This page details the qualifying process for the 1986 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. Egypt, as hosts, and Cameroon, as title holders, qualified automatically.
Tanzania won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Mozambique won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kenya won 4âÂÂ3 on penalty shootout after 1âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zaire won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Mauritania won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Mali won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Sierra Leone won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Algeria won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Libya won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Ghana won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Mozambique won 6âÂÂ5 on penalty shootout after 2âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Senegal won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zaire won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Kenya advanced after Sudan withdrew.
Morocco advanced after Sierra Leone withdrew.
Nigeria advanced after Tanzania withdrew.
Zambia advanced after Ethiopia withdrew.
Algeria won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zambia won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Senegal won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Mozambique won 4âÂÂ3 on penalty shootout after 3âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Morocco won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.