Football tournament
This page details the qualifying process for the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco. Morocco, as hosts, and Egypt, as title holders, qualified automatically.
Qualifying tournament
Egypt qualified as holders
Morocco qualified as hosts
Preliminary round
Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate.
Uganda won 5–0 on aggregate.
Angola won 5–3 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.
Congo won 7–2 on aggregate.
Sierra Leone won 3–2 on aggregate.
Tanzania advanced after Ethiopia withdrew.
Madagascar advanced after Mauritius withdrew.
Rwanda advanced after Lesotho withdrew.
Togo advanced after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
Tunisia advanced after Mali withdrew.
First round
Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 6–4 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate.
Senegal won 4–0 on aggregate.
Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zaire won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sierra Leone won 2–1 on aggregate.
Libya advanced after Zambia withdrew.
Malawi advanced after Rwanda withdrew.
Second round
Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenya won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.
Zaire won 4–2 on penalty shootout after 0–0 on aggregate.
Algeria advanced after Libya withdrew.
Qualified teams
References
External links
Editions Qualification Finals Bids Squads Statistics Miscellaneous
Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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