View source for 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

{{Short description|Football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Mcn|date=June 2025}}{{Qualification for championships (CAF)|expanded=Afcon}}
'''Qualification''' for the '''[[2004 African Cup of Nations]]'''.

==Qualified teams==
{{colbegin}}
*{{fb|ALG}}
*{{fb|BEN}}
*{{fb|BFA}}
*{{fb|CMR}} (qualified as holders)
*{{fb|COD|1997}}
*{{fb|EGY}}
*{{fb|GUI}}
*{{fb|KEN}}
*{{fb|MLI}}
*{{fb|MAR}}
*{{fb|NGA}}
*{{fb|RWA}}
*{{fb|SEN}}
*{{fb|RSA}}
*{{fb|TUN}} (qualified as hosts)
*{{fb|ZIM}}
{{colend}}

==Qualifying round==
Of the 52 nations, only Somalia didn't take part, Cameroon qualified as holders and Tunisia qualified as hosts. Furthermore, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau withdrew. The remaining 46 teams then ended up being divided into 7 groups of 4 teams and 6 groups of 3 teams, with the 13 group winners and the best runner-up from the groups containing 4 sides, qualifying for the finals. Qualifying took place between 6 September 2002 and 6 July 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Nations Cup 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a.html |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

===Group 1===
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|team1=NGA|name_NGA={{fb|NGA}}
|team2=ANG|name_ANG={{fb|ANG}}
|team3=MWI|name_MWI={{fb|MWI}}
|team4=DJI|name_DJI={{fb|DJI}} | status_DJI=W
|win_NGA=2|draw_NGA=2|loss_NGA=0|gf_NGA=7|ga_NGA=3
|win_ANG=1|draw_ANG=2|loss_ANG=1|gf_ANG=7|ga_ANG=4
|win_MWI=1|draw_MWI=0|loss_MWI=3|gf_MWI=3|ga_MWI=10

|status_text_W=Withdrew

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{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Petros Mathabela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
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{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MWI}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 = [[Russell Mwafulirwa|Mwafulirwa]] {{goal|85}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Civo Stadium]], [[Lilongwe]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = Felix Tangawarima ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MWI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[John Utaka|Utaka]] {{goal|10}}
 | stadium = [[Kamuzu Stadium|Chichiri Stadium]], [[Blantyre]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = Aaron Nkole ([[Football Association of Zambia|Zambia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
 | score = 4–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MWI}}
 | goals1 = [[Yakubu (footballer)|Yakubu]] {{goal|10||16}} <br> [[Nwankwo Kanu|N. Kanu]] {{goal|22||35}}
 | goals2 = [[Essau Kanyenda|Kanyenda]] {{goal|8}}
 | stadium = [[National Stadium, Abuja|National Stadium]], [[Abuja]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Falla Ndoye ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
 | score = 2–2
 | team2 = {{fb|ANG}}
 | goals1 = [[Kalu Uche]] {{goal|57}} <br> [[Peter Odemwingie|Odemwingie]] {{goal|62|pen.}} 
 | goals2 = [[Paulo Figueiredo|Figueiredo]] {{goal|9}} <br> [[Akwá (footballer)|Akwá]] {{goal|55}}
 | stadium = [[Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium]], [[Benin City]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}
 | score = 5–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MWI}}
 | goals1 = [[Maupo Msowoya|Msowoya]] {{goal|2}} <br> [[Akwá (footballer)|Akwá]] {{goal|3}} <br> [[Flávio Amado]] {{goal|33}} <br> [[Edgar Jerónimo|Stopirra]] {{goal|76}} <br> [[Chinho]] {{goal|89}}
 | goals2 = [[Peter Mgangira|Mgangira]] {{goal|78}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 2===
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|section=Group 2
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|show_positions=n

|team1=GUI|name_GUI={{fb|GUI}}
|team2=NIG|name_NIG={{fb|NIG}}
|team3=ETH|name_ETH={{fb|ETH|1996}}
|team4=LBR|name_LBR={{fb|LBR}}
|win_GUI=4|draw_GUI=0|loss_GUI=2|gf_GUI=10|ga_GUI=3
|win_NIG=3|draw_NIG=0|loss_NIG=3|gf_NIG=5|ga_NIG=6
|win_ETH=3|draw_ETH=0|loss_ETH=3|gf_ETH=5|ga_ETH=7
|win_LBR=2|draw_LBR=0|loss_LBR=4|gf_LBR=3|ga_LBR=7

