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.
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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* | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 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 | Congo DR | |||
| *Central African Republic | Algeria | |||
| Sudan | 2–5 | Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 0–5 |
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 | Congo DR* | |||
| South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Egypt | 2–4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 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]
Matches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Note - Ethiopia has apparently withdrawn from Olympic qualification.[3]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 |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | 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 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Senegal | 0–0 | Mali |
August 22, 2007
| Mali | 1–2 | Zambia |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2–0 | Senegal |
September 7-September 9, 2007
| Côte d'Ivoire | 3–1 | Mali |
| Zambia | 1–1 | Senegal |
October 12-October 13, 2007
| Mali | 1–2 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Senegal | 2–1 | Zambia |
November 16-November 18, 2007
| Côte d'Ivoire | 4–1 | Zambia |
| Mali | 1–0 | Senegal |
March 26, 2008
| Zambia | 4–1 | Mali |
| Senegal | 1–2 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 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 |
* = A disciplinary decision is awaited on the outcome of the Group C game between Guinea and Botswana in Conakry, where six of the visiting team's players were sent off, forcing the referee to call off the game with ten minutes to go.