Rwanda (hosts final tournament) automatically qualified
Preliminary Round
[Apr 18 and May 2, 2008]
Mauritania 1-0 0-0 Algeria
[Apr 18 and May 3, 2008]
Somalia 2-1 1-2 Kenya [3-5 pen] [1st leg in Djibouti]
[Apr 18 and May 4, 2008]
Namibia 1-1 0-1 Botswana
[Apr 19 and May 4, 2008]
Sierra Leone 1-1 0-2 Senegal
Malawi 1-2 1-0 Burundi
Reunion 2-2 2-1 Mozambique
[Apr 20 and May 2, 2008]
Congo-Kinsh. 0-0 1-0 Uganda
Niger 2-0 0-2 Libya [4-3 pen]
[Apr 20 and May 4, 2008]
Lesotho 1-0 0-2 Zimbabwe
Guinea 1-0 3-2 Liberia
Tanzania o/w Sudan [Tanzania withdrew]
Madagascar o/w Mauritius [Madagascar withdrew]
byes: Congo-Brazzaville, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Angola,
Gambia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Egypt,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia
First Round
[Jun 28 and Jul 12, 2008]
Gambia 1-0 3-1 Mauritania
Nigeria 2-0 1-0 Senegal
[2: Haruna Lukman 31]
Cameroon 1-0 1-0 Burundi
Congo-Brazz . 1-1 2-0 Congo-Kinshasa
South Africa 1-1 7-1 Reunion
[2: ?; Thulani Ngcepe (2), Thulani Serero (2), Sameegh Doutie (2),
Mandla Masang]
[Jun 28 and Jul 13, 2008]
Burkina Faso 3-0 3-0 Niger
[Jun 29 and Jul 12, 2008]
Benin 3-0 3-3 Morocco
Kenya 1-0 0-1 Sudan [2-4 pen]
Gabon 0-2 0-0 Botswana
[Jun 29 and Jul 13, 2008]
Tunisia 0-1 0-1 Mali
Ghana 5-1 0-1 Angola
[2: Mario 11]
Egypt 5-0 1-0 Zimbabwe
[2: Marwan Mohamed]
Zambia 1-0 2-0 Mauritius
[2: Emmanuel Mayuka 3, Daniel Kasungo 9]
[Jun 29 and Jul 14, 2008]
Ivory Coast 1-1 2-1 Guinea
[2: Aboubacar Camara; Antoine Gossan, Tiezan Kone]
Second Round
[Sep 26 and Oct 12, 2008]
Cameroon 0-0 2–0 Congo-Brazzaville
[Sep 27 and Oct 11, 2008]
Botswana 1-1 0–3 South Africa
Ivory Coast 1-0 4–2 Burkina Faso
[Sep 27 and Oct 12, 2008]
Nigeria 5-0 2–2 Sudan
[Sep 28 and Oct 11, 2008]
Egypt 3-3 1–0 Zambia
[Sep 28 and Oct 12, 2008]
Ghana 2-1 1–0 Gambia
[Sep 28 and Oct 13, 2008]
Benin 0-2 0–0 Mali
NB: winners qualify for final tournament
Final Tournament (in Kigali, Rwanda)
Rwanda qualified as hosts.
Group A
Jan 18 Rwanda 2-1 Mali
[Jean Baptist Mugiraneza 7, Elias Uzamukunda 53; Sow Samba 30]
Ghana 1-1 Cameroon
[Ayew Dede 37; Jacques Zoua Daogari 1]
Jan 21 Mali 0-2 Ghana
[Gladson Awakko 17, Osei Gladson 81]
Rwanda 1-1 Cameroon
[Yusuf Ndayishimiye 44; Brice Owona 35]
Jan 24 Rwanda 0-2 Ghana
[Ransford Osei 68, 80]
Mali 0-3 Cameroon
[Jacques Zoua Daogari 20, Patrick Ekeng Ekeng 25, Brice Owana 44]
1.Ghana 3 2 1 0 5- 1 7
2.Cameroon 3 1 2 0 5- 2 5
3.Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3- 4 4
4.Mali 3 0 0 3 1- 7 0
Group B
Jan 19 Nigeria 2-0 Egypt
[Kingsley Udoh 35, Alfa Yakubu 55]
Ivory Coast 0-1 South Africa
[Nyanda Mduduzi 41]
Jan 22 Egypt 2-1 Ivory Coast
[Ahmed Fathi 62, Ahmed Hegazi 89; Koro Issa Kone 29]
South Africa 2-1 Nigeria
[Phumelele Bengu 74pen, George Maluleka 82; Uchebo Okeychukwu 72]
Jan 25 Nigeria 3-0 Ivory Coast
[Chrisantus Macaulay 27, Lukeman Haruna 80pen, Ibrahim Rabiu 83]
Egypt 2-1 South Africa
[Talaat Abdel Rahman 27, 39; Ngcepe Thulani 71]
1.Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6- 2 6 [2 1 0 1 3-2 3]
2.South Africa 3 2 0 1 4- 3 6 [2 1 0 1 3-3 3]
3.Egypt 3 2 0 1 4- 4 6 [2 1 0 1 2-3 3]
4.Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0
Semifinals
Jan 28 Ghana 4-3 South Africa
[Dominic Adiyiah 25, Ransford Osei 45, 71 Dede Ayew 64;
Bhengu Phumelele 63, 87pen, Sorero Thulani 73]
Nigeria 0-2 Cameroon
[Jacques Daogari 31, Germain Tiko 66]
Third Place Match
Jan 31 South Africa 1-2 Nigeria
[George Maluleka 8; Rabiu Ibrahim 15, Frank Temile 45]
Final
Feb 1 Ghana 2-0 Cameroon
[Ransford Osei 22, 86]
Thanks to Ian King for scorers final tournament
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