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{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ETH|1996}}
 | goals1 = [[Ibrahim Tankary|Tankary]] {{goal|55||61}} <br> [[Abdoulaye Garba|Garba]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 = [[Girma Ashenafi|Ashenafi]] {{goal|16}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Général Seyni Kountché]], [[Niamey]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = Lassina Paré ([[Burkinabé Football Federation|Burkina&nbsp;Faso]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 = [[Titi Camara|T. Camara]] {{goal|1}} <br> [[Fodé Mansaré|Mansaré]] {{goal|54}} <br> [[Ibrahima Sory Conté|Conté]] {{goal|69}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = Samba Diouf ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NIG}}
 | goals1 = [[Prince Daye|Daye]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex|Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
 | goals1 = [[Yared Abege|Abege]] {{goal|63}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Maxim Itur ([[Football Kenya Federation|Kenya]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 = [[Anteneh Feleke|Feleke]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = Ali Mohamed Hassan ([[Djiboutian Football Federation|Djibouti]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NIG}}
 | goals1 = [[Fodé Mansaré|Mansaré]] {{goal|40|p}} <br> [[Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla|A. Sylla]] {{goal|90}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Montero Duarte ([[Cape Verdean Football Federation|Cape&nbsp;Verde]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
 | goals1 = [[Nafissatou Yahaya Tankari|Tankari]] {{goal|69}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Général Seyni Kountché]], [[Niamey]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Joseph Wellington ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ETH|1996}}
 | goals1 = [[Stephen Nagbe Mennoh|Mennoh]] {{goal|57}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Antoinette Tubman Stadium]], [[Monrovia]]
 | attendance = 14,000
 | referee = Aguidissou Crespin ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
 | goals1 = [[Prince Daye|Daye]] {{goal|20}}
 | goals2 = [[Souleymane Youla|Youla]] {{goal|11||50}}
 | stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] (neutral ground)
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Modou Sowe ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NIG}}
 | goals1 = [[Abdulahi Azad|Azad]] {{goal|15|o.g.}} <br> [[Ermias Kidanu|Kidanu]] {{goal|51}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LBR}}
 | goals1 = [[Soumaila Alhassan|Alhassan]] {{goal|90|p}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Général Seyni Kountché]], [[Niamey]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ETH|1996}}
 | goals1 = [[Souleymane Youla|Youla]] {{goal|32||72}} <br> [[Pascal Feindouno|Feindouno]] {{goal|55}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 3===
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|section=Group 3
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=BEN|name_BEN={{fb|BEN}}
|team2=ZAM|name_ZAM={{fb|ZAM}}
|team3=SUD|name_SUD={{fb|SUD}}
|team4=TAN|name_TAN={{fb|TAN}}
|win_BEN=4|draw_BEN=1|loss_BEN=1|gf_BEN=12|ga_BEN=4
|win_ZAM=3|draw_ZAM=2|loss_ZAM=1|gf_ZAM=6|ga_ZAM=5
|win_SUD=3|draw_SUD=1|loss_SUD=2|gf_SUD=9|ga_SUD=6
|win_TAN=0|draw_TAN=0|loss_TAN=6|gf_TAN=1|ga_TAN=13

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|result1=A
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{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
 | goals1 = [[Anicet Adjamossi|Adjamossi]] {{goal|9||38}} <br> [[Oumar Tchomogo|Tchomogo]] {{goal|75|p}} <br> [[Moussa Latoundji|Latoundji]] {{goal|85}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa]], [[Cotonou]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Chukwujekwu Chukudi ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Chaswe Nsofwa|Nsofwa]] {{goal|89}}
 | stadium = [[Al-Merrikh Stadium]], [[Omdurman]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Teshome Berhane ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}
 | score = 1–2
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Mohamed Abdallah Rajab|Rajab]] {{goal|17}}
 | goals2 = [[Richard Gastin Lado|Richard]] {{goal|27|pen|53}}
 | stadium = [[CCM Kirumba Stadium]], [[Mwanza]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Hailemalack Tessema ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Rotson Kilambe|Kilambe]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 = [[Wassiou Oladipupo|Oladipupo]] {{goal|45}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Walter Mochubela ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Misheck Lungu|Lungu]] {{goal|25}}
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Tanzania)|National Stadium]], [[Dar es Salaam]]
 | attendance = 23,000
 | referee = Tessema Haislemelk ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Haytham Tambal|Tambal]] {{goal|35||70}} <br> [[Mutaz Kabair|Kabair]] {{goal|68}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Al-Hilal Stadium]], [[Omdurman]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Buenkadil Bisingu Wabelo ([[Congolese Association Football Federation|DR&nbsp;Congo]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
 | goals1 = [[Harry Milanzi|Milanzi]] {{goal|44||81}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Youngson Chilinda ([[Football Association of Malawi|Malawi]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Oumar Tchomogo|Tchomogo]] {{goal|55|p||72}} <br> [[Mouritala Ogunbiyi|Ogunbiyi]] {{goal|90}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de l'Amitié]], [[Cotonou]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Koman Coulibaly ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
 | goals1 = [[Songwe Chalwe|Chalwe]] {{goal|72}}
 | goals2 = [[Abedi Dalag|Dalag]] {{goal|23}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Hillary Maxim ([[Football Kenya Federation|Kenya]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Moussoro Kabirou|Kabirou]] {{goal|66}}
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Tanzania)|National Stadium]], [[Dar es Salaam]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Oumar Tchomogo|Tchomogo]] {{goal|9||26}} <br> [[Moussa Latoundji|Latoundji]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de l'Amitié]], [[Cotonou]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = Monteiro Duarté ([[Cape Verdean Football Federation|Cape&nbsp;Verde]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
 | score = 3–0 <br> {{small|Awarded}}
 | team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = Withdrew
 | stadium = [[Omdurman]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
''Tanzania pulled out for financial reasons and the game was awarded to Sudan.''

