 editions.

Zambia won the penalty shootout and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Cape Verde won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Tunisia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ethiopia won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ivory Coast won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Congo DR won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.