Group A
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Egypt Egypt 10 8 2 0 18 26
2 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 10 6 3 1 15 21
3 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 10 4 3 3 2 15
4 Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau 10 2 4 4 -2 10
5 Ethiopia Ethiopia 10 2 3 5 -5 9
6 Djibouti Djibouti 10 0 1 9 -28 1
Group B
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Senegal Senegal 10 7 3 0 19 24
2 Democratic Rep Congo Democratic Rep Congo 10 7 1 2 9 22
3 Sudan Sudan 10 3 4 3 2 13
4 Togo Togo 10 1 5 4 -5 8
5 Mauritania Mauritania 10 1 4 5 -9 7
6 South Sudan South Sudan 10 0 5 5 -16 5
Group C
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 South Africa South Africa 10 5 3 2 6 18
2 Nigeria Nigeria 10 4 5 1 7 17
3 Benin Benin 10 5 2 3 1 17
4 Lesotho Lesotho 10 3 3 4 -3 12
5 Rwanda Rwanda 10 3 2 5 -4 11
6 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 10 0 5 5 -7 5
Group D
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Cape Verde Cape Verde 10 7 2 1 8 23
2 Cameroon Cameroon 10 5 4 1 12 19
3 Libya Libya 10 4 4 2 2 16
4 Angola Angola 10 2 6 2 1 12
5 Mauritius Mauritius 10 1 3 6 -10 6
6 Eswatini Eswatini 10 0 3 7 -13 3
Group E
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Morocco Morocco 8 8 0 0 20 24
2 Niger Niger 8 5 0 3 1 15
3 Tanzania Tanzania 8 3 1 4 -1 10
4 Zambia Zambia 8 3 0 5 0 9
5 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 8 0 1 7 -20 1
6 Eritrea Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group F
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 10 8 2 0 25 26
2 Gabon Gabon 10 8 1 1 13 25
3 Gambia Gambia 10 4 1 5 9 13
4 Kenya Kenya 10 3 3 4 4 12
5 Burundi Burundi 10 3 1 6 0 10
6 Seychelles Seychelles 10 0 0 10 -51 0
Group G
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Algeria Algeria 10 8 1 1 16 25
2 Uganda Uganda 10 6 0 4 5 18
3 Mozambique Mozambique 10 6 0 4 -3 18
4 Guinea Guinea 10 4 3 3 3 15
5 Botswana Botswana 10 3 1 6 -4 10
6 Somalia Somalia 10 0 1 9 -17 1
Group H
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Tunisia Tunisia 10 9 1 0 22 28
2 Namibia Namibia 10 4 3 3 3 15
3 Liberia Liberia 10 4 3 3 2 15
4 Malawi Malawi 10 4 1 5 1 13
5 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 10 3 2 5 -7 11
6 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe 10 1 0 9 -21 3
Group I
R Team P W D L +/- Pts
1 Ghana Ghana 10 8 1 1 17 25
2 Madagascar Madagascar 10 6 1 3 5 19
3 Mali Mali 10 5 3 2 11 18
4 Comoros Comoros 10 5 0 5 -1 15
5 Central African Republic Central African Republic 10 2 2 6 -13 8
6 Chad Chad 10 0 1 9 -19 1
Remark: The colored team has qualified for the next round.