===Group 4===
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|section=Group 4
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=BFA|name_BFA={{fb|BFA}}
|team2=CGO|name_CGO={{fb|CGO}}
|team3=MOZ|name_MOZ={{fb|MOZ}}
|team4=CAR|name_CAR={{fb|CAR}}
|win_BFA=4|draw_BFA=1|loss_BFA=1|gf_BFA=12|ga_BFA=2
|win_CGO=2|draw_CGO=3|loss_CGO=1|gf_CGO=5|ga_CGO=4
|win_MOZ=2|draw_MOZ=2|loss_MOZ=2|gf_MOZ=3|ga_MOZ=8
|win_CAR=0|draw_CAR=2|loss_CAR=4|gf_CAR=3|ga_CAR=9

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{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BFA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat]], [[Brazzaville]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = Maxime Itur ([[Football Kenya Federation|Kenya]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 9 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CAF}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
 | goals1 = [[Marcelin Tamboulas|Tamboulas]] {{goal|72}}
 | goals2 = [[Carlos Fumo Gonçalves|Fumo]] {{goal|60}}
 | stadium = [[Barthélemy Boganda Stadium]], [[Bangui]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Felipe Ndong ([[Equatoguinean Football Federation|Equatorial&nbsp;Guinea]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CAF}}
 | goals1 = [[Amadou Touré|A. Touré]] {{goal|60}} <br> [[Dieudonné Minoungou|Minoungou]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 = [[Berede Oueifio|Oueifio]] {{goal|38}}
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Zakaria Camara ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
 | score = 0–3
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 = 
 | goals2 = [[Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza|Tsoumou-Madza]] {{goal|49}} <br> [[Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien|Guié-Mien]] {{goal|70}} <br> [[Walter Bakouma|Bakouma]] {{goal|73}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio do Maxaquene]], [[Maputo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Verson Lwanja ([[Football Association of Malawi|Malawi]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BFA}}
 | goals1 = [[Dário Monteiro|Dário]] {{goal|89}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Nunko Rajanad ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 4 May 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CAF}}
 | goals1 = [[Rock Embingou|Embingou]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Oscar Ewolo|Ewolo]] {{goal|52}} 
 | goals2 = [[Igor Makita|Makita]] {{goal|84}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat]], [[Brazzaville]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
 | goals1 = [[Moumouni Dagano|Dagano]] {{goal|6||8}} <br> [[Amadou Touré|A. Touré]] {{goal|34}} <br> [[Dieudonné Minoungou|Minoungou]] {{goal|88}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj ([[Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania|Mauritania]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CAF}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Barthélemy Boganda Stadium]], [[Bangui]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Hissene Ladoual ([[Chadian Football Federation|Chad]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CGO}}
 | goals1 = [[Amadou Touré|A. Touré]] {{goal|54|pen.}} <br> [[Rahim Ouédraogo|Ouédraogo]] {{goal|61}} <br> [[Dieudonné Minoungou|Minoungou]] {{goal|75}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 4 Août]], [[Ouagadougou]]
 | attendance = 36,000
 | referee = Alex Jules Mana ([[Nigeria Football Federation|Nigeria]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CAF}}
 | goals1 = [[Jossias Macamo|Jossias]] {{goal|73|pen.}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CAF}}
 | score = 0–3
 | team2 = {{fb|BFA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Moumouni Dagano|Dagano]] {{goal|30||71}} <br> [[Dieudonné Minoungou|Minoungou]] {{goal|90}}
 | stadium = [[Barthélemy Boganda Stadium]], [[Bangui]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat]], [[Brazzaville]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 5===
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|section=Group 5
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=KEN|name_KEN={{fb|KEN}}
|team2=TOG|name_TOG={{fb|TOG}}
|team3=CPV|name_CPV={{fb|CPV}}
|team4=MTN|name_MTN={{fb|MTN|1959}}
|win_KEN=4|draw_KEN=1|loss_KEN=1|gf_KEN=9|ga_KEN=2
|win_TOG=3|draw_TOG=1|loss_TOG=2|gf_TOG=9|ga_TOG=7
|win_CPV=3|draw_CPV=0|loss_CPV=3|gf_CPV=9|ga_CPV=8
|win_MTN=0|draw_MTN=2|loss_MTN=4|gf_MTN=0|ga_MTN=10

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|result1=A
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{{football box
 | date = 6 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|CPV}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Lito (Cape Verdean footballer)|Lito]] {{goal|45}} <br> [[António Duarte|Toni]] {{goal|60}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)|Stade Olympique]], [[Nouakchott]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Salih Malick ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 = [[John Baraza|Baraza]] {{goal|62}} <br> [[Musa Otieno|Otieno]] {{goal|68}} <br> [[Dennis Oliech|Oliech]] {{goal|90}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Issack Abdulkader ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[John Baraza|Baraza]] {{goal|58}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde]], [[Praia]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Aboubacar Sharaf ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory&nbsp;Coast]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
 | goals1 = [[Emmanuel Adebayor|Adebayor]] {{goal|23}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Idrissa Kaba ([[Liberia Football Association|Liberia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
 | goals1 = [[Robert Mambo Mumba|Mambo]] {{goal|15||70}} <br> [[Paul Oyuga|Oyuga]] {{goal|43}} <br> [[Dennis Oliech|Oliech]] {{goal|43}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Teshome Berhane ([[Eritrean National Football Federation|Eritrea]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 = [[Antonio Duarte|Duarte]] {{goal|68}} <br> [[Carlos Pedro Silva Morais|Caló]] {{goal|80}}
 | goals2 = [[Azia Wondu|Wondu]] {{goal|37}}
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Várzea]], [[Praia]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Carlos Santos Nandigna ([[Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)|Stade Olympique]], [[Nouakchott]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Yakouba Keita ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 5–2
 | team2 = {{fb|CPV}}
 | goals1 = [[Alessandro Faria|Faria]] {{goal|2}} <br> [[Sherif Touré Coubageat|Touré]] {{goal|23||32}} <br> [[Jeferson Paulo Rodrigues de Souza|Mikimba]] {{goal|72}} <br> [[Emmanuel Adebayor|Adebayor]] {{goal|78}}
 | goals2 = [[Lito (Cape Verdean footballer)|Lito]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Carlos Pedro Silva Morais|Caló]] {{goal|26}}
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Lassina Paré ([[Burkinabé Football Federation|Burkina&nbsp;Faso]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}
 | score = 3–0<br>{{small|Abandoned at 85'}}
 | team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
 | goals1 = [[Lito (Cape Verdean footballer)|Lito]] {{goal|65}} <br> [[Carlos Pedro Silva Morais|Caló]] {{goal|76|pen.|||82}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Estádio da Várzea]], [[Praia]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
''The match was abandoned at 3-0 in 85' when Mauritania were reduced to six players following 5 red cards. The result stood.''
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
 | goals1 = [[Alessandro Faria|Faria]] {{goal|23||57|pen.}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Louis Rembengouet ([[Gabonese Football Federation|Gabon]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)|Stade Olympique]], [[Nouakchott]]
 | attendance = 2,000
 | referee = Amadou Ibrahima Diaguiray ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|CPV}}
 | goals1 = [[Dennis Oliech|Oliech]] {{goal|84}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Moi International Sports Centre|Kasarani Stadium]], [[Nairobi]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 6===
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|section=Group 6
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=MLI|name_MLI={{fb|MLI}}
|team2=ZIM|name_ZIM={{fb|ZIM}}
|team3=SEY|name_SEY={{fb|SEY}}
|team4=ERI|name_ERI={{fb|ERI}}
|win_MLI=4|draw_MLI=1|loss_MLI=1|gf_MLI=9|ga_MLI=2
|win_ZIM=4|draw_ZIM=1|loss_ZIM=1|gf_ZIM=8|ga_ZIM=3
|win_SEY=2|draw_SEY=0|loss_SEY=4|gf_SEY=4|ga_SEY=10
|win_ERI=1|draw_ERI=0|loss_ERI=5|gf_ERI=1|ga_ERI=7

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ERI}}
 | goals1 = [[Roddy Victor|Victor]] {{goal|50}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
 | attendance = 3,000
 | referee = Benjamina Ravelontsalama ([[Malagasy Football Federation|Madagascar]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MLI}}
 | goals1 = [[Lazarus Muhoni|Muhoni]] {{goal|30}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]], [[Harare]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Walter Mochubela ([[South African Football Association|South&nbsp;Africa]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ERI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Peter Ndlovu|P. Ndlovu]] {{goal|10}}
 | stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = Omer Rirache ([[Djiboutian Football Federation|Djibouti]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SEY}}
 | goals1 = [[Seydou Keita (footballer)|S. Keita]] {{goal|30}} <br> [[Mamady Sidibé|Sidibé]] {{goal|75}} <br> [[Dramane Coulibaly|D. Coulibaly]] {{goal|85}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Denis Sorie ([[Sierra Leone Football Association|Sierra&nbsp;Leone]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ERI}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|MLI}}
 | goals1 = 
 | goals2 = [[Brahim Thiam|Thiam]] {{goal|54}} <br> [[Dramane Coulibaly|D. Coulibaly]] {{goal|89}}
 | stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Abdulkadir Omar ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|SEY}}
 | goals1 = [[Peter Ndlovu|P. Ndlovu]] {{goal|19|pen.|94|pen.}} <br> [[Adam Ndlovu|A. Ndlovu]] {{goal|90}} 
 | goals2 = [[Philip Zialor]] {{goal|91}}
 | stadium = [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]], [[Harare]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = Bernardo Colembi Eugênio ([[Angolan Football Federation|Angola]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 = [[Alpha Baldé|Baldé]] {{goal|75|pen.}} <br> [[Philip Zialor|Zialor]] {{goal|81}} 
 | goals2 = [[Adam Ndlovu|A. Ndlovu]] {{goal|86}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
 | attendance = 12,000
 | referee = Langwenya Mangaliso ([[National Football Association of Swaziland|Swaziland]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ERI}}
 | goals1 = [[Soumaïla Coulibaly (footballer, born 1978)|S. Coulibaly]] {{goal|20}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Aboubacar Charaf ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory&nbsp;Coast]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 21 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ERI}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SEY}}
 | goals1 = [[Yonas Fessehaye|Fessehaye]] {{goal|62}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade du 26 Mars]], [[Bamako]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|MLI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Sammy Traoré|S. Traoré]] {{goal|60}} <br> [[Bassala Touré|B. Touré]] {{goal|85}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
 | attendance = 5,000
 | referee = Lim Kee Chong ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|ERI}}
 | goals1 = [[Peter Ndlovu|P. Ndlovu]] {{goal|11||17|pen.}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]], [[Harare]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 7===
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|section=Group 7
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=MAR|name_MAR={{fb|MAR}}
|team2=SLE|name_SLE={{fb|SLE}}
|team3=GAB|name_GAB={{fb|GAB}}
|team4=EQG|name_EQG={{fb|EQG}}
|win_MAR=5|draw_MAR=1|loss_MAR=0|gf_MAR=10|ga_MAR=0
|win_SLE=3|draw_SLE=1|loss_SLE=2|gf_SLE=7|ga_SLE=4
|win_GAB=2|draw_GAB=0|loss_GAB=4|gf_GAB=7|ga_GAB=7
|win_EQG=1|draw_EQG=0|loss_EQG=5|gf_EQG=3|ga_EQG=16

