Senegal was drawn into Group A but withdrew before the start of the tournament.

The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament.

Algeria Egypt Ivory Coast South Africa Tunisia Angola Cameroon DR Congo Liberia Mali Nigeria

Angola Algeria DR Congo Ivory Coast Mozambique Kenya Mali Nigeria Senegal Tunisia Zimbabwe

Domingos Bonifácio Fernando Albano Gerson Monteiro Idelfonso Kiteculo Leonel Paulo Mayzer Alexandre Nivaldo Sumbo Simão Panzo Vicente Neto Victor Muzadi Vladimir Ricardino Walter Costa Coach: Jaime Covilhã Ahmed Hussein Ashraf Rabie Haytham Sehrty Ibrahim El-Gammal Ismail Ahmed Kareem Shamseia Moamen El Einen Mohamed El-Garhi Mohamed Mahmoud Ramy Gunady Tarek El-Ghannam Wael El Sayed Abdullahi Kuso Abdulrahman Mohammed Abubakar Usman Chamberlain Oguchi Ejike Ugboaja Henry Uhegwu Jayson Obazuaye Jeleel Akindele Michael Umeh Olumide Oyedeji Orseer Ikyaator Stanley Gumut Adama Diakhaté Anta Sy Astou Traoré Awa Doumbia Bineta Diouf Fatou Dieng Jeanne Senghor Magatte Sarr Mame Diodio Diouf Mame Paye Ndèye Séne Salimata Diatta Coach: Maguette Diop Charity Egenti Enjoli Izidor Erdoo Angwe Joyce Ekworomadu Mfon Udoka Nwamaka Adibeli Olayinka Sanni Oluchi Okorie Priscilla Udeaja Tamunomiete Whyte Ugochukwu Oha Vivian Ewalefo Coach: Ângela Cardoso Astrida Vicente Bárbara Guimarães Catarina Camufal Domitila Ventura Irene Guerreiro Isabel Francisco Jaquelina Francisco Luísa Tomás Maria Afonso Nacissela Maurício Ngiendula Filipe Coach: