The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations begins in March 2010. These games do not count towards the FIFA ranking.

The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, this edition will feature sixteen.

Qualification is divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone has 2 or 3 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in 2011.

Zone	Number of qualifying teams
Zone North	2
Zone West A	2
Zone West B	3
Central Zone	3
Central East Zone	2 (plus hosts Sudan)
Southern Zone	3

Zone North

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14. The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.
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Tunisia and Algeria qualify for the final tournament.

Preliminary Round

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Mauritania withdrew.

First Round

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14. The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.
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Mali and Senegal qualify for the final tournament.

Zone West B

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14. The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.

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Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger qualify for the final tournament.

Preliminary Round

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Equatorial Guinea withdrew

First Round

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14. The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.
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Cameroon and DR Congo qualify for the final tournament.

Play-Off

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Congo withdrew

Gabon qualify for the final tournament.

Preliminary Round

There was only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.

First Round

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14.
The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.
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Both Ethiopia and Eritrea withdrew.

For Somalia vs Tanzania fixture, there will be only one leg played due to Somalia being unable to host international fixtures.

Second Round

The first leg is scheduled to take place on May 21/22/23.*
The second leg is scheduled to take place on June 4/5/6.

• The Tanzania, Rwanda match was pushed forward to May 1st due to Rwanda’s hosting of the CECAFA Kagame Cup from 15-29 May.

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Uganda and Rwanda qualify for the final tournament.

Southern Zone

The first leg is scheduled to take place on March 12/13/14. The second leg is scheduled to take place on March 26/27/28.

First Round

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receive bye to second round.

Second Round

The first leg is scheduled to take place on May 21/22/23. The second leg is scheduled to take place on June 4/5/6.

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Angola and South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify for the final tournament.

Qualified

- Hosts (Central East Zone) Algeria

Algeria A' national football team

The Algeria A' national football team is the local national football team of Algeria and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents Algeria at the African Championship of Nations and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football....

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South Africa national development football team

The South Africa national development football team, is a development football team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to give international exposure to fringe...

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