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_B=#ffffcc|text_B=
|result2=B
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Youssef Chippo|Chippo]] {{goal|16}} 
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Raphaël Evehe Divine ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EQG}}
 | score = 1–3
 | team2 = {{fb|SLE}}
 | goals1 = [[Ricardo Mavidi|Mavidi]] {{goal|82}} 
 | goals2 = [[Mahmadu Alphajor Bah|Bah]] {{goal|38}} <br> [[Benjamin Sesay|Sesay]] {{goal|46}} <br> [[Sidique Mansaray|Mansaray]] {{goal|68}} 
 | stadium = Estadio de Malabo, [[Malabo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Lourenço Tavares Neto ([[São Toméan Football Federation|São&nbsp;Tomé&nbsp;and&nbsp;Príncipe]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[Paul Kpaka|Kpaka]] {{goal|45}} <br> [[Mahmadu Alphajor Bah|Bah]] {{goal|46}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], [[Freetown]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Kouévi Ekoué-Toulan ([[Togolese Football Federation|Togo]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 5–0
 | team2 = {{fb|EQG}}
 | goals1 = [[Adil Ramzi|Ramzi]] {{goal|8}} <br> [[Mustapha Bidoudane|Bidoudane]] {{goal|24}} <br> [[Youssef Safri|Safri]] {{goal|27}} <br> [[Rachid Rokki|Rokki]] {{goal|45}} <br> [[Noureddine Kacemi|Kacemi]] {{goal|70}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1983)||Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Mohsen Boukhtir ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], [[Freetown]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Idrissa Kaba ([[Liberia Football Association|Liberia]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 4–0
 | team2 = {{fb|EQG}}
 | goals1 = [[Eric Mouloungui|Mouloungui]] {{goal|8}} <br> [[Yannick Larry|Larry]] {{goal|40||49}} <br> [[Etienne Bito'o|Bito'o]] {{goal|65|pen.}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Lourenço Tavares Neto ([[São Toméan Football Federation|São&nbsp;Tomé&nbsp;and&nbsp;Príncipe]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SLE}}
 | goals1 = [[Youssef Chippo|Chippo]] {{goal|25}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Mohammed V]], [[Casablanca]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Abdul El-Fatah Esam Eldeen ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EQG}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[Jesus Mba|Mba]] {{goal|22}} <br> [[Andrés Malango<!-- Andrés Mbuamangongo Malango Dyombe -->|Malango]] {{goal|50}} 
 | goals2 = [[Étienne Alain Djissikadié|Djissikadié]] {{goal|43}} 
 | stadium = Stade de la Liberté, [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Buenkadils Bisingu ([[Congolese Association Football Federation|DR&nbsp;Congo]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 20 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
 | goals1 = [[Mohammed El Yaagoubi|El Yaagoubi]] {{goal|22}} <br> [[Jaouad Zairi|Zairi]] {{goal|75}}
 | stadium = [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1983)||Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee = Mohamed Abdelhakim Al-Shelmani ([[Libyan Football Federation|Libya]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|EQG}}
 | goals1 = [[Mohammed Kallon|Kallon]] {{goal|71}} <br> [[Amed Kabbah (footballer)|Kabbah]] {{goal|90}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], [[Freetown]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EQG}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Houssine Kharja|Kharja]] {{goal|60}} 
 | stadium = Stade de la Liberté, [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SLE}}
 | goals1 = [[Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé|Mbanangoyé]] {{goal|33}} <br> [[Claude Cédric Mvé Mintsa|Mintsa]] {{goal}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 8===
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|section=Group 8
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=SEN|name_SEN={{fb|SEN}}
|team2=GAM|name_GAM={{fb|GAM}}
|team3=LES|name_LES={{fb|LES|1987}}
|team4=STP|name_STP={{fb|STP}} | status_STP=W
|win_SEN=3|draw_SEN=1|loss_SEN=0|gf_SEN=7|ga_SEN=1
|win_GAM=1|draw_GAM=1|loss_GAM=2|gf_GAM=7|ga_GAM=4
|win_LES=1|draw_LES=0|loss_LES=3|gf_LES=1|ga_LES=10

