This page provides the summaries of the matches of the first two qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. These matches also serve as part of the qualifiers for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London.
In total, 39 teams opted to enter the qualifying tournament. The top 25 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the first qualifying round.
Sierra Leone 2âÂÂ2 Liberia on aggregate. Liberia won 3âÂÂ1 on penalties
Sudan won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Botswana won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate
The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25âÂÂ27 March 2011 (first leg) and 8âÂÂ10 April 2011 (second leg).
Zambia won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Morocco won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Tanzania 3âÂÂ3 Cameroon. Tanzania won 5âÂÂ3 on penalties
Angola 1âÂÂ1 Senegal. Senegal won on away goals rule
South Africa won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Algeria won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Egypt won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Gabon won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Congo DR won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Côte d'Ivoire won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Tunisia won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Benin advance after The Gambia withdrew
Congo 1âÂÂ1 Uganda. Congo won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties
Guinea 2âÂÂ2 Mali. Mali won on away goals rule
Nigeria won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate
Sudan won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.
Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.
The pots were confirmed as follows:
The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.
Algeria won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Morocco won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate
Côte d'Ivoire won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate
Gabon won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Egypt won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate
South Africa 6âÂÂ4 on aggregate
Senegal won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate
Nigeria 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate