| # | Group A | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Burkina Faso | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:3 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2. | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5:1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 3. | Guinea Bissau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3:4 | -1 | 4 | |
| 4. | Sierra Leone | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3:4 | -1 | 3 | |
| 5. | Ethiopia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1:5 | -4 | 2 | |
| 6. | Djibouti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3:20 | -17 | 0 | |
| # | Group B | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Senegal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4:2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2. | D.R. Congo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7:3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 3. | Sudan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4. | South Sudan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2:7 | -5 | 3 | |
| 5. | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2:4 | -2 | 2 | |
| 6. | Togo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1:6 | -5 | 1 | |
| # | Group C | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Lesotho | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7:6 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2. | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 3. | Rwanda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2:2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4. | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5:4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5. | Benin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3:4 | -1 | 2 | |
| 6. | Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2:5 | -3 | 2 | |
| # | Group D | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Cape Verde | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2. | Libya | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3:4 | -1 | 6 | |
| 3. | Angola | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1:1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4. | Cameroon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2:3 | -1 | 3 | |
| 5. | Mauritius | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5:12 | -7 | 1 | |
| 6. | Eswatini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1:8 | -7 | 0 | |
| # | Group E | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Morocco | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:1 | 11 | 12 | |
| 2. | Tanzania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3:3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3. | Niger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4:5 | -1 | 6 | |
| 4. | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5. | Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6. | Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2:7 | -5 | 0 | |
| # | Group F | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Gabon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2. | Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3:0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 3. | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9:5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4. | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:5 | -1 | 4 | |
| 5. | Gambia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7:8 | -1 | 3 | |
| 6. | Seychelles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1:27 | -26 | 0 | |
| # | Group G | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Algeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2. | Guinea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3. | Mozambique | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:11 | -6 | 6 | |
| 4. | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3:5 | -2 | 3 | |
| 5. | Botswana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4:7 | -3 | 3 | |
| 6. | Somalia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2:9 | -7 | 1 | |
| # | Group H | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3:0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2. | Namibia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 3. | Malawi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3:4 | -1 | 6 | |
| 4. | Liberia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4:6 | -2 | 5 | |
| 5. | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:7 | -3 | 4 | |
| 6. | Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2:14 | -12 | 0 | |
| # | Group I | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Ghana | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2. | Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7:2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3. | Comoros | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4. | Mali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3:1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5. | Central Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6:11 | -5 | 1 | |
| 6. | Chad | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2:13 | -11 | 0 |