|status_text_W=Withdrew

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=
|result4=R
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Henri Camara|H. Camara]] {{goal|35}}
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Langwenja Mangaliso ([[National Football Association of Swaziland|Swaziland]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}
 | score = 6–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[Aziz Corr Nyang|Nyang]] {{goal|7||40}} <br> [[Tapha Sarr|Sarr]] {{goal|45}} <br> [[Jatto Ceesay|J. Ceesay]] {{goal|55||88}} <br> [[Seyfo Soley|Soley]] {{goal}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium]], [[Bakau]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Seydou Ba ([[Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania|Mauritania]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium]], [[Bakau]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Amadou Ibrahim Djingarey ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
 | score = 3–1
 | team2 = {{fb|GAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Lamine Diatta|Diatta]] {{goal|8}} <br> [[Henri Camara|H. Camara]] {{goal|36}} <br> [[El Hadji Diouf|Diouf]] {{goal|73}} 
 | goals2 = [[Ebrima Ebou Sillah|Sillah]] {{goal|63}} 
 | stadium = [[Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor]], [[Dakar]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Hichem Guirat ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 14 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
 | score = 3–0
 | team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}
 | goals1 = [[El Hadji Diouf|Diouf]] {{goal|26|pen.}} <br> [[Henri Camara|H. Camara]] {{goal|66||70}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor]], [[Dakar]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Molefe Makhele|Makhele]] {{goal|87}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 9===
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|section=Group 9
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=COD|name_COD={{fb|COD|1997}}
|team2=LBY|name_LBY={{fb|LBY|1977}}
|team3=SWZ|name_SWZ={{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
|team4=BOT|name_BOT={{fb|BOT}}
|win_COD=3|draw_COD=2|loss_COD=1|gf_COD=9|ga_COD=5
|win_LBY=3|draw_LBY=1|loss_LBY=2|gf_LBY=12|ga_LBY=8
|win_SWZ=2|draw_SWZ=2|loss_SWZ=2|gf_SWZ=8|ga_SWZ=12
|win_BOT=0|draw_BOT=3|loss_BOT=3|gf_BOT=2|ga_BOT=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_B=#ffffcc|text_B=
|result2=B
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BOT}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Botswana National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Samuel Moeketsi ([[Lesotho Football Association|Lesotho]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 = [[Ali Al-Malyan|Al-Malyan]] {{goal|16}} <br> [[Jehad Muntasser|Muntasser]] {{goal|36}} <br> [[Essam Bilal]] {{goal|41|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Shabani Nonda|Nonda]] {{goal|22}} <br> [[Marlin Piana]] {{goal|52}} 
 | stadium = [[Misurata Stadium]], [[Misurata]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Mohammed El Arjoun ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BOT}}
 | goals1 = [[Lomana LuaLua|LuaLua]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Marlin Piana|Piana]] {{goal|21}} 
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 100,000
 | referee = Joseph Mandzioukouta ([[Congolese Football Federation|Congo]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = [[Jerry Gamedze|Gamedze]] {{goal|81}} <br> [[Wonder Nhleko|Nhleko]] {{goal|83}} 
 | goals2 = [[Marhbelo Salah|Salah]] {{goal|20|pen.}} 
 | stadium = [[Somhlolo National Stadium]], [[Lobamba]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Bernardo Colembi ([[Angolan Football Federation|Angola]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BOT}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[March 28 Stadium]], [[Benghazi]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Pare Passina ([[Burkinabé Football Federation|Burkina&nbsp;Faso]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 = [[Mfanzile Dlamini|Dlamini]] {{goal|10}} 
 | goals2 = [[Kabamba Musasa|Musasa]] {{goal|65}}
 | stadium = [[Somhlolo National Stadium]], [[Lobamba]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Mathew Katjimune ([[Namibia Football Association|Namibia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BOT}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Ahmed Al Masli|Al Masli]] {{goal|89}}
 | stadium = [[Botswana National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Nunkoo Rajanand ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | goals1 = [[Marlin Piana|Piana]] {{goal|18}} <br> [[Kabamba Musasa|Musasa]] {{goal|71}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 60,000
 | referee = Benjamin Ravelotslam ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1997}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
 | goals1 = [[Alain Masudi|Masudi]] {{goal|29}} <br> [[Marlin Piana|Piana]] {{goal|83}}
 | goals2 = [[Ilid Hamid]] {{goal|49}}
 | stadium = [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | score = 3–2
 | team2 = {{fb|BOT}}
 | goals1 = [[Siza Dlamini]] {{goal|7||25}} <br> [[Sibusiso Dlamini]] {{goal|18}}
 | goals2 = [[Michael Mogaladi|Mogaladi]] {{goal|41}} <br> [[Pius Kolagano|Kolagano]] {{goal|56}}
 | stadium = [[Somhlolo National Stadium]], [[Lobamba]]
 | attendance = 10,000
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
 | score = 6–2
 | team2 = {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}
 | goals1 = [[Tarik El Taib|El Taib]] {{goal}} {{goal}} <br> [[Khaleb Al-Mirghani|Al-Mirghani]] {{goal}} <br> [[Nader Al-Tarhouni|Al-Tarhouni]] {{goal||pen.}} <br> [[Ali Al-Milyan|Al-Milyan]] {{goal}} <br> [[Ahmed Saad Osman|Saad]] {{goal||pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Bongali Dlamini]] {{goal}} {{goal}}
 | stadium = [[Tripoli Stadium|June 11 Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
{{football box
 | date = 5 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BOT}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|COD|1997}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Botswana National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 10===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 10
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=EGY|name_EGY={{fb|EGY}}
|team2=MAD|name_MAD={{fb|MAD}}
|team3=MRI|name_MRI={{fb|MRI}}
|team4=GNB|name_GNB={{fb|GNB}} |status_GNB=W
|win_EGY=3|draw_EGY=0|loss_EGY=1|gf_EGY=14|ga_EGY=1
|win_MAD=2|draw_MAD=0|loss_MAD=2|gf_MAD=2|ga_MAD=8
|win_MRI=1|draw_MRI=0|loss_MRI=3|gf_MRI=2|ga_MRI=9

|status_text_W=Withdrew

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=
|result4=R
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|EGY}}
 | goals1 = [[Ruffin Menahely|Menahely]] {{goal|73}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Aaron Dkole ([[Football Association of Zambia|Zambia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 12 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 = 
 | goals2 = [[Ruffin Menahely|Menahely]] {{goal|26}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Auguste Vollaire]], [[Centre de Flacq]]
 | attendance = 1,819
 | referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|EGY}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Mido (footballer)|Mido]] {{goal|43}} 
 | stadium = Rose Hill Stadium, [[Beau Bassin-Rose Hill]]
 | attendance = 800
 | referee = Jelas Masole ([[Botswana Football Association|Botswana]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}
 | score = 7–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 = [[Mido (footballer)|Mido]] {{goal|7|pen.|||22}} <br> [[Tarek El-Sayed|El-Sayed]] {{goal|18}} <br> [[Gamal Hamza|Hamza]] {{goal|53}} <br> [[Hazem Emam|Emam]] {{goal|61}} <br> [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|A. Hassan]] {{goal|72||89}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Al Masry Club Stadium|Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Mohamed Abdalla ([[Libyan Football Federation|Libya]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 20 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}
 | score = 6–0
 | team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
 | goals1 = [[Besheer El-Tabei|El-Tabei]] {{goal|1}} <br> [[Ahmad Belal|Belal]] {{goal|9||24||56||83}} <br> [[Mido (footballer)|Mido]] {{goal|41}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Al Masry Club Stadium|Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Christopher Perle|Perle]] {{goal|16}} <br> [[Kersley Appou|Appou]] {{goal|31|pen.}}
 | stadium = [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 11===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 11
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=RSA|name_RSA={{fb|RSA}}
|team2=CIV|name_CIV={{fb|CIV}}
|team3=BDI|name_BDI={{fb|BDI}}
|win_RSA=3|draw_RSA=1|loss_RSA=0|gf_RSA=6|ga_RSA=1
|win_CIV=2|draw_CIV=1|loss_CIV=1|gf_CIV=8|ga_CIV=3
|win_BDI=0|draw_BDI=0|loss_BDI=4|gf_BDI=1|ga_BDI=11

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 8 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Coulibaly Koman ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 = [[Patrick Mayo|Mayo]] {{goal|13}} <br> [[Delron Buckley|Buckley]] {{goal|39}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Free State Stadium|Vodacom Park]], [[Bloemfontein]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Abdoul Madarbocus ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Dagui Bakari|Bakari]] {{goal|11}}
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Michel Gasingwa ([[Rwandese Association Football Federation|Rwanda]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 8 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
 | score = 6–1
 | team2 = {{fb|BDI}}
 | goals1 = [[Didier Drogba|Drogba]] {{goal|7||27||32}} <br> [[Dagui Bakari|Bakari]] {{goal|56||78}} <br> [[Aruna Dindane|Dindane]] {{goal|70}}
 | goals2 = [[Sadi Shabani|Shabani]] {{goal|88}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Manuel Monteiro Duarte ([[Cape Verdean Football Federation|Cape&nbsp;Verde]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
 | goals1 = [[Shaun Bartlett|Bartlett]] {{goal|21}} <br> [[Siyabonga Nomvete|Nomvete]] {{goal|65}}
 | goals2 = [[Bonaventure Kalou|Kalou]] {{goal|41}} 
 | stadium = [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]], [[Polokwane|Pietersburg]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}
 | score = 0–2
 | team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Teboho Mokoena (footballer, born 1974)|Mokoena]] {{goal|1}} <br> [[Stanton Fredericks|Fredericks]] {{goal|30}}
 | stadium = [[Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium]], [[Bujumbura]]
 | attendance = 8,000
 | referee = Berhane Teshome ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}

===Group 12===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 12
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=ALG|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}
|team2=CHA|name_CHA={{fb|CHA}}
|team3=NAM|name_NAM={{fb|NAM}}
|win_ALG=3|draw_ALG=1|loss_ALG=0|gf_ALG=6|ga_ALG=1
|win_CHA=1|draw_CHA=1|loss_CHA=2|gf_CHA=4|ga_CHA=6
|win_NAM=1|draw_NAM=0|loss_NAM=3|gf_NAM=2|ga_NAM=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 0–1
 | report = 
 | team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Collin Benjamin|Benjamin]] {{goal|5|o.g.}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 13,000
 | referee = Felix Tangawarima ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 11 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
 | score = 4–1
 | report = 
 | team2 = {{fb|CHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Nassim Akrour|Akrour]] {{goal|26||72|pen.}}<br/>[[Djamel Belmadi|Belmadi]] {{goal|54||69}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade 19 Mai 1956]], [[Annaba]]
 | attendance = 20,000
 | referee = Ahmed Redha El Batadji ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 30 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CHA}}
 | score = 2–0
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Mahamat Hissein|Hisseine]] {{goal|57||90}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Nacional (Chad)|Stade Nacional]], [[N'Djamena]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Maurice Dimanche ([[Central African Football Federation|Central African Republic]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}
 | score = 2–1
 | team2 = {{fb|CHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Floris Diergaardt|Dieergaardt]] {{goal|24}}<br/>[[George Hummel|Hummel]] {{goal|76|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Mahamat Hissein|Hissein]] {{goal|35}}
 | stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]]
 | attendance = 5,000
 | referee = Eugênio Bernardo Colembi ([[Angolan Football Federation|Angola]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 20 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
 | score = 1–0
 | report = 
 | team2 = {{fb|NAM}}
 | goals1 = [[Nasreddine Kraouche|Kraouche]] {{goal|5}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Mustapha Tchaker]], [[Blida]]
 | attendance = 30,000
 | referee = Ahmed Auda ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|CHA}}
 | score = 0–0
 | report = 
 | team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Stade Nacional (Chad)|Stade Nacional]], [[N'Djamena]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}

===Group 13===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 13
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=RWA|name_RWA={{fb|RWA}}
|team2=UGA|name_UGA={{fb|UGA}}
|team3=GHA|name_GHA={{fb|GHA}}
|win_RWA=2|draw_RWA=1|loss_RWA=1|gf_RWA=4|ga_RWA=4
|win_UGA=1|draw_UGA=2|loss_UGA=1|gf_UGA=2|ga_UGA=2
|win_GHA=1|draw_GHA=1|loss_GHA=2|gf_GHA=5|ga_GHA=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
 | date = 7 September 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Philip Obwiny|Obwiny]] {{goal|52}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee = Hassan Mohamed ([[Somali Football Federation|Somalia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 13 October 2002
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
 | score = 4–2
 | team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
 | goals1 = [[Elias Ntaganda|Ntaganda]] {{goal|24|o.g.}} <br> [[Hamza Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{goal|42}} <br> [[Charles Asampong Taylor|Asampong]] {{goal|58}} <br> [[Derek Boateng|Boateng]] {{goal|70|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Hassan Milly|Milly]] {{goal|16}} <br> [[Hamad Ndikumana|Ndikumana]] {{goal|43|pen.}}
 | stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]], [[Accra]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = Pare Lassina ([[Burkinabé Football Federation|Burkina&nbsp;Faso]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 29 March 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}
 | score = 0–0
 | team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Amahoro Stadium]], [[Kigali]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = Mohamed Bakhit ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 7 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}
 | score = 0–1
 | team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Jimmy Gatete|Gatete]] {{goal|40}}
 | stadium = [[Nakivubo Stadium]], [[Kampala]]
 | attendance = 50,000
 | referee = Alemu Gizate ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 22 June 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
 | score = 1–1
 | team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
 | goals1 = [[Charles Amoah|Amoah]] {{goal|84}}
 | goals2 = [[Assani Bajope|Bajope]] {{goal|16}}
 | stadium = [[Baba Yara Stadium|Kumasi Sports Stadium]], [[Kumasi]]
 | attendance = 
 | referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
 | date = 6 July 2003
 | team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}
 | score = 1–0
 | team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
 | goals1 = [[Jimmy Gatete|Gatete]] {{goal|49}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Amahoro Stadium]], [[Kigali]]
 | attendance = 40,000
 | referee = 
}}

==Best runner-up==
The best runner-up from groups with four teams would qualify for the finals.
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=ZIM|name_ZIM={{fb|ZIM}}
|team2=ZAM|name_ZAM={{fb|ZAM}}
|team3=LBY|name_LBY={{fb|LBY|1977}}
|team4=SLE|name_SLE={{fb|SLE}}
|team5=TOG|name_TOG={{fb|TOG}}
|team6=CGO|name_CGO={{fb|CGO}}
|team7=NIG|name_NIG={{fb|NIG}}
|win_ZIM=4|draw_ZIM=1|loss_ZIM=1|gf_ZIM=9|ga_ZIM=2
|win_ZAM=3|draw_ZAM=2|loss_ZAM=1|gf_ZAM=6|ga_ZAM=5
|win_LBY=3|draw_LBY=1|loss_LBY=2|gf_LBY=12|ga_LBY=8
|win_SLE=3|draw_SLE=1|loss_SLE=2|gf_SLE=7|ga_SLE=4
|win_TOG=3|draw_TOG=1|loss_TOG=2|gf_TOG=9|ga_TOG=7
|win_CGO=2|draw_CGO=3|loss_CGO=1|gf_CGO=5|ga_CGO=4
|win_NIG=3|draw_NIG=0|loss_NIG=3|gf_NIG=5|ga_NIG=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a.html Details at RSSSF]

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